The MMC Team

Sunflowers laced into my braid, Do you think I’m pretty tonight? If you yank my hair, at least rip off the petals one by one, Maybe I can figure you out, Do you love me or not? New perfume, do I smell nice? I made it out from tears shed at late-night cries. I knew… Continue reading Pretty Tonight

One of the first genres, or rather sounds, that come to my mind when someone says “nostalgia” is Japanese city pop. Back in 2020, when “Mayonaka no Door / Stay With Me” by Miki Matsubara and “4:00 A.M.” by Taeko Onuki resurfaced on TikTok, I had no idea that’s what it was called – city… Continue reading City pop: the ultimate sound of nostalgia

  Once just a desert music festival in Indio, California, Coachella has evolved into much more than a celebration of sound—it’s become a fashion phenomenon, a cultural stage where style statements take the enter stage as much as the performers. Every April, the Empire Polo Club transforms into a runway of its own, where influencers,… Continue reading Coachella Culture: Fashion, Freedom, and a Festival That Defines an Aesthetic

Russian rock slowly developed in the 1960-70s in the Soviet underground, and, despite some inspiration from the Beatles, David Bowie, and other Western rock pioneers, as well as Jamaican dub music, it reached its peak and mainstream status in the late 1980-1990s, thus, becoming a largely nationally isolated cultural phenomenon. This isolation was attempted to… Continue reading Sun Q: Reimagining Rock Music

I have felt shame. I know this feeling. Insidious, pounding, discomforting. The weight of an elephant on my chest, crushing my rib cage. The tension of a prey in every muscle, standing straight, scrutinizing the unwelcoming surroundings. I have felt shame. I know why it happened. After mistreating a friend, sure. Thinking back on the drunken, foolish bickering, abrasively my carefully hidden flaws exposed: selfishness, insecurity. Fear of being misperceived, fear of being disliked. After stumbling in public, knees and hands on the ground, I swear I can feel the stares poking my back, a pin holder. The underlying commonality: a misstep, a mistake, an error on my behalf. I should have acted differently. I should have behaved. I have felt shame. I know why it happened. At least, I think. I not only felt shame for my actions. As it happens, you know, I felt it for other people’s actions. I felt shame when my mother revealed to my crush that I liked him in primary school. I felt shame when the people I introduced didn’t like each other. I even felt shame because of the barbaric actions of humankind: wars, genocides, and inequality. I guess, in a way, I feel responsible for others, even if their actions are out of my control: a little talking cricket sitting right by my ear whispers to my nervous system, “STIFFEN! TENSE UP! MAYDAY, I REPEAT, MAYDAY.”… Continue reading I have felt shame.

MusicAeterna is an innovative musical project which consists of an orchestra, a choir, and a dance troupe under the leadership of the Greek-Russian conductor Theodor Currentzis. It was founded in 2004 in Novosibirsk, Siberia’s largest city, which was an unusual place for an innovative ensemble, since it is far away from Russia’s 2 cultural capitals,… Continue reading MusicAeterna: Reimagining Classical Music

she spends most of her time in front of the mirror and behind the screen.the mirror shows her glimpses of old photos of her mother and eyes that have only yet caught a glimpse of the world.the screen shows her tiktok and botox and pounds lost and photoshopinstagram face and small waists.“why do i have… Continue reading Insatiable