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missy, sloppy steffy, a legion of steves, + other instances of self reference

missy, sloppy steffy, a legion of steves, + other instances of self reference

Before I get into it, last week I published a zine via my zine press Wendy House Press. It’s the newest installment of my Mini Music Mag series and features a bunch of cool music based personal essays (like the kind I write here) by awesome guest writers. It

on the closeness by the evermore escape + a love letter to 2009 youtube music

on the closeness by the evermore escape + a love letter to 2009 youtube music

there are your favorite songs. then there are songs that you Cannot Forget. if you’re lucky, maybe those are the same songs. if you’re me, you’ve been thinking about The Closeness by The Evermore Escape for 10 years. I know next to nothing about The Evermore Escape

on grappling with harm + ethics of support

on grappling with harm + ethics of support

This newsletter deals with the concept of sexual assault. Nothing is described graphically but it is the central factor to this discussion. Please be warned and take care of yourself. I’ve been thinking about this newsletter for weeks. If you know me, you know I have always had one

on the airing of grievances by titus andronicus + honeymood by oux

on the airing of grievances by titus andronicus + honeymood by oux

Yesterday I was sat in Rittenhouse Square, the only place in Philadelphia I can get to without getting lost, talking to my friend James [https://weirdupstairs.substack.com/]about all kinds of things. We talked a lot about Being Online and our newsletters and stuff. It was supposed to encompass

i did a bunch of research on songs named after months + now you get to read about it

i did a bunch of research on songs named after months + now you get to read about it

Hello it is my birthday tomorrow. I will be 23 years old. I thought about writing an emotional post about, I don’t know, growing up or like… listening to PUP and that’s it as it relates to needing comfort in a time which is the worst for me

on patreon + community without gigs

on patreon + community without gigs

I’m currently in the midst of interviewing people for a zine I’m making about the impact of the last six-ish months on people involved in music in different realms. I’ve been talking to managers, musicians, photographers, visual artists, label people, etc and while I’ve been getting

on my dad + music in memory

on my dad + music in memory

It’s 8:45 PM while I’m writing this but my laptop is an hour behind. I wasn’t aware it has manual time and date settings until I left central time and it never updated. I was aware my laptop shows a European date format but I was