Mexican love songs with plenty of passion — No contest. Spanish is the language of love. The softer consonants and long vowels are to thank. They help the words flow with ease. Also, the syllables and enunciations sound elegant and pleasing to the ears. You will make hearts mend if you say or type anything in Spanish. Si…

Searching for internet glory came my way — The gruelling task of earning internet fame succeeded. Posting other memes on iFunny took its course; how lucky I am. I’m 18 and have my first, if not last, taste of success. I hope it will continue, but I’m like everyone else. 15-minutes is all I get. I was at…

Saints Row 2022 is everything we expected — In 2013, after the boss became president and thwarted intergalactic beings in Saints Row 4, what was next for Saints Row? There were two options. One, Deep Silver Volition could scale down the next game. Two, they could reboot the franchise. The reboot seemed like a wise option. The Saints…

Forever changing punk rock one lyric at a time — Community College was fun. I was optimistic about finishing and becoming someone in the five years I went. Fortunately, I completed community college with flawless grades. Yet, I’m still working on the someone part. I could’ve finished college sooner if I had had direction and didn’t take unnecessary courses. I…

Overview of Seth MacFarlane’s garden-variety films — In the early 2010s, Fox’s Sunday lineup had three Seth MacFarlane adult cartoons. They are Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show. Seth MacFarlane and Family Guy co-writers Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild thought of another animated show that became Ted, Seth MacFarlane’s directorial debut. Seth MacFarlane asked 20th…

I’m shedding tears inside — What an undertaking of my musical knowledge and emotions. I’ve ignored challenges for the last couple of weeks, not because I want to, but because my mind drew a blank. I can’t tell what songs I enjoy about trains or food. Regardless, a challenge about emotional songs bewitched me. I’m…

Musical highlights from last week — I head to albumoftheyear.org for the latest releases. And from there, build a playlist for Friday through Sunday every week. I’ve been doing this ritual for a while now, and I won’t stop. I love discovering new music from engaging and worthwhile new bands and artists. Those who say today’s…

Ambient techno evolve — Techno is an abstract genre. But it has the right amount of timbre and dissonance not to puzzle the listener. None other than Aphex Twin can pull off such heights. He has enough edge and mystique for casual and techno fans. Aphex Twin isn’t the strangest compared to the other…

They take it up a notch in part II of II of the 1920s parody films — Where we last left off, we dealt with two early 1920s parody films, Mud and Sand and Three Ages. Instead of feature-length films, these two other films from the mid-1920s are shorter. For the retrospective, we stopped in 1923 with a movie starring the same actor from Mud and Sand…