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Author: Noah Springer

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A still from Poor Things shows main character Bella gazing out from a stone balcony at a cotton candy-colored sunset.

Going to Extremes

By Noah Springer • May 9th, 2024

Drawing lines between Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things and Nikos Nikolaidis’ cult favorite Singapore Sling. Did the latter influence the former?

Funeral Rites
A black-and-white ink drawing of a badass-looking angel holding a wicked cool sword.

The Tower, The Fool, The Meatgrinder

By Noah Springer • April 23rd, 2024

“His Majesty the Worm is very focused on megadungeon-crawling, and I wanted players to have this sense that surviving the dangers means something.”

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Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness Vinyl 4LP Boxset

By Noah Springer • April 10th, 2024

Of all the albums from the ’90s alternative rock scene, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is one of the most deserving for a deluxe treatment like this.

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Watching Kubrick on My Phone

By Noah Springer • March 13th, 2024

To be fair, I have never seen a Kubrick movie in theaters, so this entire thing may be flawed from the get-go.

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The photograph "A Great Day in Hip Hop" by XXL.

Museum Piece

By Noah Springer • February 15th, 2024

A pilgrimage to “The Culture: Hip Hop & Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” at the St. Louis Art Museum.

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Close up on an old-school boom box – silver finish, round speaker screens, tape deck in the center.

Hip Hop at Fifty

By Noah Springer • January 9th, 2024

After stepping back from the contemporary, Noah reflects a bit more on the different eras of hip hop and what they mean to him.

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A close-up on a mortadella pizza with pistachios and basil.

Fine Philly Dining

By Noah Springer • December 12th, 2023

Philly is known for all sorts of things – a bell, a boxer, a sitcom – but Noah knows it by reputation as one of the better food cities out there, specifically for sandwiches.

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Vamps – Otherwise

By Noah Springer • November 9th, 2023

Repetition and transformation.

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All the Content Warnings

By Noah Springer • October 6th, 2023

Comedy and horror truly reside next to each other in some off-kilter way, balancing the truly debauched with the truly buffoonish.

Video Game of the Year

By Noah Springer • September 15th, 2023

“…an inviting look into the history of the genre since Pong popped into people’s homes all the way back in 1977.”

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