This random flashback brought to you by hearing “Creep” by Radiohead on the radio this afternoon. After college and before Corporate America I spent two(ish) years working at two different gas stations. With twenty-years of…
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Soundtrack By Mary
One of the things I really, really liked about that Chrissie Hynde memoir that has me still trying to find words to write about is how much she loved the radio. A lot of the…
Ranking All the Female Rockstar Memoirs I’ve Read Thus Far
When I was a kid, I read a lot of memoirs by actresses (or the daughters of actresses) from the forties and fifties, Hollywood’s golden era or some such bullshit. I don’t know. What I…
Discerning the Line Between Flirting & Mansplaining When You’re a Single, Feminist Musicgeek
Last month after listening to a podcast where Lydia Loveless talked about her favorite album, The Replacements’ “Pleased to Meet Me,” I got a little huffy on the Twitters. I thought the podcast host was…
How I Finally Forgave ‘Something More Than Free’ for Not Being ‘Southeastern’ & Learned to Love It
When I finally decided to pay attention to Jason Isbell’s album “Southeastern” way back in 2013, I never shut up about it, and proclaimed it my favorite record of the year. So, I kind of…
I Saw Lydia Loveless Last Week & was Transported to Somewhere Else
There was some weirdness at the end of Lydia Loveless’ set last week at the Turf Club. Apparently the weirdness happened right around the moment I snapped this pic as the band finished the show…