Donnie Darko, The Bunnymen, and me
There was a time in my life where I did not “get” New Wave. I understood its place in Pop/Rock history and had listened to it mostly for work and never really understood… Continue reading
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Mood Machine by Liz Pelly Will Change Your Life
This book should be required reading for all music streaming customers, whether or not you use Spotify. You owe it to yourself to read Pelly’s work in full. From detailing how every click… Continue reading
Is Jerry Gonna Be There?
Because this is my blog I can blog about whatever I want. Even if that means a one-liner joke from my husband’s former boss at a summer work party several years ago. This… Continue reading
RIP? Pitchfork
I know it’s not dead, not yet, but it certainly feels like the end. With Marc Hogan’s piece in Rolling Stone, “Pouring One Out For Pitchfork” and Linnie Greene writing The Official Pitchfork… Continue reading
RIP Lou Reed, Ten Years Gone
Ten years ago today Lou Reed died. I remember exactly where I was. I had just moved to Yonkers to attend graduate school for nonfiction writing and was taking my new roommate, who… Continue reading
Bikini Kill! Live!
The last time I found myself in Chicago, Illinois, it was late September 2017 and it happened to be 100 literal degrees, breaking all kinds of weather records. We had chosen to visit… Continue reading
Bob Dylan in New York City
A decade ago when I was visiting Brooklyn, a decade before I would move here, I’d stay in Greenpoint. I would always get lost because Brooklyn was nothing but a blob to me,… Continue reading
Which Side Are You On?
Last year we watched Barbara Kopple’s landmark documentary Harlan County, USA from 1976 and ever since “Which Side Are You On?” has been stuck in my head. A pro-union folk song written by… Continue reading
We Built This Kitty
My husband has a new favorite song. I’ve discussed his taste in music on this blog before as *refers to notes* “late night art college radio youtube mashup supercut lyric-less catchy nonsense of… Continue reading
The History of Jazz, second edition by Ted Gioia
I decided to kick off the new year (and new decade, I guess!) by reading a new genre of music writing. I am a seasoned jazz listener, since I first started, freshman year… Continue reading