Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Ian Curtis Edition May 18th marked the 35th anniversary of Ian Curtis's death. Joy Division is a band that has influenced many of my favorite musicians, and one I have at least started to explore on its own.
Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Weirdly Warm February It has been unusually warm here in Seattle this February. It hit close to 65 the other day which means no-coat weather.
Why 1994 Matters to Me: Part 1
It’s a weird feeling, getting older — nostalgia might hit you at anytime. I work with people who were born after the subjects of this column were released. I am guessing for people born in the late ’60s or early ’70s, the death of John Lennon is seen as the separation between that generation and the next. For me, it is the death of Kurt Cobain. Every time I find out someone was born after he…
Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Depression Fighting Edition
Depression really sucks. It is so hard to explain to people who don’t have mental health issues what depression is like. It is a bleak, dark sadness that comes to me at various times. Sometimes it’s fleeting; sometimes it sticks to me like I am superglue. While transition has cleared up a lot of my deepest darkest depression, I have learned that yes, my brain chemistry is very much hardwired for…
Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Year in Review
As school and Persephone Magazine prepare for holiday break and the year winds down, I wanted throw…
Ten Songs Keeping Me Sane This Week: Cold Weather Edition
I woke up Sunday morning to sub-40 degree temperatures in Seattle and I realized that Autumn and…