Louis CK's Fourth of July: Empathy As An Antidote To Polarization
“It’s gonna be okay, & even if it’s not okay, that’s gonna be okay” - Joe List, Fourth Of July (2022) We're living through unprecedented...
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ACID RANT is a cultural movement focused on fostering a community of critical-thinking, creative youth that want to disrupt the system and unlock humanity's full potential. We do that through creating and curating counter-culture.
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- Jul 2
- 9 min
Nikola Tesla, Steve Jobs & New Hollywood: When Value Systems Prevent Progress
What do you value? This is a question that every human being who inherits this planet has to answer at some point in their lifetime. For...
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Acid Rant
- May 15
- 13 min
Kendrick Lamars 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers': Surrealism & The Collective Unconscious
I remember the summer before 9th Grade, it felt like a transformative summer. We all knew life was about to change and we lived like it....
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Acid Rant
- May 10
- 10 min
Jean Michel Basquiat, Kanye West, & Michael Jackson: What Does It Mean To Be King?
What does it mean to be a King? Google defined a King as “the male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the...
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Acid Rant
- Mar 25
- 12 min
Atlanta's Three Slaps: The Persistence Of Memory
I just watched the first two episodes of the third season of Atlanta. I don’t know what I just watched. I’ve never seen anything like...
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Acid Rant
- Mar 6
- 12 min
Jeen-Yuhs, Afrofuturism & Baudrillards Hyperreality: Examining Kanye Wests Role in Black Culture
"Can you remember who you were, before the world told you who you should be?" -Charles Bukowski What are your natural drivers? What...
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Acid Rant
- Feb 22
- 6 min
How Hip Hop Culture Saved New York City
Hip Hop started out in the parties between the 5 Boroughs of New York. It sprang up from this destitute environment that was depleted of...
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Acid Rant
- Feb 17
- 6 min
Joe Rogan, Dave Chappelle & The Boondocks: First Amendment Rights
“The First Amendment is first for a reason. Second Amendment is just in case the first one doesn't work out.” -Dave Chappelle What...
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Acid Rant
- Jan 19
- 9 min
Walt Disney’s EPCOT, Steve Jobs & Andy Warhol: How Kanye West is Building A Better World
It was William Shakespeare who said Life is a Stage & it was Steve Jobs who revolutionized the medium when he premiered the iPhone. Steve...
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Acid Rant
- Jan 7
- 5 min
In Praise of Shadows & The Evolutionary Origins of Drip
Appreciating beauty takes an elevated consciousness. Beauty is an end all by itself. This is something we instinctively recognize but...
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