The Lizard Review

Revisiting Taylor Swift's Iconic 2012 Vogue Cover Article

Continuing on with my series of revisiting the ghosts of magazine articles' past, today we reflect upon yet another ICONIC moment of Taylore : the moment that Taylor got bangs for her Vogue cover shoot and discovered the look she perhaps was always meant to have... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe [https://thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

The Ultimate Sunday (1994) Ranking

For the first time EVEERRRR, I attempt (and succeed at) ranking all eighteen songs from Sunday (1994.) I made the TierMaker [https://tiermaker.com/create/sunday-1994-songs-2026-16450556] myself! Feel free to use it at your own leisure to create your own rankings. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe [https://thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Going Through My Husband's Playlists

I am the supreme overlord of what music gets played in this household and when...but my husband DOES have his own playlists and he does on occasion listen to his own music. These playlists NEVER get played aloud in the house, but they exist, and today, we go through them to excavate some truly mystifying hidden treasures.... This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe [https://thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Spotify's Top 100 Greatest Songs of the Streaming Era

The streaming era of music is still unfolding before our very eyes, but one thing is beyond for certain - streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music have changed the way we engage with, enjoy, and find music. Streaming has opened up the entire world (or at least, those with a spare 11.99 to spend a month) to the whole confection of music, all the way from the 1940's to today. There's plenty good and plenty bad with the way streaming services operate and how they've affected how music operates in our lives, but in today's episode, we focus on one question about streaming in particular - what have been the 100 most important songs to the streaming era so far? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe [https://thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]

Panic! At The Ship of Theseus

Once upon a time in a land not so dissimilar to our own, there was a band that made all the wrong choices at all the right times...this is a story about the 2000's, the scene, the girls who loved it, and the men who hated it. Panic! At The Disco was a group of teenaged boys who wound up thrust into the center of a brand new genre and a brand new scene that was only just beginning to take shape, and that would ultimately wind up dissipating into nothing just as quickly as it appeared. Two albums, countless band members, twenty years, and hundreds of thousands of words of fanfiction later, we're finally asking the question : when did Panic! At The Disco really stop being Panic! At The Disco? This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe [https://thelizardreview.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2]