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on youtube + music criticism

on youtube + music criticism

I love youtube. I love youtube more than music. Despite my affinity for music writing, I’d take a good willne video over listening to any album. I love to talk about youtube and know a lot about youtube because of the kind of stuff I watch there so whenever

on the execution of all things by rilo kiley + hanging garden by corey flood

on the execution of all things by rilo kiley + hanging garden by corey flood

Something Old Rilo Kiley is a band I’ve always known of. They’re a band with a name I like saying out loud. Rilo is a pleasing word to form. Of course, we’re here because I refuse to listen to most things. The things I know about Jenny

on through being cool by saves the day + music journalism as a hobby

on through being cool by saves the day + music journalism as a hobby

Something Blue I’ll get into Saves the Day in a little bit but first, like any person who does music writing or whatever, I’m gonna talk about music writing. I listened to two podcasts today. One through Dan Ozzi’s newsletter that he did with David Anthony. The

on better yet: an interview with tim crisp

on better yet: an interview with tim crisp

If you know who I am and are reading this, you probably know who Tim is but I’ll do a little bio of his recent work anyway. Tim Crisp is a podcaster and writer. His newest podcast was about Sit Resist with Laura Stevenson [http://www.betteryetpod.com/lifes-work]

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