‘Sup Darling Ones? This letter is a fucking trainwreck. I have written and deleted about 600 words having nothing to do with what I wanted to write about. It was all preamble and nonsense. There…
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The COVID Diaries: 15 Years of Top 25s
Hello Darling Ones, I spend roughly six to eight hours a day listening to music. This isn’t an exaggeration. I usually put my headphones on as soon as I’m done with breakfast and don’t take…
The COVID Diaries: Dead Flowers
Hi Darling Ones, Another lavender plant died in my custody. I didn’t even have this one for a week before it started to die! I was gonna say I killed it, but I think this…
The COVID Diaries: Would Paul Westerberg text ‘I Miss You’ to your Smartphone Device?
So Darling Ones, I’ve had the song “Answering Machine” on my mind quite a bit lately. This, of course, makes perfect sense being that it’s a thirty-six-year-old song about outdated technology. Why wouldn’t I be…
The COVID Diaries: La Guitarra
Greeting & Salutations, Darling Ones, Forewarning: I’m so exhausted from lack of sleep I feel a little drunk. I’m the kind of slap-happy last-one-up-at-the-slumber party kind of tired. Every time I go to the bathroom…
The COVID Diaries: Pearl Jam & GenX Spinsterhood
Question for you Darling Ones, Is the “I was into them before they were cool” or “I saw them at this bar with six other people, nobody showed” an asshole trait specific to GenX or…
The COVID Diaries: It Was Hearing My Heart
Hi Darling Ones, So yesterday sucked. Today’s a little less sucky because everyone on Minnesota Twitter talking about the yellow skies kinda made me happy for a hot minute, but today still sucks. I was…
I, a Woman, Have Some Thoughts on The Replacements’ Fourth(ish) Best Album
Here’s the thing with all The Replacements’ jibber jabber going around about books and movies and the reissues. . . the only people they ever talk to are white dudes who, shockingly, have zero new…
The COVID Diaries: Model Citizen, Zero Discipline
Oh Darling Ones, We lost Eddie Van Halen today and hooboy his death has hit me right in the nostalgia feels. The scenes of my life soundtracked by Van Halen songs are flashing right before…
The COVID Diaries: One More Time
Dear Darling Ones, My absolute favorite part of Matthew Sweet’s song “Sick of Myself” comes in at about 3:14 when you think the song is winding down and he says in a kinda growly way,…