20 Questions with James Brandon
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “But this is
Maggie Rogers Gives Into Herself on ‘Surrender’
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. When Maggie Rogers first impressed Pharrell Williams with her song “Alaska” in 2016 with a video that subsequently went viral, her fate as
20 Questions with Tucker Shaw
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “But I don’t
Christina Perri Becomes Herself on ‘A Lighter Shade of Blue’
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. “There’s a freedom in the freefall,” sings Christina Perri on the opening track to her long-awaited third studio album, A Lighter Shade of
20 Questions with Kristin Marguerite Doidge
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “Once I’m in
20 Questions with Eliza & The Delusionals
20 Questions is a Q&A interview series with musicians, authors, and everyone in between, celebrating experiences both shared and individual in the messy game of being human. “When we were
‘MUNA’ Explores the Joys and Traumas of Being Queer
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. “Used to wear my sadness like a choker, yeah, it had me by the throat / Tonight I feel I’m draped in it,
The Best Books I Read This Spring
Hey there hi there ho there, welcome back to the latest installment of The Best Books I Read This Season. Back in 2020, I wrote about how I’d broken up
10 Practically Perfect Queer Books You Should Read
Hi, Gay! Happy Pride Month! We are sashaying away with deals! In honor of the one month a year where queer content is embraced (read: commodified) by large corporations including
Harry Styles Invites Us Into ‘Harry’s House’
Originally written and published by me for PopMatters. Three albums into his solo career, Harry Styles has predictably become one of his generation’s most admired and trustworthy musicians. Managing to quickly
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