In Case You Missed It
Twin Peaks blurs the lines between reality and the unconscious mind
March 30, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, SFU Student Content warning: mention of death. Shows like The Sopranos and The Simpsons are frequently mentioned as the most groundbreaking shows of all time, and while there is merit to those claims, there is one show that often gets overlooked in discussions around shows that redefined television: Twin Peaks, which first aired its pilot episode on April 8, 1990. At the time, David Lynch was one of the most fascinating art house film directors, well known for writing and directing surrealist films such as Eraserhead. Surrealism is an artistic approach to cinema that reveals aspects of…
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The everlasting effect of brilliant sampling: J Dilla’s Donuts
February 19, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, SFU Student Sampling in hip-hop had been around since the early days of the genre, but producer J Dilla took it a step further and composed an album entirely through the use of sampling. Donuts, released on…
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In Case You Missed It: The Wire shows how the American Dream fails
January 30, 2024By: Yildiz Subuk, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of death, drug use, and violence. It is not often that a piece of television frames an important social issue from its first few lines of dialogue. The Wire is an HBO…
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But I’m a Cheerleader brilliantly satirizes heteronormative society
July 21, 2023By: Cameron Palmer, SFU Student Content warning: conversion therapy and queerphobia. The first time I watched But I’m a Cheerleader (BIAC), I was a passionate “ally” of my high school gay-straight alliance club. Celebrating queer identities and making straight people…
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In Case You Missed It: Demon Days by Gorillaz
July 7, 2023By: Hana Hoffman, Peak Associate I want to bring you back to May 11, 2005, when Gorillaz released their second studio album, Demon Days. This album will take you on a journey to a fictional world that mirrors our own.…
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In Case You Missed It: Obasan by Joy Kogawa
May 12, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Content Warning: Discussions of Japanese internment camps and racism. As a student who’s taken their fair share of Communication and English courses, I’m no stranger to digging around large bodies of literature in search of…
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