Low Culture Boil

The second part of our deep dive into Taylor Swift finds the gals musing on the Taylor/Kanye beef— was it real? Were both parties milking it for their own respective brands? Was it a 30 Rock cutaway come to life? This plus some Deep Thoughts on Taylor's ability to look within, her uncanny ability to reveal our own modern sense of self, and more! Become a trash patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Rax, Courtney, and Amber take a deep dive into Taylor Swift™, for whom Autumn never ends. Born wealthy, branded young, and beloved by millions, the prolific country-turned-pop star leaves little to chance, but does her immaculately manicured image betray larger issues of being a millenial and a celebrity? Or is it simply an artist controlling aspects of her life previously managed by others? Become a trash patron! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Find you a bootlegger, grab some hooch, and take a trip down a 600 foot long dirt road that eventually becomes the Sunset Strip, home of the seedy and glamorous between West Hollywood and Beverly Hills— Vegas before Vegas, baby! Rax and Amber go into the history, some of the notable spots, and the modern experience of strutting down such a historically party-laden plot of land! Become a trash patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Rax and Amber take us on a journey into the world of strippers. What's a house mom? Is a mean whale worth it? Can you respectfully dance for a funeral party? Learn the lingo, the obscure state laws, the customer profiles, and tips for the aspiring stripper from two bona fide vets of the industry! Become a patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Taking another cue from Rax's book, team LCB goes into the musician Meat Loaf. His Wagnerian performances and complete earnestness are not only his trademark, they just might make him an irony-proof subject. The gals go deeper into the idea of ironic engagement with art, what it protects us from, and what it inhibits. Beyond that, Meat Loaf also turns out to have the soul of a poster and a soap opera-worthy origin story for his prodigious talent. Become a trash patron! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Team LCB takes the introduction of Rax's newly-published book Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer, and hashes out the finer points of the word itself: "tacky"! From a 19th century pejorative about Yankee carpetbaggers to a 21st century pejorative about bad taste, "tacky" is nestled somewhere between sincere, gauche, accessible, and rejected, a state beyond the gatekeepers, beyond societal approval, beyond irony: "Tacky is about becoming," says Rax. Buy the book today!  Become a trash patron! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Run down to the corner apothecary, head to the fountain, and grab yourself a tall glass o' Cocaine Cola— We're doing soda, folks! Team LCB goes into its origins (from one Mr. STILLWATER), ingredients, the myriad brands that came from the carbonated product explosion, cola classism, regional dialects, and more! Become a trash patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Team LCB makes the rare trip into the current Online Discourse™ and tackles issues found in a pile-on of an otherwise innocuous tweet. Is it always more cost-effective buying groceries and prepping your own food vs takeout? The gals muse on labor distribution, access and education, misleading recipes, home economics, and more on deciding modes of mastication. Buy Rax's book Tacky today! https://bit.ly/3bDIM6E Become a trash patron! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

The ancient pumpkin: Did dinosaurs eat it? Where did it come from? Are continents real and does Courtney know how many there are? Team LCB answers these pressing questions as well as tackling the history of jack o'lanterns, punkin chunkin competitions, pumpkin pyramids, and the grand American tradition of carving pumpkins with a gun. Become a trash patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil

Team LCB takes you on a candy corn journey including its production, the history of trick or treating, candy's role in stranger danger, candy corn innovations (including pizza), and giving Amber lots of shit for genuinely liking this stuff. Become a trash patron today! www.patreon.com/lowcultureboil