Drew Millard
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Durham, NC, United States
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A Brief History of the Alcoholic Novelty Beverage
Millennials had Four Loko. Gen Z—thanks to TikTok and the mechanics of accidental virality–has BuzzBallz. → Read More
He Was Supposed to Be the Next Stephen King. Then the Aliens Came.
Whitley Strieber was supposed to be the next Stephen King, a pop-horror writer whose golden pen produced books begging for big-screen adaptations. His first novel, the 1978 werewolf-realism… → Read More
The Great American Xanax Legacy
How the drug went from a medication for middle-class Americans to being glorified by a range of hip-hop artists. → Read More
Streaming Is Killing the Musical Author
How algorithms are not only changing the way we listen, but are changing the way we write music. → Read More
Bongreads of the Week: "The Internet Makes Everything Terrible" Edition
But don't forget that before the internet, everything was terrible for other reasons. → Read More
Welcome to the World of Swaggy Golf Instagram –
Trick shots and trap music. → Read More
Golf But Not Golf –
Oh my god so much trap music. → Read More
The Tom DeLonge Wikileaks Conspiracy Goes Deeper Than We Thought
Don't Blink 182wice, it's time for even more game theory. → Read More
Every Rap Nerd Needs to Watch These Martial Arts Movies
Kung Fu Kenny is just the latest rapper to embrace the mysteries of Shaolin. → Read More
A Look Back at Vin Diesel's Early Hip-Hop Career
Before he was the biggest action movie star on the planet, Vin Diesel was just your average guy making a rap song with experimental cellist Arthur Russell. → Read More
How the Democratic Party Fails Long-Shot Candidates Like My Dad
As a surprisingly close election in Kansas showed, national Democrats don't support the party's candidates equally. I should know. → Read More
How the Democratic Party Fails Long-Shot Candidates Like My Dad
As a surprisingly close election in Kansas showed, national Democrats don't support the party's candidates equally. I should know. → Read More
Fuck Algorithms, College Radio Is a Reminder of How Great Music Can Be When Nobody's Trying to Make Money
I DJed at my alma mater's radio station and remembered the beauty of awkward on-air commentary and hit-or-miss programming. → Read More
Why Do We Assume Good Musicians Are Good People?
Chuck Berry's death has reignited familiar questions over how far critics should go in the impulse to conflate a musician’s work and character. → Read More
Why Do We Assume Good Musicians Are Good People?
Chuck Berry's death has reignited familiar questions over how far critics should go in the impulse to conflate a musician’s work and character. → Read More
I Decided It's Time to Seriously Get into Insane Clown Posse
Enough with the irony: Psychopathic Records has done a ton of good things for rap, including these "psyphers" with Cold187um. → Read More
Can Father John Misty Help Save Us from Our Technology-Driven Hell-State?
Modernity sucks ass. → Read More
John Darnielle Is the Voice of Outcasts and Weirdos Everywhere
We spent the day with the author and Mountain Goats frontman to talk about his excellent novel 'Universal Harvester,' mosh pits, and North Carolina politics. → Read More
John Darnielle Is the Voice of Outcasts and Weirdos Everywhere
We spent the day with the author and Mountain Goats frontman to talk about his excellent novel 'Universal Harvester,' mosh pits, and North Carolina politics. → Read More
Inside the Republican Power Grab in North Carolina
The Republican Party in North Carolina is stripping the powers of the governor's office away in advance of a Democrat taking over the role, a last-minute move that has many in the state crying foul. → Read More