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Critical Influences

Michael Quinn

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A blog that feels its way through the fog of ideas.

Short dispatches on the things that shape my ideas as a writer, critic, and human being.


November 10, 2025

Selena Gomez Is Giving Éponine Energy

November 10, 2025/ Michael Quinn
Selena Gomez Is Giving Éponine Energy

As a closeted teenager, I found expression for how I felt in Éponine’s unrequited love song “On My Own.” Decades later, I still hear that ache in the voices of Linda Ronstadt and Selena Gomez—singers with more than a little in common.

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November 10, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
art & identity, critical influences, cultural criticism, LGBTQ+, music, music criticism
July 07, 2025

Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling

July 07, 2025/ Michael Quinn
Hauser at Radio City Music Hall: I Came for My Partner, I Stayed for the Feeling

What started as a campy date night turned into something unexpectedly joyful—and strangely moving.

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July 07, 2025/ Michael Quinn/
critical influences, cultural criticism, music, performance, camp, LGBTQ+
LGBTQ, Pride Month, Hauser, Radio City Music Hall, classical crossover, concert review, queer aesthetics, performance, camp, cello, YouTube music, romantic spectacle, cultural criticism, Critical Influences

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