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the national, place association, + a newsletter update!

the national, place association, + a newsletter update!

Someone I consider an online pal tweeted today she’s going to take on the task of getting into The National beyond Apartment Story. It got me thinking about the role that band plays in my life and got stuck into reminiscing about songs that remind me of specific places.

this year i'll spend november in the house

this year i'll spend november in the house

content warning: this newsletter talks about being depressed, eating disorder/body image topics, and suicidal thought. read with caution and with care. it’s not about music except in the way my life kind of is. the first zine i ever made was called this year i’ll spend november

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 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

on the weakerthans + being publicly emo

on the weakerthans + being publicly emo

I do discuss sexual assault within this newsletter. It’s not graphic and more about a response I had but, as with anything concerning the topic, I’d like to give a trigger warning. Welcome to my personal blog. Like and Subscribe and Smash That Notification Button. Yesterday was a

on slow mass + being me or whatever

on slow mass + being me or whatever

This week on the something old newsletter I’m discussing something that isn’t old and my own very personal experience with music listening, obviously. All my writing is about me first, music second. Something New Slow Mass is, by a wide margin, my favorite band from my beloved home

on moving, god in chicago + friends i met online

on moving, god in chicago + friends i met online

for the three years i’ve known him in various stages of our knowing each other, north and south down lake shore drive and 55 to and from the suburbs, the man who is now my boyfriend has played a song called god in chicago. the first time he showed