Ghost World was one of those memorable movies that had more of an influence on me than I expected. The flick was mixed in amongst Tarantino’s best on constant rotation on IFC back in the day, and I studied the movie based on the comic by Daniel Clowes more than my classes, memorizing all of the quotable lines from the film and trying to adopt Enid’s (Thora Birch) aesthetic. I even tried to dance along with the indie darling to the iconic opening song, “Jaan Pehchaan Ho” (which you’ve probably heard in a Heineken commercial or two). But who knew all those memories would come flooding back via a music player?
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Good Charlotte stirs ups memories of Chuck Taylors, guyliner, and mosh pits for most fans. But like the rest of us, the band has grown up and priorities have changed with the group taking a break back in 2011 to focus on family. We saw twins Benji and Joel Madden branch out with a project all their own in 2014 and mentor up-and-coming artists on The Voice in Australia; Billy Martin shifted artistic direction with the comic Darious McDreary: A Boy and His Bat and began contributing art to other titles; Paul Thomas went back to school and worked with the likes of Seeking Empire and The Strayed; and Dean Butterworth spent some time with Sugar Ray and provided the beat for Hollywood Game Night. But we’ve hardly heard a note from them for almost five years until the group finally released the single “Makeshift Love” late in 2015. They’ve triumphantly returned with a fresh single, an upcoming album named Youth Authority, and a four-city tour of the East Coast. I got to sneak into soundcheck when the guys made a stop in the Big Apple to discover the shift in their sound, share their advice for anyone looking to make it big in music, and revive the nostalgia from the early aughts’ pop-punk era while still moving forward.