The Lizard Review

Defining suicidal ideation for Elmo, getting caught up in one of the most obvious PR-created hate trains of the decade, Luigi, the end of an Eras, cowboys, and MORE are all what helped to define 2024 as a year of evanescent everything, from viral trends to culturally impactful music to everything in-between. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acce...

Drinking detox tea outside the AMC. Stealing gas money so she can ride the mechanical bull like she's a cowgirl. Calling the cops on your new girlfriend. Scoring 40's. Working at the trampoline park part time. Recording vocals in her mother's Kia. Doing Paper Magazine interviews in her minions pajama pants. Making one of the best albums of 2024 from her living room with a blanket up as a divider f...

Happy Holidays!!! Here's some of the Christmas music I've been adding to my ever expanding Christmas playlist this year, from Kelly Clarkson, to Ella Fitzgerald, to The Carpenters. Also, an evisceration of yet ANOTHER of Gwen Stefani's baffling tributes to Blake Shelton (yeah, it's a Christmas record, for some goddamn reason.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subs...

On the walls of long forgotten about structures buried deep beneath the sands of time, there is an old fable etched in a language that no one speaks anymore. It is a tale of love lost, of infatuation, of meeting the wrong person at the wrong time, and of heartbreak. It is a tale that spans decades, that spans eras, that spans across timelines, that spans across lovers and outfits and rules....it i...

Allow me to introduce you to your new favorite girl band...Flo just released their debut LP titled ACCESS ALL AREAS - a referential, nostalgic, y2k r&b bonanza inspired by the likes of Destiny's Child, but put together by three young gen z women who have been working to put this album together for nearly five entire years. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscrib...

What do Taylor Swift and Halsey have in common...? Well, they're both writers, they're both creatives...and they both dated the exact same TORTURED POET and lived to write about it, and in doing so have given us an interesting codex of songs to compare and contrast. In this episode, I pull apart Halsey's Lonely Is The Muse from her latest record The Great Impersonator, and reflect on what it means...

Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!! Here's an early episode 🎃 One of the most iconic pieces of Halloween history is a little film starring three queens (Bette Midler, SJP, and Kathy Najimy) that captures the essence of what Halloween felt like when you were a kid - magical, ripe with possibility, and creepy. It was a massive commercial and critical FLOP when it was first released, but over time, this film h...

This is the story of a thousand wigs, a thousand tears, a thousand hours, a thousand years, a thousand shows, a thousand influences, a thousand hurts from the biggest to the smallest, and of a thousand different people, one of them being myself, somehow all of them being Halsey. They told her she has no sense of identity, and they asked her, "do you even know who you are?" The Great Impersonator r...

The year : 2008. The book : a bestseller. The actors : thought they were making a cute little indie film only to discover their entire lives being upended. Rock band Muse : said sure go ahead give throw them a bone, no one will even remember we were on this soundtrack! Hayley Williams : was also there. The author : Mormon lady obsessed with making playlists. The director : looked like she collecte...

In observance of the Holy Rite of the Lizard's Birthday, please participate in a FAVORED Lizard Birthday Ritual by watching the greatest film ever made, Practical Magic, starring two of the greatest actresses of our times, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, and then come back and listen to this episode for a full dissection of the film's true depths....sadly not many critics have ever seen the grea...

A deep and personal look into my latest and greatest fixation, a brand new band called Sunday (1994) and their new EP that's perfect for the Fall season. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

The third in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one is about the boundless joy that comes from realizing it does not matter what anybody thinks about you, and it reminds us that life and music and art are all things that can be fun, if you allow them to be. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get acc...

A 2010's empire built upon notions of standing up for yourself, girl power, and unrelenting poptimism comes crumbling down right before our eyes in Katy Perry's final stab at relevancy in the 2020's, her new album 143. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

Was it the best one ever? Well, no.... Was it the worst one ever!? WELL, NO!!! The 2024 VMA's was truly a moment of divas being up, and flops being down and down BAD. Not everyone can share pieces of the crown I fear! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

Britney Spears' most iconic performances. Miley Cyrus getting caught on smack cam in front of a live audience. Beyonce pregnancy announcement. Madonna showing cheek and panty live on television. Eminem fighting a puppet. Kurt Cobain tormenting Axl Rose for fun. And that's just the beginning... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus epi...

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A lyrical analysis of, what else.....August by Taylor Swift. A song about a first love that becomes a lost love and everything that goes along with it. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

Sabrina Carpenter's new album where she exposes Shawn Mendes as a poor man's Justin Bieber, Maude Latour's debut record where she more than proves herself as capable of fitting in with her gen z contemporaries, and a brief look at how we treat celebrities following Chappell Roan's comments on celebrity and fan culture. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers...

Halsey is regaining footing after a disappointing lead single, Tinashe is pushing forward amidst her viral success, Addison Rae is BACK, Beabadoobee is Michelle Branch 2.0, Gaga and Bruno Mars surprise the hell out of me, and the internet wants you believe that Blake Lively is trying to destroy it all...all that AND MORE in today's NMF. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with...

An American tradition (gathering celebrities into one room and forcing them to play nice with one another for four hours) has returned....Join me in reading through ALLLL the nominees for the MTV Video Music Awards, and hear some of my predictions for who will win what (and why.) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit t...

The second in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one served in ways I never thought possible and did it all while shaking the foundations of my reality. Through others, we become ourselves. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

Gwen Stefani did a lot of things during her LAMB era that I'm sure you'd LIKE to forget about...sadly I won't let you!!! Plus, Britney Spears, The Backstreet Boys, and Doja Cat. Accompanying playlist on Spotify // Apple Music This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

NEW MUSIC AND POP CULTURE FRIDAY!!!!! Featuring Remi Wolf, Clairo, Halsey, Longlegs, Griff, Zach Bryan, and a shadow figure lurking in the background. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

The first in a series where I go through the most IMPORTANT and influential albums in my life - this one made me feel seen and heard at one of the most pivotal times in my life. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe

Lasso hasn't been seen except in the shadows late at night in the mountains. Brat can only be seen by those with the wherewithal to comprehend it. And Chanel No. 5 will never be seen at all..... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe