A Fair and Balanced Take on Imagine Dragons

The first and foremost thing you should take into account when speaking of modern arena stars Imagine Dragons is that their name is an anagram for “Managed Origins”. Once you build upon this foundation you realize exactly what they are and represent.

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Graphic Novel Review: Trashed by Derf Backderf

If you’ve ever wanted to learn about garbage, this is the book for you. Backderf’s semi-autobiographical account of being a garbageman effectively shows how graphic novels can be used to tell a huge variety of different stories, although it is lacking a little in the narrative department. Spoilers below.

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Weekly Fiver #20

Welcome to the Weekly Fiver, where I’ll pick five recently released songs of varying degrees of quality and thoroughly break them down for you. No two songs will be on the same tier, and they’ll be listed from best to worst. The top song will be an excellent must-hear tune, while the bottom song will be one you ought to stay away from or else you will make your ears sad. It’s all very scientific.

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Graphic Novel Review: Trump: A Graphic Biography by Ted Rall

A haphazardly assembled cash grab, this is less a graphic novel than a (mostly) illustrated collection of facts about the current president of the United States. It serves as a bare bones introduction to the man and his ascent up the political ladder, but it’s far too superficial to be considered anything remotely close to essential reading.

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Millennial Masterpieces #5: Linkin Park – [Hybrid Theory]

Welcome to Millennial Masterpieces, where I’ll look back at a great album released within the past 17 years and see what its legacy is. Fifth in the series is the definitive point of catharsis for teens and young adults in the early 2000s, Linkin Park‘s Hybrid Theory.

Released: October 24, 2000

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