Sound Stories

Mandarin Episode This is a list, a list of documentaries that I love, and they are all themed with culture that we all love, fashion, beauty, skate scene, and of course, music. Documentaries covered: Bill Cunningham New York Kevyn Aucoin: Beauty and the Beast in Me A Band Called Death Cutie and the Boxer 20,000 Days on Earth 20 Feet From Stardom 808 Bones Brigade Dave Chappelle’s Block Party Sound City Fresh Dressed Beastie Boys Story Have you seen any of these? Which one has you seen? I w...

You went to the dinner. You were surrounded by people. You came home and still felt empty. That's not loneliness, and that's you waiting for someone else to knock first. This episode is about the kind of lonely that nobody talks about, not the alone-in-your-room kind, but the standing-at-a-party-watching-everyone-else-connect kind. The kind where you start asking why they didn't choose you. It's natural to have these negative feelings, but the real question is...are you doing everything you c...

39% of music uploaded to streaming platforms right now is fully AI-generated, we are paying with real money you actually worked for, and we don't even know which songs they are. We're talking about why record labels and streaming platforms are not in the business of helping you love music, they're in the business of keeping you on the app. Why going viral became a career goal instead of a side effect. Why your music taste might not actually be yours if you've been letting numbers and aestheti...

I've been seeing a lot of people write about failure lately. Most people's response to failure goes like this: find someone to blame, find a quick fix, move on, fail again, repeat. Nobody stops to ask where the problem actually came from. I called out men specifically. I've watched too many of them get hit once and never get back up. You have a full hand of cards, you just played one wrong one time, gather yourself and keep playing! Failure is something you should wear like a badge of honor...

I recorded this while sick. Bare minimum makeup, maximum opinions. You're welcome. Here are 17 movies that deserve a bigger life than they got, some will rearrange your brain, some will make you sob in a way that's embarrassing, and at least one will make you rethink your entire relationship with Jennifer Lopez. Go watch something from this list tonight. Come back and fight me about it in the comments. Full movie list: White oleander Stay A cure for wellness Stranger than ficti...