Desiree Bessler

Taking Meds: Over-The-Counter Drugs for Your Ears

It isn’t easy to find out much about the band Taking Meds. It seems like besides concert dates and streaming portals featuring their music - the band members prefer to keep a low profile.

However, naturally some questions such as “Why did they choose that band name?” or “What is the story behind the group?” pop up. For a decade Taking Meds produced a mixture between rock and punk with pieces of indie and elements of deep and depressing pathos.

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Demarcus McGaughey: The Lone Star

“Every person has a gift inside of them. It is our responsibility to use this gift to impact the world. I dare you to use this gift, to impact the world, and to create your life.” said Texan artist Demarcus McGaughey to SINGULART, a website for rising artists all around the globe. 

McGaughey is a skilled creative director, graphic designer and artist with more than 20 years of experience. He uses his gift to impact the world. 

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Ishod Wair: Hot Wheels

He could be described as a random, average looking guy with a skateboard on his side but people will quickly learn  that almost nothing about the American professional skateboarder Ishod Wair is random, or average. In fact, Ishod is the most wanted professional skateboarder on the scene. 

“Skating has taught me that a loss isn’t always the worst thing. It’s a step in the right direction to win. If you apply that to life, and see your losses as a learning experience, that’s an important lesson.", says Ishod to Mr Feelgood, a lifestyle, culture, and personal development digital magazine.

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Black Girls Rule

“My dream is to create spaces where black artists feel seen, supported, and celebrated.” said Joshua Love, founder of “A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show.” 

The curator worked hard to make his dream come true and the city of Atlanta had the great honor to host A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show again this year along  with 22 other cities celebrating black female artists and their artwork in various forms. 

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Tobias Jesso Jr.: Backstage is Where the Talent Lives

We often tend to admire famous lead singers and performers on stage without realizing that their support system is usually standing right behind them. 

One of the most underrated categories when it comes to music are singers and songwriters despite the fact that they are responsible for the biggest chunk of a singer’s career.

Tobias Jesso Jr. made his way from a singing solo career through the hotbed of the music industry and received the very first Songwriter of the Year, Non-Classical Grammy Award. 2023 is the category’s inaugural year and it rewards the written excellence, profession, and art of non-performing songwriters.

“This is more for all the other songwriters out there and all the other years that this category could have been a thing…I’m more grateful for the win for all of us,” Jesso said, according to Pitchfork.

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ChenPeng Fashion: Universal Beauty

Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King,  all had one great goal: social equality. 

Who would have thought that someone from the people's Republic of China, of all countries, would take a decisive step in this direction? Chen Peng and his fashion label Shang Hai Xuan Peng Trading Co. Ltd have been pursuing exactly this goal of reaching social equality since their founding in 2016, and incidentally also contribute to the revival of puff in Haute Couture.

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