Community Vertigo

Community Vertigo

Community Vertigo is a podcast by three water signs, all of whom are burdened with the all-consuming knowledge of everything, and the unwavering need to share their opinions with anyone who will listen. communityvertigo.substack.com

  1. Concert Fashion: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Cowboy Hats, Battle Jackets, & More

    07/01/2024

    Concert Fashion: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Cowboy Hats, Battle Jackets, & More

    If you’ve ever dressed as a musician to see them in concert, dutifully sewn metal band patches onto a "battle jacket," or decorated a cowboy hat to wear to a show, you’ll feel personally seen by this episode. This week, we discuss modern trends in concert fashion and how the threads we choose to brandish can display our fandom. Through the lens of pop and metal culture, we converse about early displays of fan merchandise and debate which fan base may have originated the cowboy hat decorating trend. Most importantly, we ask the age-old question: Are you a poser for wearing a band t-shirt to a gig? We shall see… Links: Pinterest Board Carrie Brownstein, “Concert Outfits: A Brief History” (NPR) Lauren Alex O’Hagan, “'My Musical Armor': Exploring Metalhead Identity through the Battle Jacket” (Taylor & Francis Online) Madeleine Schulz, “Did the arena tour kill festival fashion?” (Vogue Business) Find us: ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ YouTube Timestamps: Intro 00:00 Did the arena tour kill festival fashion? 00:17 Fan-Artist-Fan Connection 01:48 Taylor Swift’s The Eras Tour 02:44 Olivia Rodrigo’s Guts Tour 05:17 Carrie Brownstein’s “Concert Outfits: A Brief History” 06:02 Early Concert Fashion and Fan Merchandise During Beatlemania 08:52 Madonna Lookalike Contest 11:13 Chappell Roan’s Concert Themes 12:15 Battle Jackets in Metal Culture 13:13 Cowboy Hats 16:23 Band T-Shirts 21:42 Are you a poser for wearing a band t-shirt to a gig? 23:39 Rave Culture 26:14 What artist do you own the most merch for? 27:17 Outro 28:35 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com

    29 min
  2. Wellness Eras in Pop Music: Lorde, Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves, & More

    04/22/2024

    Wellness Eras in Pop Music: Lorde, Ariana Grande, Kacey Musgraves, & More

    BLINK THREE TIMES WHEN YOU FEEL IT KICKING IN… This week, we come to the consensus that the pop girlies are entering their ‘wellness eras.’ Gone are the hedonistic exploits and glamor of their prime; and welcome the newly-reformed, stripped-back songstress, complete with a bare face, neutral clothing, and an aura of calmness that looks too good to be true. Looking towards Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well, Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine, Dua Lipa’s forthcoming Radical Optimism, and more, we trace the roots of ‘pop wellness’ to country and folk, give Lorde’s Solar Power the flowers it deserves, and discuss how girlboss-era feminism may be responsible for the inevitable shift from pop stardom to granola girl-chic. Links: Spotify Playlist Pinterest Board Christine A. Kelly, “Singing Out Between Tradition and Rebellion: Folk Music, Folk Womanhood, and American Feminism in an Era of Social Change, 1954-1985” (Fordham University) Chris Richards, “Kacey Musgraves made a wellness lifestyle album that isn’t Goop-core” (Washington Post) Chris Willman, Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ Finds a Once-Dark Star Tripping the Daylight Fantastic: Album Review” (Variety) Nina Raemont, “A Year Later: In Defense of Lorde's ‘Solar Power’” (Substack) Albums Referenced: Ariana Grande, eternal sunshine (Google) Dua Lipa, Radical Optimism (Google) Kacey Musgraves, Deeper Well (Google) Lorde, Solar Power (Google) Miley Cyrus, Endless Summer Vacation (Google) Outro Audio: @billzremix on YouTube Find us: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ Watch ⁠this episode⁠ on YouTube Timestamps: Intro 00:00 What’s a Wellness Album? 00:18 Hedonism vs. Wellness 03:19 Lorde’s Solar Power 04:13 Ariana Grande’s eternal sunshine 09:25 Retreat From the Mainstream 11:36 Pop Star Goes Country 12:27 Singer-Songwriters & Folk Music 14:20 Kacey Musgraves’ Deeper Well 20:32 Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism 25:00 Miley Cyrus’ Endless Summer Vacation 29:25 Wellness Album Favorites 30:06 Outro 31:07 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com

    31 min
  3. Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Art?

