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1 month ago | 
plastermagazine.com | Izzy Bilkus |Sam Moore
5 min read Sam Moore dives deep into the cultural heft of the diva – its comedy, tragedy and enduring mystique – from RuPaul to the V&A I’ve noticed a shift in how the references in RuPaul’s Drag Race work. As the show has gone on to become more of a cultural monolith – from the ‘All Stars’ spin-off to a seemingly endless number of international offshoots – it has become less interested in referencing other aspects of queer life, and has increasingly begun referencing itself. As if Drag Race...
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
wallpaper.com | Sam Moore
The title of Louis Fratino’s Satura at the Centro Pecci comes from a term in Latin, Satura Lanx. This was a plate of fruits that were intended for the Gods. It’s in this context that Fratino’s engagement with queer history, Italian landscapes, and the body itself, seem best understood.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
menshealth.com | Sam Moore
The following story contains spoilers for Tulsa King season 2, episode 2, "Kansas City Blues."THE VULTURES ARE swirling around Dwight Manfredi in “Kansas City Blues”, episode 2 of Tulsa King’s second season. The flamboyant Mafioso and his burgeoning empire are on the verge of fighting wars on multiple fronts, and that’s without “The General’s” mounting legal crisis as he awaits trial for bribing former lover and ATF agent Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage) with information on his enemies.
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Sep 15, 2024 | 
menshealth.com | Sam Moore
TULSA KING SEASON 1 climaxed with a full-on Western saloon shootout that left Irish biker boss Waltrip (Ritchie Coster) very dead at the hands of Sylvester Stallone’s Dwight Manfredi. Shortly afterwards, he was arrested by occasional lover and full-time ATF agent Stacy Beale (Andrea Savage) on charges of bribery, just as the Mafioso appeared to have completed the sooner state equivalent plot of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with his weed business booming and casino newly opened.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
thequietus.com | Robert Barry |Sam Moore
Electronic music duo Kashaiof take their name, from the Hebrew word Kishoof, meaning ‘sorcery’. This ethos – the creation of something strange, almost otherworldly through their music – is everywhere in Days, a collection of songs which, at their best, seem to capture not just the sound of an apocalypse, but gesture towards what might come after it. The vocals that are scattered across the album (usually chants), feel like a genuine surprise when they emerge, in songs like ‘Clay’.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
lwlies.com | Sam Moore
About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
plastermagazine.com | Sam Moore
0 min read There’s a corner of the internet that’s fixated with the constant evolution of a strange, online fiction. A marriage of some of the obsessions of cyberspace: liminal space, creepypasta, and gaming culture. At the intersection of this Venn diagram is The Backrooms; an endless maze of seemingly empty rooms and corridors. But every now and then, if – as the first, anonymous post about The Backrooms said – you noclip out of reality in the wrong place, you might find a Backroom with...
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
plastermagazine.com | Sam Moore
9 min read Before I go to Paris, I message the husband of one of my publishers on Instagram; he’s written about fashion for an intimidatingly impressive list of places. I tell him that I’ve been asked to cover a fashion show, something that I’ve never done before, something I’m not sure how to write about. His advice is abstract, but still offers me a certain kind of clarity: don’t read anything, don’t follow anyone, there are no rules, trust your instincts, write what you think you should...
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
plastermagazine.com | Sam Moore
0 min read I’ve noticed a shift in how the references in RuPaul’s Drag Race work. As the show has gone on to become more of a cultural monolith – from the ‘All Stars’ spin-off to a seemingly endless number of international offshoots – it has become less interested in referencing other aspects of queer life, and has increasingly begun referencing itself. As if Drag Race has swallowed up the rest of queer pop culture and now has to eat its own tail. The first time I watched the show was on a...
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
plastermagazine.com | Sam Moore
8 min read A spectre is haunting art history – the spectre of Pablo Picasso. The artist has been gone for five decades now, a milestone being marked by exhibitions grappling with his legacy all over the world. And yet curators, museums, comedians and more, still aren’t exactly sure if The Culture writ large needs or wants a man like Picasso anymore. Hannah Gadsby ends up agreeing with the cubist – in spite of their clear disdain for both the man and his work – when, near tears at the end of...
