LGBT We Were Cool For The Summer. But Summer Is Ended Now.
All things must die, even summer, and our coolness with it.
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Music Race, Immigration, and Hamilton: The Relevance of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s New Musical
Kendra James on the lessons and modern resonance of Lin-Manuel Miranda's HAMILTON on Broadway.
Humor A Hole Album in Which California is Not a Metaphor for Anything and Being a Woman is Super Chill
Songs from an unusual Hole album.
Music Growing Up With Marilyn Manson
Erin Ashenhurst on concerts, Marilyn Manson, and adolescence.
Humor A Mumford and Sons Album in Which Nothing is Overcomplicated and No One is Sad
Can you imagine?
Movies “The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat”: The Story of Carmen Miranda
Livia Lakomy on Carmen Miranda, an actor, singer, and Brazilian cultural icon who died sixty years ago this month.
Music Torch Songs Where The Word “Me” Has Been Replaced By “Bees”
It's a formula for smiling, you guys.
Feminism Unconvincing Hymns of the Temperance Army
Hannah Notess on some of the less-inspiring hymns of the temperance movement.
Music Liner Notes: Drake, Dre, and French Music
mensah demary's latest Liner Notes column for The Butter.
Link Roundup Buttered This Week: July 24-31
A list of links to everything on The Butter this week.
Humor Songs from a Bruce Springsteen Album In Which No One Exorcises Their Personal Demons or Takes the New Jersey Turnpike
Songs from an atypical Bruce Springsteen album.
Humor Totally Free Canadian Indie Band Names For the Taking
This piece is poking light fun at Canada and I will not stand for it.
Music Liner Notes: Waiting for Frank Ocean
mensah demary writes about waiting for Frank Ocean's new album in his latest Liner Notes column for The Butter.
Humor A Florence and the Machine Album in which Drowning Is Rare and Love Is Not Terrifying
Exactly what it sounds like!
Family Liner Notes: The Bridge: On Music and Memory
The Butter's mensah demary on how music often serves as a bridge to his memories, his brothers, and past versions of himself.
