Category: Opinion
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How I Became Pitbull’s Target Audience: A Retrospect
By Piper Ruth Photo courtesy of Creative Commons I’m a 2003 baby. I was born in the era of embellished camo and fedoras being socially acceptable, but I grew up an onlooker of the 2000’s-2010’s party music scene. As I navigated elementary school, I wanted to know how to shuffle like LMFAO did in the…
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Is Taylor Swift Engaging in the Appropriation of LGBTQ+ Culture?
Taylor Swift has had a chameleon-like presence in pop since the outset of her fifteen year and counting music career. For Swift, each album cycle seems to mark a new era of her life, from her start in pop-infused country, to the synth-pop inspired 1989, and now the cottagecore aesthetic of her latest releases. It…
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Weezer Experiment: How to Lure An Art Student Into False Sense of Hope
3/13/2021 I began Weezer week a bit early so everything could be published on time and unfortunately that meant that I would be listening to Weezer while getting tattooed and getting my oil changed. I started with the blue album while walking to my first appointment. This album gave me 2016 summer camp nostalgia in…
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Weezer Experiment: Cher’s Thoughts on the Band Before Listening
I am Sheriff. It is March 3rd as I am writing this, and I am currently the Events Manager at SCAD Radio. For sake of anonymity, I will be referring to my peers and coworkers with code names. I am one of the lucky few who is pretty unfamiliar with Weezer. During Weezer week, I…
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Music Predictions for 2019
2018 is (thankfully) behind us, so it’s time to look forward to an exciting year for music. Before we take to social media in a few months to complain about how 2019 is the worst year we’ve had yet, let’s take a moment to highlight SCAD Radio’s bold predictions for the next 12 months. Childish…
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Top 10 Albums of 2018
As 2018 comes to an end, SCAD Radio’s staff have put their heads together to whittle down the year’s best to 10 albums. The music year included remastered indie gems, some sweet anniversaries, and “scoopity poop”. It was these 10 records that got our attention, though. Also be sure to check out our Top 10…