Liz Foster

Journalist

United States

Entertainment journalist, cultural critic, Substack-er, writer, friend.

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Music Times
06/10/2024
NYC's 2024 Governors Ball Day 3 Recap: Pop, Pride and Peso Pluma

The final day of the 2024 Governors Ball rounded out the festival with a bang. Sunday, June 9, the final day of NYC's 2024 Governors Ball, brought out the best-of-the-best to finish the weekend with a bang, and Music Times was on site to catch every moment.

Music Times
03/27/2024
British Study Reports Widespread Misogyny in Music Industry

A study by the UK Musicians' census reported pervasive misogyny within the music industry. A 2023 report from the UK Musicians' Census, a first time survey held by the Musicians' Union and Help Musicians, has revealed the widespread misogyny running through the music industry.

Music Times
06/09/2024
NYC's 2024 Governors Ball Day Two Recap: Rock's (Definitely) Not Dead

A recap of Day Two of the 2024 Governors Ball in New York City: rockstars, pop stars and rap stars. The second day of the 2024 Governors Ball in New York City proved to be a rockin' (and poppin' and rappin') good Saturday -- and Music Times was there for every minute.

Music Times
06/04/2024
Halsey Releases Haunting Acoustic Single 'The End'

Halsey has released 'The End,' the first single off of her upcoming fifth album. After teasing the arrival of a new era for months, Halsey has officially returned with a brand new song.

The Bronx Ink
10/18/22
In the Face of Record Shop Closures, Moodies Records Persists

Reggae music overpowers light chatter in a room where music legends cover the walls; Michael Jackson posters, Taylor Swift CDs and Lauryn Hill vinyl records flank a narrow aisle weaving between the rows of entertainment. Baskets filled with incense and hair conditioners sit near the cash register as Williamsbridge’s older residents chat on the shady sidewalk underneath a rumbling 2-train. Friends, neighbors and family joined together to celebrate the life of Earl Moodie, owner of Moodies...

The Delacorte Review
02/01/2024
I am Jack's Caudal Fin

An essay unpacking the boredom of tiger sharks at the New York Aquarium.

Substack
Be Kind, Be Bold, Fly Free: Remembering Flaco

"Goodbye and thank you, I love you NYC!" The recent passing of Flaco the Eurasian eagle-owl has devastated New Yorkers. As an Upper West Sider and Central Park neighbor, I felt a deep connection to the handsome bird.

The Bronx Ink
9/15/22
Back-to-School Giveaway Helps Williamsbridge Families

Approximately 400 students in New York’s 36th district will start this school year with new supplies after The Office of State Senator Jamaal T. Bailey hosted a back-to-school giveaway on Saturday.

The Bronx Times
08/21/2023
The fight to save Fordham's Evangelical Lutheran Church continues amid candlelight vigil, talk of...

Members of the Fordham Evangelical Lutheran Church gathered for a candlelight vigil last month as part of their ongoing efforts to reopen their place of worship. Congregation members, friends and family gathered outside of the Walton Avenue church in late July to hand out informational flyers to passersby, join together in prayer and strategize next steps — including possibly taking legal action — to regain access to their church which abruptly closed in June.

Sparky.wtf
09/15/2023
Carving the Waves of the Surf's Up Soundtrack

Reggae, charming island tunes, beach-rock, blissful waves, surfing competitions, sunny days, and penguins—where can we find the commonalities? The 2007 Dreamworks film Surf’s Up. Starring Shia LaBeouf as the film’s protagonist, a Rockhopper penguin named Cody Maverick, Surf’s Up is a hero’s journey into self-love, comradery, and the all-encompassing power of surfing. The timeless tale is a criminally underrated film with an even more underrated soundtrack. Though officially titled Surf’s Up...

Sparky
08/04/2023
The Rise and Fall of Eskettit: Revisiting Lil Pump

“Yeah, I sell crack in the halls,” brags a then-17-year-old Gazzy Garcia, better known by his rap moniker Lil Pump, on his track “Boss.” The single would be one of many that thrust Lil Pump into the center stage of SoundCloud and “mumble rap” at the end of the 2010s. The infectious trap sound that emerged out of Atlanta migrated to South Florida as rappers like Ski Mask the Slump God, XXXTentacion, and Lil Pump spun their own versions of the genre.

The Trinity Tripod
10/10/2023
Bikini Bottom and Bourgeoisie: How Capitalism, Class, and Krabs Rule Neptune’s Ocean

“That’s not just a dollar. It’s Mr. Krabs’ first dollar! His most prized possession! And we got paint on it!” shouts a frantic Spongebob, racing against the clock to remove a small smudge of paint from his boss’ proudest monetary achievement. Patrick, as an unemployed starfish living beneath a rock that does not experience the burdens of capitalism, does not understand the sponge’s anxious reaction. He calmly reasons that the two could “just stick any old dollar bill up on the wall, no one...

The Trinity Tripod
03/22/21
Everywhere But the White House: Bernie, the Viral Hit

“People will put Bernie Sanders anywhere but the White House,” tweeted seemingly half of the Twitter-verse following President Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Some joked that the inauguration was being live-tweeted like an award show, with users conjuring up memes within seconds of even the most mundane moments on the big day. Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who attempted a run for president during both the 2016 and 2020 election cycles, became the definitive star of the...

ScreenRant