TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 7×14, “The Other Side”

I don’t tend to keep a running tally on who my favorite and least favorite characters on The Walking Dead are, but I don’t think it would be too much of surprise to learn that Sasha and Rosita wouldn’t rank…

Melody on Music: No Theme Necessary

Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…

Elisabeth Subrin’s ‘A Woman, A Part’ is an intimate take down of industry sexism

Elisabeth Subrin’s A Woman, A Part casts a critical lens at the film and television world as she takes a deep dive examination of what it means to age and what you do when your passion dims. Anna (Maggie Siff) a 44…

From the Record Crate: Simple Plan – “No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls” (2002)

Music-wise, my middle school years were characterized by the rise of pop punk. With all the biggest pop acts maturing, they made room for those following in the footsteps of bands like Blink-182–acts like Good Charlotte and Avril Lavigne, who…

‘Love’ Season 2 Review

Before I get into the swing on reviewing the second season of Netflix’s Love, I would take a moment to point out that this season took a couple of jabs at the city of Atlanta (where I have since been living…

‘Beauty and the Beast’ Review: Charming & Fanciful But Overly Faithful Remake

It took me quite a bit of time after yesterday’s screening of Disney’s live-action Beauty and the Beast to figure out how much I liked it. The new movie, directed by Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson, is lovely. It’s…

The Cranberries Release Acoustic Version of “Linger”

Irish rock band The Cranberries are set to release a stripped-down album entitled Something Else, coming to record stores, iTunes, and Spotify worldwide in late April. The album will feature pulled-back, acoustic versions of their iconic singles alongside three never-before-heard tracks. One…