The SB Mixtape, 02/20/2025: Comfort Listens
So how’s everybody’s 2025 going? Mine is, um, uh. . . well, nothing in my direct vicinity is on fire yet, so that’s good. Needless too say, I’ve been doing a lot of comfort consuming over the past 2...
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“Ubermensch”: Where G-Dragon’s Reputation Meets The Road
Music ages faster than almost any other art form. As a result, most musical artists have a fairly tight release schedule, to fuel their fanbases and maintain momentum from casual listeners. K-pop is...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 4/19/2025: Seoul’s Eleven
One of my favorite genres is the heist movie: Oceans Eleven, The Italian Job, and my favorite tv show of all time, Leverage. Not only are heists fun and exciting examples of competence porn, but they...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 6/12/2025: Book Vibes Only
I’ve been on a bit of reading binge recently. I’ve always loved reading, but recently my preferred form of entertainment has been almost exclusively books. No movies, no tv shows, no fanfics, just...
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Tastefully Yours: The Veneration of Compromise
There is a strong tendency in the media to, when depicting a struggle between business and creative integrity, always side with creativity — hich makes sense; movies, books, and tv shows are art forms...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 8/07/2025: The Dog Days
If there is any universal sentiment, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, it is that, from July through mid-August, it’s too hot. Not just a little too hot, either, but the constant, baking, too hot...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 10/02/2025: The Care and Maintenance of My Last Good Nerve
You ever have one of those days? A day where time drags on forever, and so many people seem to be actively making your life harder? A day where you have to check with your coworkers that everyone...
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How To Use What You Have: Soyeon’s “Moonlight”
I’ve long had a soft spot for Laboum. They spent nearly a decade as a C-list girl group, one that had the tunes and the skills and a few smaller hits but never managed to fully break through into the...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 12/01/2025: Christmas K-pop
It’s that time of year. The time when Christmas music comes out of hibernation to fill our ears with their holiday cheer. And a lot of it is terrible. Trust me, I know; I work retail. From bad covers...
View ArticleThe SB Mixtape, 2/05/2026: Discombobulation
Have you ever woken up… wrong? The kind of wrong where you’re not sure what day of the week it is, you had some weird dreams that felt incredibly real, and you just can’t seem to get your bearings for...
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