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AMP Watches: I’m In Love With a Church Girl
When the film declared it was executive-produced by God, we at AMP knew we were in for a gruelling ride. Don’t get us wrong, we don’t have any problem with religion, barring any dogma that stems from it, but something about I’m in Love With a Church Girl really put us off. Perhaps it was […]
Opinion
Pokemon: Stagnation is Their Foundation
So far, three new Pokémon games have been announced for the Nintendo Switch, all set to release sometime either this year or next. New Pokémon Snap is set to release April 30, 2021, Pokémon: Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon: Shining Pearl are slotted for some time this year, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus will come out in […]
DJ Showcase
Ben Nguyen DJ Showcase
DJ Name: BS (Boppin’ Salesman); also known as Ben Nguyen Name of Show: The Ad Break Day and Time of Show: Friday from 12am-1am and 10am-11am How would you describe your show to someone who has never listened? The Ad Break is an Ad Break for your life, where I fail to sell you a […]
Whooshing Red
Whooshing Red: In American Crosshairs
“America is back,” President Biden proudly declared to the Munich Security Conference, an annual meeting on Western defense policy, on February 19th. Six days later, his administration dropped seven 500-pound bombs on a small building complex in eastern Syria. Congress wasn’t notified of these strikes until over 48 hours after they had been launched. The […]
Opinion
WandaVision’s Lack of Vision
Wanda Maximoff has had her life torn apart repeatedly by the writers of the MCU. First, her parents died (apparently in front of her eyes as WandaVision retconned) to a bomb made by Stark Industries, then her brother was brutally gunned down by a beast of Stark’s creation, and then she had to kill the […]
Opinion
Summer Fun During COVID
Do you want to do fun summer activities but still want to take the global pandemic seriously (unlike our wonderful Governor Abbott who might want to actually kill us all)? Cause I do. Below is a list of fun things to do for the sweltering Texas summer of 2021— all while being as safe as […]
Opinion
My Relationship With Anime Can’t Be This Complicated
I’ve been a casual fan of anime and manga from a young age. I read the manga adaptations of games like Legend of Zelda and Kingdom Hearts. I loved Pokemon, but more so the game than the animation. It seemed that most of my entry points into anime and manga were from video games. However, […]
Features
Ticket Stubs: What A Strange “Bad Trip” It’s Been
If you’re finding yourself entertained by AMP’s jesterish antics, then I’m delighted to let you know that there are wilder and more efficient clowns out there, and they’re on Netflix right now. Consider the long-awaited, pre-Covid Bad Trip, a hidden camera comedy film directed by Kitaro Sakurai (who also does “The Eric Andre Show”), produced […]
Satire
Executive Order GA-34
Greg Abbott released executive order GA-34, lifting the mask mandate and letting businesses open up 100%. Now, the order is written in classic legalese, which may be hard to understand for some of our less legally-inclined readers. As such, I’ve created this handy-dandy summation to help Texans understand the decision making that goes on within […]
Ed Desk
April Ed Desk
As if the deadly snowstorm that we faced in February wasn’t enough to prove the failure of our elected officials, in March, Governor Greg Abbott recalled the statewide mask mandate. Statewide, masks are no longer required in public places. Even though most businesses will still require masks in their stores, some will not. Other businesses […]
Opinion
Whooshing Red
The Winter, The Blackouts, and The Apocalypse
In Houston, a suburban family finds their three children dead in a house fire. In Harris County, at least 300 were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning. In the same city, a 60-year-old unhoused man is found dead, having frozen to death. Per the Washington Post, at least 58 people died in this month’s winter storms […]
Satire
Texas, Stay Red
“If you’re gonna run in Texas, you can’t be a liberal man,” – Ted Cruz’s campaign song, 2018. Hey, stupid. Yeah, Texas, we’re looking at you. We’re laughing at you right now, actually. Your latest disgrace is all over the internet, but especially on Twitter. Curious that it snowed over there. You mean, Texas really […]