This morning when I got into the office, a coworker told me that her friend, who is Republican and Asian but did not vote for Trump, was the recipient of a “GO BACK TO ASIA!” slur from someone at a gas station in West Hollywood.

The two things that aren’t family or friends that have played the most significant roles in my life, in different and ever-changing ways, are music and the Internet. I have met people through both that changed my life, or became close friends, or are so tied to events or times that I can’t…

Originally written November 20, 2013

Last year I had a difficult time compiling a list of twelve songs that I loved released in 2014. I had a somewhat easier time compiling a list of twelve songs which were important to me regardless of their release date. This year I fiddled around and didn’t really work toward it because I felt lazy. As…