December 2011
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Untitled from the series "Party Alone", 2010....
dhool:
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Can't sleep won't sleep
katecarraway:
What’s missing in the world is an acknowledgement about the other plagues, the extra-love plagues. I’m in a state and it’s not because of a guy; I haven’t been heartsick in two years (WORD, IS THAT BAD?). This year, I got three new columns (Vice, Elle and the National Post, which I’m starting up again this week after a long break). I love The Grid. I went to Mexico with my mom...
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She plummets through all her languages: journalese, scholarese, tough girl...
– Eileen Myles on Tory Dent (1996)
Letting Go
Growing older means learning to let go of certain relationships.
I.
Sometimes, you do whatever you can to save a friendship, but in the end, it too sours. Or, you stop rationalizing why a certain person doesn’t care anymore. It’s not that you’ve done something wrong, but that you are in different places.
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It is the end of the year and the music I love is more exact. Does age mean...
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Playing Favorites: 2011 Songs of the Year
britticisms:
Every year, this list feels like it gets longer. I can’t say for certain if that is the truth, but it feels like I place greater emphasis on strong singles. Only a handful of albums felt like complete, purposeful statements, but the number of singles that were on point were constant. The variety of tracks kept me surprised, with my interests earlier in the year more rock-focused...
November 2011
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