What do you want? What do you really need? Okay forget that… what would make you feel good right now in this moment no matter what? Sound & Light. This year feels like a series finale that should have come three seasons back. Everything came to such a pressure point that it felt like aContinue reading “Song of 2025: Alison Goldfrapp – Sound & Light”
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Madonna – What It Feels Like For A Girl
On the brink of pride month in what feels like the most regressive time for LGBTQIA+ rights in the 21st century, it seems appropriate to get even. This song focuses on the archaic expectations of women in modern society. Stay soft, quiet, pretty and obedient. But you still have to bring in a salary, climbContinue reading “Madonna – What It Feels Like For A Girl”
Lykke Li – I Never Learn
I Never Learn This tattoo-worthy sequence of three words is seared in my brain. I think about it often while driving, working, exercising etc.. The level of self-assessment by someone who has fought through the same shit as me is jarring. There’s a stormOnly love remains “Why am I like this?” I’ve asked myself. IContinue reading “Lykke Li – I Never Learn”
It’s Rameses
“I like your friends, Aaron, but I don’t know what Rameses thinks about me. I’m kind of scared of him.” Said the boy I was dating years ago. “You’re right to be.” I said in response. I was introduced to Rameses through our mutual friend Steve, who has somewhere between 75 and 124 close friends.Continue reading “It’s Rameses”
So Clear – Miya Folick
I feel really lucky to have stumbled across this track. It will be a staple as I move through difficult times, having trouble trusting myself to pull through and not sink into an unrecognizable version of myself who’s incapable of feeling any normalcy. I see messed up things happening to everyone close to me nowContinue reading “So Clear – Miya Folick”
Sean Fucking Kennedy
I have awesome friends. Sean Kennedy ranks among the highest. I remember when he moved into my apartment in February of 2020. He had previously lived across town, and he wanted to experience life in the gayborhood. We went out one epic evening, only to be met with a global shutdown the next week dueContinue reading “Sean Fucking Kennedy”
Charli XCX – Von Dutch
Never try to be a ‘cult classic.’ It entails a pattern of delayed gratification and underappreciation until the point that you stop counting likes/votes/follows before they ever come. Charli XCX knows this all too well, being largely ignored by the mainstream until she literally punched us in the face to get our attention in theContinue reading “Charli XCX – Von Dutch”
Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?
I am so fucking proud of my friend. I’ve known her forever, but it seems like the new chapter that she is about to embark on will make her a new person, so I’m choosing to dedicate this song, and this written piece, to her. In all honesty, this song evokes weirdly mixed feelings forContinue reading “Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For?”
Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism
What the hell is Radical Optimism? According to Dua Lipa, “It’s like looking on the bright side of any situation.” That sounds pretty vague, but listening to her third studio album, her perspective becomes clear while the seawater runs off her head as she emerges from the depths of everything that has brought her toContinue reading “Dua Lipa – Radical Optimism”
Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well
Finding comfort in the middle comes with age and wisdom. Deeper Well lands between the highest peak of love that Kacey Musgraves found in Golden Hour, and the depths of heartbreak that she explored in Star Crossed, landing in the grass near the trees with the old-as-time hills off in the distance. Admittedly, I wasContinue reading “Kacey Musgraves – Deeper Well”
I'm Just Gonna Dance All Night 