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  • Hannah Recommends: “Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying” by Fall Out Boy

    Hannah Recommends: “Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying” by Fall Out Boy

    High school sucks, but it never sucked more than the four years I attended. Because of course something is so sharp and raw and real when…
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    Hannah Madonna
    May 25, 2020
    Seigar recommends Nada by Lido Pimienta (feat. Li Saumet)

    Seigar recommends Nada by Lido Pimienta (feat. Li Saumet)

    As a Madonna fan, I couldn’t enjoy more her last comeback, Madame X. My icon was finally releasing a world music album. Living in Portugal…
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    Seigar
    May 22, 2020
    Jeanne Recommends: “I’m Alive” by Jackson Browne

    Jeanne Recommends: “I’m Alive” by Jackson Browne

    Ten years ago, I was engaged to be married… for five weeks. My intended was someone I’d known for over a decade and we’d dated off and on…
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    Jeanne Sharp
    May 20, 2020
    Andrew Recommends: “Honey Bee” by Tom Petty

    Andrew Recommends: “Honey Bee” by Tom Petty

    Last day of April. 1995. For weeks, you and your friends have been arguing: “What’s the most badass song Tom Petty can play at Shoreline?”…
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    Andrew Jones
    May 18, 2020
    Michael Recommends: “Alone Again” by Gilbert O’Sullivan

    Michael Recommends: “Alone Again” by Gilbert O’Sullivan

    There’s a scene in The Virgin Suicides that’s all about vinyl. Lux breaks curfew after the school dance, and the Lisbon Girls’ conservative…
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    Michael Colbert
    Apr 1, 2020
    Iris recommends: “Rambling Man” by Laura Marling

    Iris recommends: “Rambling Man” by Laura Marling

    “Rambling Man” is the third track in Laura Marling’s 2010 album I Speak Because I Can, and was the opening to her show at the Southbank…
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    Federica S.
    Mar 30, 2020
    Erica Recommends: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats

    Erica Recommends: “This Year” by The Mountain Goats

    Life tends to have days where you get that sinking feeling of not being able to go on. People I know tend to either give themselves time…
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    Erica Yong
    Mar 23, 2020
    Emily Recommends “King of the Road” by Piebald

    Emily Recommends “King of the Road” by Piebald

    Today, in a massive self-own, I downloaded my archived online diary, est. 2003. It was of course a huge, embarrassing mistake, but I did…
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    Emily Costa
    Mar 18, 2020
    Angela Recommends “Goodnight Irene” by Lead Belly

    Angela Recommends “Goodnight Irene” by Lead Belly

    In Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson had Sylvie and Ruthie drift in a boat on the lake harmonizing “Goodnight, Irene” — a song like a…
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    Angela Jones
    Mar 16, 2020
    Courtney Recommends: “Describe” by Perfume Genius

    Courtney Recommends: “Describe” by Perfume Genius

    I’m drawn to songs that feel like emotional glimpses into another place, songs that I can envision an entire universe inside of, if even…
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    Courtney Skaggs
    Mar 13, 2020
    Jeanne Recommends: “As Time Goes By” by Herman Hupfeld

    Jeanne Recommends: “As Time Goes By” by Herman Hupfeld

    Only history, non-narrative film, and non-fiction appealed to my sociologist-statistician father. Enticing him to read a novel or watch a…
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    Jeanne Sharp
    Mar 11, 2020
    Sean Recommends: “Circle the Drain” by Soccer Mommy

    Sean Recommends: “Circle the Drain” by Soccer Mommy

    The music in Soccer Mommy’s “Circle the Drain” sounds warm and bright while Allison Sophie sings about spiraling down into darkness. The…
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    Sean Sullivan
    Mar 9, 2020
    Michael Recommends “American Girl” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    Michael Recommends “American Girl” by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

    I mistook her for my RA when we met. Bri is self-assured, mature, has always known more about the world. She’s the friend you go to when…
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    Michael Colbert
    Mar 4, 2020
    Douglas Recommends “Kiss Them For Me” by Siouxsie and the Banshees

    Douglas Recommends “Kiss Them For Me” by Siouxsie and the Banshees

    I don’t remember how Jake and I got on the topic of Siouxsie and the Banshees one night hanging out at my digs on the east side of…
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    Douglas Menagh
    Mar 2, 2020
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