Oh Darling Ones, The very excellent singer and songwriter Phoebe Bridgers broke the Dude Rock Establishment’s collective boners last night and I am annoyed by their fucking bellyaching. Dudes, why you gotta ruin everything all…
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The COVID Diaries: The Sound of Pure Joy
Hi Darling Ones, The first thing I saw this morning when I popped open Gladys as I was settling with my coffee was Annie Zaleski’s tweet alerting the internet that Material Issue’s “International Pop Overthrow”…
The COVID Diaries: One Thing About the Ani & Liz Convo
Dear Darling Ones, After watching Ani DiFranco, Liz Phair, and journalist Margaret Wappler talk about writing and feminism and music my brain is, as you can imagine, soup. I spent a lot of time in…
The COVID Diaries: A Heart Full of Pop Rocks
Hi Darling Ones, I recently re-read for maybe the twelfth time Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. It is one of my very favorite books. When I told my friends I just read Geek Love I…
The COVID Diaries: Wormhole Manifestation
Dear Darling Ones, Much like you, I’m really very tired of living through unprecedented times and major historical events on the reg. It’s weird how everything can be chaotic all the time and yet I’m…
The COVID Diaries: How Do You Sleep at Night?
Dear Darling Ones, I’ve suffered with insomnia for most of my life. I had a tumultuous, insecure childhood which made me anxious and unable to sleep. When Ronald Reagan was elected I spent most of…
The COVID Diaries: 14 Things
Dear Darling Ones, Today is Paul Westerberg’s birthday and I’ve spent a lot of the day thus far contemplating what my life would be like without his music. What if Kelly McKnight hadn’t given me…
The COVID Diaries: Ryan Adams*dirtbag
Hi Darling Ones, Guess what? I’m still really angry about Ryan Adams. I discovered this the other day when someone on Twitter was giving Jason Isbell shit about how his “Ryan Adams hate was tiresome.”…
The COVID Diaries: I’m Wiser & Slow & Attuned
Dear Darling Ones, So I finally looked up the difference between fetish and kink. In case you too are curious: kink: In human sexuality, kinkiness is the use of non-conventional sexual practices, concepts, or fantasies….
The COVID Diaries: Four Minutes & 39 Seconds of Bliss
‘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…