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I wouldn’t call myself pretentious when it comes to music, though others may disagree. I analyze music but not in a technical way, I try to find the feeling in everything and that might be where I struggled with Ariana Grande. I have a complicated relationship with Ariana Grande and her music. She clearly seems…
I’m a sucker for a good romantic song and since Emily King’s new album dropped, I can’t seem to stop listening to “2nd Guess”. Oh why, why not take chances?Oh why can’t we let these hearts go?This could be a moment, something worth holding ontoOh why miss a connection?Oh why don’t we listen when we…
I was in High School when I saw RENT for the first time, it was the movie version and I became obsessed immediately (this was before I knew that the film version was the inferior version of the musical). I have always felt lucky to have found the musical when I was a teenager. Jonathan…
Gina, I remember the first time I saw you onscreen; it was the first season of Jane the Virgin and though a few episodes behind I decided to finally dive in. The show grabbed me by my heartstrings immediately. The reality of seeing a beautiful brown woman leading a TV show on a major network…
The day before LP’s album was released I received an email that had me pull over and take a moment to breathe. You see, I never thought this email would come and suddenly there it was, sitting in my inbox waiting to be read. I know that at this point I sound like a broken…
I’m about to introduce you to your new favorite artist: Maggie Rogers. Maggie, who’s claim to fame was a viral video where Pharrell Williams listened to her song “Alaska” and immediately fell in love, just released her album Heard It In A Past Life and you can consider me officially obsessed. Now clearly I had…
I have made an art out of focusing on the bad things in my life. I analyze, I explain them to myself, I write them down, I cry about them and they consume my thoughts more often than they should. I could have a day full of smiles and positive affirmations, yet it takes a…
Admittedly, I had already written a “Music Monday” post for the week but then Johnnyswim decided to release a new single and now I’ve replayed it 7 times in a row. There was no way I would begin the week without sharing “Bridges” with you all. I’m surprised this hasn’t turned into a Johnnyswim Fan…
Here it is, the first Music Monday blog post of 2019 and I’ll warn that I’m writing this after watching the Golden Globes so I’m a bit worked up. I mean, Bohemian Rhapsody for Best Drama? It’s as if the Hollywood Foreign Press didn’t watch any of the other contenders. I digress. The motivation of…
A few weeks ago I received a (really) late birthday present, it was The 52 Lists Project. It’s a book designed to inspire motivation for the new year. The first list is “list your goals and dreams for the year” so here I am, keeping the momentum of the new year going. So after one…