My love affair with pop music is a well-documented and complicated one. pre-teen Julie was all about the pop music, *Nsync, Spice Girls, the Queen herself: Britney Spears, they were all constantly playing in my house. My parents hated pre-teen Julie … and also teen Julie, she was a mess. As I grew older and…
Category: Music Monday
Music Monday: I Don’t Think About You
Kelly Clarkson is quickly becoming one of my favorite artists. I raved about her latest album, Meaning of Life, when it came out last year and now here I am ready to rave about her latest single, “I Don’t Think About You”. She just released a music video to accompany the single and it is a…
Music Monday: Found/Tonight
Sometimes inspiration hits you right before you give up and go to bed. My weekend has been full of family chaos and I had completely forgotten that our monthly Hamildrop would be released at midnight. So here I am wasting an hour of my night looking for a song to feature on this week’s Music…
Music Monday: You Don’t Know
I promise to not make the entirety of this website about my depression but now that I’m starting to feel like a normal human being again, I feel the need to analyze what’s been going on with me lately. Climbing out of depression is difficult. You must arm yourself with time and patience in order…
Music Monday: Rush
The last few weeks have been emotional. I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve written anything and it wasn’t for lack of trying. I’ve been in a real funk lately and the funk has been accompanied with crippling writer’s block. The last thing I want to do is bring the party down, but…
Music Monday: Johnnyswim
My love affair with Johnnyswim has been well documented on this website. I’d like to say that there’s a fine line between being a fan of their music and being absolutely obsessed, but at this point that line is blurry and I can no longer tell the difference. I mean, there’s a reason why when…
Music Monday: Bloom
It started with a Jake Gyllenhaal interview; there I was at 2 am in the morning watching a random interview while Jake described his love of music. This interview then made me to remember that Jake (we’re on a first name basis by now) is a fan of Iron & Wine, which in turn made…
Music Monday: Broken
I have a playlist on Spotify that is titled “THIS IS R&B” and every song is bout 15 years old; it pains me that there is no current music in that playlist. R&B has gone through some changes throughout the years and I am still struggling to find music that gives me Jagged Edge, Kci…
Music Monday: Uphill Battle
One of the things I’ve always been good at is apologizing for myself; I’m too emotional, I feel too deeply, my attentiveness may sometimes feel overbearing, my friendship may just be too much to handle and I am sorry. I have found a way to consistently blame myself when relationships don’t work out. I have…
Music Monday: This Is Me
I’ll be honest, I just finished watching the 2018 Golden Globes and I am PUMPED! Okay, so maybe “Remember Me” from Coco did not win for Best Song, Call Me By Your Name picked up zero awards and Laurie Metcalf lost in her category but all in all it was a pretty great show. Women came together in a…