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Zach Omer

Mar 20, 201911 min read

10 Reasons Why "Into the Spider-Verse" is a Must-Watch Superhero Movie

Introduction My brother and I (and most of the general public) have been into superhero movies for over a decade now. I remember the...

Zach Omer

Dec 31, 20187 min read

I Can't Stop Listening to My Top 100 Songs of 2018 on Spotify

Spotify recently released a playlist for its users called “Your Top Songs 2018.” As the name hints, it’s simply the songs that the user...

Zach Omer

Dec 14, 20186 min read

Response Ability [Musical Remix]

Overview The average audio backdrop in today’s society would undoubtedly contain a cacophony of text alerts, ringtones, vibrations, and...

Zach Omer

Dec 12, 20184 min read

Game of Thrones: Remixing a Remix

As a brief introduction, I took a class this past semester (Fall 2018) called Remix Practices. We analyzed the definition of a remix and...

Zach Omer

Nov 28, 20188 min read

A Rhetorical Analysis of Samwise Gamgee's Epic Speech in Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Background The second installment of Peter Jackson’s timeless Lord of the Rings film trilogy, titled The Two Towers, was released on...

Zach Omer

Aug 31, 20182 min read

Can I Kick It?: A Musical Remix Exercise

I'd like to share something I created a few years back, because I think it touches on a lot of the elements of remix that were discussed...

Zach Omer

Dec 4, 201412 min read

The Blueprint for a Reign

Only 45 hip-hop albums in history have been given a rating of “5 Mics” (or 5/5 stars) from The Source magazine (Golding, “…The Source’s...

Zach Omer

May 13, 201412 min read

Orson Welles and the Historic "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast

There have been a handful of truly pivotal broadcasts in the history of radio, since public broadcasting began around 1920 (Baudino &...