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A Message to 2022

“Sheesh!” Said Lizzo in “2 Be Loved (Am I ready),” a song that resonates with me more and more as we come to the close of 2022. I’d be lying to say it was a totally “bad” year, but there were enough bullet-point negative aspects to ’22 that make me look back across the scopeContinue reading “A Message to 2022”

Remembering My Friend Nolan

They didn’t want Nolan and I to meet. A mutual friend would mention him often, but follow up with “you guys can never know eachother, it would be trouble.” He was absolutely right. When we were finally introduced, we’d already been told so much of eachother: music, pop culture, home economics… we had things inContinue reading “Remembering My Friend Nolan”

Sing It Saturday: Carol Ades – Sadtown USA

Every once in a great while, I hear a song that fits my taste so perfectly that I’ll fly off the tracks of my own thoughts. I drop whatever task I was working on or whatever conversation I was in to focus my entire attention on the song to the point that I almost forgetContinue reading “Sing It Saturday: Carol Ades – Sadtown USA”

Sing it Saturday: Lizzo – Special

Lizzo is a fan favorite. She gives us songs to dance to, TikToks to laugh at and a whole lot of booty content on Instagram. What she offers uniquely, however, is that feel-good element of validation and embrace. Fitting neatly into Lizzo’s narrative of self love, the title track of her fourth studio album “Special”Continue reading “Sing it Saturday: Lizzo – Special”

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – The Secret Concert

Retelling the events of Memorial Day 2022 to my friends, coworkers and family always starts the same. I explain, “I’ve spent my adult life going to as many concerts and shows as I can, and they’re all amazing experiences, but this one is like, top three. One of the most amazing times.” I didn’t evenContinue reading “Yeah Yeah Yeahs – The Secret Concert”

Lorde: Solar Power Tour

I hate the winter. I’ve learned in my life to process hardship and treat it as temporary, just as you should with the better times. It is fair to acknowledge the negative swing of the pendulum, and take enough time to heal before progressing. Lorde is an artist whom I can comfortably say I haveContinue reading “Lorde: Solar Power Tour”

Star-Crossed: An Era

I remember my initial knee-jerk reaction when Kacey Musgraves cleared out her Instagram last year and began posting cryptic words set against white cloud back drops. “Let me set the scene.” “Moved out of the home we made, and gave you back your name.” “What have we done?” It was a new chapter for ourContinue reading “Star-Crossed: An Era”

Sing it Saturday : Back On My Love

Who is Pure Shores? Where did they come from? How does one partake? None of these questions can be answered at this current time due to the fact that this act is brand spankin new, and their story is yet to be written. Comprised of Swedish DJ/Producers Marlene and Ji Nilsson, this new project boastsContinue reading “Sing it Saturday : Back On My Love”

SOPHIE

We have all enjoyed the extreme variance of SOPHIE’s creations, whether we knew it or not. Lending a hefty influence to the last decade of dance and electronic musicians, SOPHIE had a ubiquitous hold on the music industry that the general public finally seemed to be catching onto. Blending super sped bubblegum pop with someContinue reading “SOPHIE”

Kanye and Drake take the Coliseum

In a massive double-bill that nobody expected, the two titans put aside their confusing public feud in effort to free long-jailed Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover at the LA Memorial Coliseum. Announced just a few weeks before happening, my immediate reaction was “That’s never going to happen.” Kanye (Now known legally as “Ye”) has aContinue reading “Kanye and Drake take the Coliseum”