    04/15/2024

    Will Artificial Intelligence Kill Art?

    Tierney has called this emergency meeting to address the pervasiveness of AI. We discuss the ways that AI is affecting kids’ development, our perceptions of ourselves, aesthetically, and the potential removal of our autonomy. With the prevalence of AI-generated music, images, and artificial conversations online, we’re forced to ask: Is there an ‘end-goal’ for this technology? Or, are STEM bros just jealous of creative people?  Links: TikTok Collection Teachers Reddit Threads:  Kids don’t know how to read?? Why don’t they know how to use computers? Mika Koivisto and Simone Grassini, “Best humans still outperform artificial intelligence in a creative divergent thinking task” (National Library of Medicine) Kish Lal, “The Uncanny New Generation of Filters Uses Machine Learning GAN Technology to Regenerate Every Pixel on a Face” (Dazed) Aisha Malik, “TikTok is experimenting with a feature that uses AI to create songs based on prompts” (Tech Crunch)  Ava Sasani, “As AI tools get smarter, they’re growing more covertly racist, experts find” (The Guardian) Find us: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ YouTube Timestamps: Intro 00:00 Children and Technology 00:46 AI Face Filters on TikTok 03:45 AI Bandwagoning 07:19 Racism in AI 11:00 The Creative Economy vs. AI 13:19 AI Music 17:27 Deepfakes 21:12 Overconsumption 27:51 Corporate Social Media 28:52 Outro 30:19 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com

    31 min
  4. Rockstar Girlfriend Part 1: I'm with the Band

    02/12/2024

    Rockstar Girlfriend Part 1: I'm with the Band

    This week, we tackle a trope that is very near & dear to our hearts (for better or for worse): the “Rockstar Girlfriend.” In the first of our two-part episode, we discuss the history of groupie-dom, led by Paulina’s insistence that the group consult *the* sacred text, Pamela Des Barres’ “I’m with the Band.” We reminisce on fangirls’ roots in Beatlemania and the heyday of LA groupie culture, debate our fixations on tortured artists, and dissect how misogyny and controversy led to the groupie’s demise.  Links: Spotify Playlist Pinterest Board TikTok Collection Alexa Chung, “It” (Google) Joli Jensen, “Fandom as Pathology: The Consequences of Characterization” (PDF) Mayrav Estrin, “Why Have We Fetishized the Tortured Artist? My Thoughts Post Sam Levinson's ‘The Idol’” (Cinephile Princess) Pamela Des Barres, “I’m with the Band” (Google) Sadie King, “Where Did All the Groupies Go? The Rise and Fall of the Good-Time Girls of Rock” (Strand) Find us: ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠TikTok⁠ YouTube  Timestamps: Intro 00:00 When Did We Hear About “Rockstar Girlfriends” & “Groupies”? 00:42 What’s a Groupie? 03:29 The Emergence of Groupies 07:31 Misogynistic Backlash 09:50 Pamela Des Barres’ “I’m with the Band” 11:55 The Tortured Artist 15:56 What’s the Fixation with Tortured Artists? 17:50 Humanizing Rockstars 25:43 The Former Accessibility of Rockstars 27:53 Rock ‘n’ Roll Divorce 32:56 The Extinction of Groupies 35:28 A Groupie’s Lifestyle Aspirations & Aesthetic 37:26 The Pain of Loving Artists 43:54 What Band Would We Be Groupies For? 45:49 Who Are Our Favorite Beatles? 47:29 Outro 49:52 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit communityvertigo.substack.com

    51 min

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Community Vertigo is a podcast by three water signs, all of whom are burdened with the all-consuming knowledge of everything, and the unwavering need to share their opinions with anyone who will listen. communityvertigo.substack.com