I should have been a Riot Grrrl. The timing was right. I was a politically aware, music-loving twentysomething woman in the early-to-mid nineties, and somehow the Riot Grrrl phenomenon mostly passed me by. A few…
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Break-Up Advice for Ryan Adams I am Totally Qualified to Give Because. . .
“Dear Chicago” is my #1 all-time most played song according to Last.fm and of course I have been through my fair share of break-ups and therefore my advice is stellar. First, Ryan, if you would…
16 Reasons I listened to The Decemberists’ ‘Philomena’ 16 times today
Some days certain songs seem to really hit the spot, like in a physical way. The song seems to settle into the space where your ear attaches to the side of your head and just…
A Few of My Favorite Lyrics from 2014
She spoke to me and provoked my band, and I broke in two in the heat of her hand. from “Summer Noon” by Tweedy. The first part of this line puzzles me. How did she…
The Problem with Dude Rock Interviewers & Learning to Not Apologize
Yesterday morning I spent an hour of my time listening to a Grantland podcast. These are the kinds of words I would never expect to say about myself. First, I am not a podcast listener…
Stop Using the Term ‘Dad Rock’
First they came for Wilco, at least that’s the first time I heard the term. Wilco was “Dad Rock” and it made me laugh, because at that point “Sky Blue Sky” had just come out…