Two 1990s powerhouses return with records that feel resolutely now. I am currently listening to both on repeat. Maybe because I came of age in the 1990s, but more so because they are that good. Pulp’s More is the first studio album in 24 years — Jarvis Cocker’s wry surveillance of middle age set toContinue reading “Monthly Pick: Pulp & Suede — Britpop Elders, Future Tense”
Category Archives: Music
Pick of the Month: Beyoncé x Levi’s
The Denim Cowboy Rides—Why Beyoncé x Levi’s Is Our Style Sensation of the Month
R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
There’s not just one, but two 20th Century Legends we love above and beyond here at MWoI. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and The Queen of Soul, Miss Aretha Franklin.
African American Music
As part of my deep dive into the history of the United States of America, and my recent Deep South obsession, as well as love for music, and modern music history, I have been endlessly listening to Mississippi Delta Blues (see post image of the legendary Robert Johnson) and Motown. If any of this isContinue reading “African American Music”
Elvis Never Left the Building!
This may seem a little kitsch, but we love Elvis Presley at MWOI HQ!
-It was not always that way, I can assure you. I grew up in a household where Elvis was frowned upon as very much not the sort of cultural icon we, as intellectually minded high class individuals, embraced.
