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Medium, Meet Three Imaginary Girls
Seattle’s sparkly indie-pop press is now live on Medium!
Dana DuBois
Sep 5, 2023
Summer Writing Prompt for Three Imaginary Girls: Summer Music
Summer Writing Prompt for Three Imaginary Girls: Summer Music
Live shows, favorite summer jams — what music adventures have you been on this summer (or in summers past)?
Dana DuBois
Jun 2
45 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Heeds the Call of the New Wave… Sorta
45 Years Ago: Paul McCartney Heeds the Call of the New Wave… Sorta
Wings’ flawed but underrated Back To The Egg and how I fixed it for the streaming age
Stewart Mason
Jun 18
Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws
Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws
Transgressing the boundaries of what all the “supposed to’s”
Terry Barr
Jun 18
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 24: June 16, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 24: June 16, 1984)
Prince becomes a superstar, plus ZZ Top, Newcleus, the theme from Breakin’, and a song I had never heard of before today
Stewart Mason
Jun 17
Morrissey vs. Billy Joel: Who Wrote the Best Line?
Morrissey vs. Billy Joel: Who Wrote the Best Line?
A deep dive into the layers of subtle meaning in song lyrics
Matthew Clapham
Jun 14
When I Screamed My Heart Out at the Dead Milkmen Concert
When I Screamed My Heart Out at the Dead Milkmen Concert
And how a silly punk song made strangers my friends
Maisie Archer
Jun 13
The Slow Implosion of a Frontman in Front of His Biggest Fans
The Slow Implosion of a Frontman in Front of His Biggest Fans
Echo and the Bunnymen, Live at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver BC
Scott-Ryan Abt
Jun 13
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 23: June 9, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 23: June 9, 1984)
The Cars, Icicle Works, a solo Bee Gee, Whitney’s first chart hit, and we say goodbye to Footloose at long last
Stewart Mason
Jun 10
Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Jean Jackets, and Other Forms of Non-Bad-Assery
Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, Jean Jackets, and Other Forms of Non-Bad-...
Being trained in late-80s teenage girl pop music… and surviving
Joe Guay - Dispatches From the Guay Life!
Jun 7
Is “Blackvoice” a Thing in Music? What About “Rockvoice”?
Is “Blackvoice” a Thing in Music? What About “Rockvoice”?
The sliding scale of singers’ inauthentic accents, from plainly unacceptable to simply off-putting
Matthew Clapham
Jun 4
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 22: June 2, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 22: June 2, 1984)
Summer kicks off with Bruce, Chicago, Queen, Wang Chung, and a Boston band no one remembers
Stewart Mason
Jun 3
Such a Nice Beastie
Such a Nice Beastie
At age seventeen, I had a brief encounter with Adam Yauch
CD Richardson
May 31
The Joys of Traveling to See All the Shows
The Joys of Traveling to See All the Shows
As good as it gets, really
Scott-Ryan Abt
May 27
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 21: May 26, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 21: May 26, 1984)
Culture Club ends their Imperial Era, Eurythmics, Billy Idol, Cameo, and why I took Bananarama more seriously than most
Stewart Mason
May 27
Camila Cabello’s Masterclass in Commas
Camila Cabello’s Masterclass in Commas
It’s taken me five years to learn my lesson
Matthew Clapham
May 21
40 Years Ago: Echo and the Bunnymen’s “Ocean Rain”
40 Years Ago: Echo and the Bunnymen’s “Ocean Rain”
How my classmates discovered a band I’d loved before I ever heard them.
Stewart Mason
May 21
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 20: May 19, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 20: May 19, 1984)
More about Van Halen, Huey Lewis, and Howard Jones, plus I don’t half bang on about The Style Council and The Psychedelic Furs
Stewart Mason
May 20
The Songbook of Love
The Songbook of Love
Is long and full of bangers
Ellie Cottrell Writes
May 16
Man Out of Speed
Man Out of Speed
Roads to Elvis Costello
Terry Barr
May 16
What Is My ‘Alter Ego’ Band?
What Is My ‘Alter Ego’ Band?
And what does that question even mean? All will be revealed, I promise
Matthew Clapham
May 13
The Wonder in the Wander
The Wonder in the Wander
I had 11 hours with nothing to do in San Francisco. Nothing became everything.
Dana DuBois
May 13
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 19: May 12, 1984)
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 19: May 12, 1984)
Cyndi Lauper’s big one, plus Duran Duran, Laura Branigan, the Pointers, and I talk some about an underappreciated giant of bossa nova
Stewart Mason
May 13
I Bought Tickets for a Goth Concert and Got a Kinky Party
I Bought Tickets for a Goth Concert and Got a Kinky Party
A trip to pure freedom and the best evening in a long time
Mad Midori
May 11
Saw a Canadian Band in Downtown San Diego
Saw a Canadian Band in Downtown San Diego
Traveling to San Diego to see The Glorious Sons was a fun choice.
Nella DiCarlo
May 10
I Miss Crying to Songs on Repeat
I Miss Crying to Songs on Repeat
Can you experience humanity in a song?
Kate Brennan
May 10
Live Review: When Spring Finally Comes
Live Review: When Spring Finally Comes
Belle and Sebastian at the Orpheum Theatre (Boston), April 27, 2024
Stewart Mason
May 10
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