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Seasonal change shuffle
It’s been a while. I used to find putting together these shuffle posts soothing. I’m “writing”, kind of, but I’m not trying to sound a certain way, and the pressure’s off, because the subject matter isn’t up to me. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Bleu, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Elvis Presley, Eminem, Eric Church, Etta James, Foo Fighters, Indigo Girls, James Taylor, Jerry Lee Lewis, Liz Phair, Merle Haggard, Ok Go, Pat McCurdy, Queen, shuffle, Sinéad O'Connor, The Beatles, The Raunch Hands, The Rolling Stones, Wanda Jackson, Waylon Jennings
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R.I.P. Chicken Shop Date
I gasped “No!” out loud when Amelia Dimoldenberg announced she was going to retire her web series, Chicken Shop Date, which she started ten years ago as a way to meet new people, go on “dates”, but also to highlight … Continue reading
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Dynamic Duo #50
Payton Tolle and Dominic Canzone
From the archives (2010): “Go Ask Sheila.”
The only time I ever did drugs started with a letter from my ex-boyfriend. We broke up a year before, and it was one hell of a separation, leaving us battered, but unwilling to sever the connection. The ex-boyfriend was … Continue reading
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Jackson State choir pays tribute to Dolly
I’ve spent the last three days watching choirs from around the world pay tribute to Dolly. I’ve loved hearing all the different arrangements. Yesterday I tripped over a clip on Instagram, the Jackson State University choir singing “Light of a … Continue reading
Everything’s gonna be all right, it’s gonna be okay
Hannah Dasher, a new country artist I adore, whose aesthetic is clearly inspired by Dolly, posted a pic of Dolly on her Instagram with the following note: “now y’all quit blowing up my phone and check on your gays.” Which … Continue reading
From the archives (2011): How We Talked
1. Me: [maybe a month in] “I just mentioned that song to you – and now it’s playing on the radio! Isn’t that so weird??” Him: “Not weird at all. Sheer coincidence.” 2. Him: [3 or 4 years in] “What’s … Continue reading
I have watched this 20 times
Tripped over this thrilling performance on Instagram the other day and sought it out on YouTube. This is the RB Dance Company. Song: “Human”, by Rag’n’Bone Man.
“You can understand a lot about yourself by working out which fairytale you use to present your world to yourself in.” — A.S. Byatt
I didn’t mark the passing of A.S. Byatt last year when it happened. I was overwhelmed with work at the time. But I did take a moment … a very still and silent moment … to reflect on her, on … Continue reading
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Tagged A.S. Byatt, fiction, George Eliot, nonfiction, Possession
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“I like to sing to women with meat on their bones and that long green stuff in their pocketbook.” — Wynonie Harris
It’s the birthday today of the influential blues shouter Wynonie Harris. I’ll hand the microphone over to Nick Tosches, because why would I bother to try to add to it? Tosches devoted a chapter in his book Unsung Heroes of … Continue reading