ACID RANT

Counter-Culture Media

ACID RANT is a Toronto based cultural movement focused on fostering a community of critical-thinking, creative youth that want to disrupt the system and create a better world. We do that through creating and curating counter-culture.

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Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. & Basquiat: The Medium is The Message

Acid Rant

2 days ago
15 min

Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K. & Basquiat: The Medium is The Message

Both Chappelle and Basquiat consider themselves Griots, which is a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who mai

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'American Beauty' W.A.P, 'Cuties' and the KKK: History, Time & Political Correctness vs Art

Acid Rant

4 days ago
17 min

'American Beauty' W.A.P, 'Cuties' and the KKK: History, Time & Political Correctness vs Art

What exactly is the purpose of film? Is film just something you watch because you enjoy it? Film creates the need to reflect the time itself

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Dave Chappelle, Jay Z and Nipsey Hussle: The Cost of Creativity in Capitalism

Acid Rant

Oct 15
13 min

Dave Chappelle, Jay Z and Nipsey Hussle: The Cost of Creativity in Capitalism

Once every blue moon there are creative businessmen who are able to wear both hats, people like Jay Z, Nipsey Hussle and Steve Jobs that are

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Kanye, Trump, NPCs and The Simulated Age of Self Aware Memes

Acid Rant

Oct 8
9 min

Kanye, Trump, NPCs and The Simulated Age of Self Aware Memes

What is real and what is fiction seamlessly blend together so that there is no clear distinction between where one ends and the other begins

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Kendrick Lamars Ab-Soul Outro, Sartre, and Jean Baudrillards Simulacra and Simulations

Acid Rant

Sep 17
10 min

Kendrick Lamars Ab-Soul Outro, Sartre, and Jean Baudrillards Simulacra and Simulations

Aside from capitalistic pursuits, survival and doing things to please others, what's the reason a lot of us do anything?

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Arthur Schopenhauer, Transcendental Experience, Art and Hip Hop Spirituality

Acid Rant

Sep 11
14 min

Arthur Schopenhauer, Transcendental Experience, Art and Hip Hop Spirituality

quest for tranquillity, and he pursued this by retracing the path through which Will, which he believed is the foundational being of everyth

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Kanye West, Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion and Aesthetic Appreciation in the Face of Suffering

Acid Rant

Aug 22
9 min

Kanye West, Arthur Schopenhauer, Religion and Aesthetic Appreciation in the Face of Suffering

The observation of aesthetic experience is an ego inhibitor that makes you in tune with our fundamental nature that unites us past the surfa

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Elon Musk, Bo Burnham, The Internet, Modern Renaissance and How To Be A Renaissance Man

Acid Rant

Aug 11
15 min

Elon Musk, Bo Burnham, The Internet, Modern Renaissance and How To Be A Renaissance Man

We can focus our energy into harnessing our creativity in the pursuit of knowledge in order to actualize our full capacity with the tools we

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Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Tupac Shakur: Speaking Out, Communist Revolution and Whats Next?

Acid Rant

Jul 19
8 min

Donald Trump, Joe Biden and Tupac Shakur: Speaking Out, Communist Revolution and Whats Next?

We can have opinions on blanket issues and the resolve will always be simple and seem like it's common sense.

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Bill Burr Philly Rant, Kanye West 'Yeezus' and Sartre: How much say should consumers have over art?

Acid Rant

Jul 17
6 min

Bill Burr Philly Rant, Kanye West 'Yeezus' and Sartre: How much say should consumers have over art?

But then releasing that art leaves you open for criticism. Which begs the question, how much say should the consumer have in the creation of

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