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Medium, Meet Three Imaginary Girls

Seattle’s sparkly indie-pop press is now live on Medium!
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Dana DuBois
TIG Boosted Stories for Summer — and Our September Writing Prompt

TIG Boosted Stories for Summer — and Our September Writing Prompt

Read some of our best, and plan what you’ll write for September!
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Imaginary Liz
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 18: May 4, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 18: May 4, 1985)

Murray Head talks chess, Springsteen burns, Henley sneaks a protest into the club, and Teena Marie does her own thing
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Stewart Mason
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 17: April 27, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 17: April 27, 1985)

Simple Minds have their moment, Sade beguiles, Bryan Adams keeps it up, and Billy Joel looks back without anger (for once)
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Stewart Mason
We Lost the One Who Kissed a Girl

We Lost the One Who Kissed a Girl

Mourning the senseless loss of groundbreaking singer-songwriter Jill Sobule
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Dana DuBois
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 16, April 20, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 16, April 20, 1985)

DeBarge crosses over, Duran Duran detours, Prince drops a hint, and David Lee Roth goes full Vegas
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Stewart Mason
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 15: April 13, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 15: April 13, 1985)

Madonna Dominates, Frankie Titillates, Fogerty Fights Back, and Jules Gets Weird
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Stewart Mason
48 Years Ago: David Bowie Invents Post-Punk, Just Before Punk

48 Years Ago: David Bowie Invents Post-Punk, Just Before Punk

How Berlin, Bowie, and one weird snare drum sound rewrote rock history with Low
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Stewart Mason
A Photo Essay

A Photo Essay

Red Hot Holiday Tour 2024: Fishbone, Strawberry Fuzz, and Bite Me Bambi at The Crocodile on 12/12/2024
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Damon Kenner
An Album of the Month Event You Should Check Out

An Album of the Month Event You Should Check Out

We’ve got a great host and a killer record, all set to go. All we need now is you! Here’s how to join us.
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Kevin Alexander
42 Years Ago: New Order invents the future with “Blue Monday”

42 Years Ago: New Order invents the future with “Blue Monday”

How a song originally meant as a live stunt became the best-selling 12-inch single ever
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Stewart Mason
It’s Not Only Rock & Roll

It’s Not Only Rock & Roll

The Stones and my cousin Barry
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Terry Barr
RIP, David Johansen

RIP, David Johansen

Remembering a New York rocker for the ages
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Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
A Guide to Emerald City Comic Con 2025

A Guide to Emerald City Comic Con 2025

While the world descends into absolute chaos, it’s nice to know there is still some joy left to be had — Emerald City Comic Con returns to…
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Amie V Simon
R.I.P. Soul Legend Jerry Butler, 1939–2025

R.I.P. Soul Legend Jerry Butler, 1939–2025

The Ice Man was the king of Chicago soul in the ’60s and ‘70s
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Stewart Mason
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 7: February 16, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 7: February 16, 1985)

Classics from Dead Or Alive, The Smiths, and, oddly, Soft Cell, plus The Associates and The Bluebells
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Stewart Mason
1985: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 6: February 9, 1985)

1985: The Week In Top 40 Hits (Week 6: February 9, 1985)

The Commodores, Kool and the Gang, Bronski Beat, Heaven 17, and David Bowie’s last good single of the ‘80s
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Stewart Mason
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 5: February 2, 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 5: February 2, 1985)

King, Phil Collins, The Art Of Noise, Terry Hall and the Colour Field, and Kirsty MacColl makes a Billy Bragg tune a classic
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Stewart Mason
34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque

34 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s Bandwagonesque

How Nirvana’s new labelmates made Spin’s best album of 1991
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Stewart Mason
When 11-Year-Olds Call Each Other Sociopaths, We Have a Problem

When 11-Year-Olds Call Each Other Sociopaths, We Have a Problem

Are contemporary revenge pop lyrics turning us into bullies?
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Maria Garcia
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: 26 January 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 4: 26 January 1985)

Strawberry Switchblade, Alison Moyet, the last good Thompson Twins single, and a mild mashup of The Skids and Magazine
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Stewart Mason
17 Songs About 17-Year-Olds

17 Songs About 17-Year-Olds

I celebrate my child with music, as she teeters over “the edge of seventeen”
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Dana DuBois
1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 3: 19 January 1985)

1985: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 3: 19 January 1985)

Tears For Fears, somebody called This Island Earth, Stevie Wonder, plus The Style Council and guests do their part for the striking miners
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Stewart Mason
Going Nuts for a Song Title

Going Nuts for a Song Title

Trying to solve a musical mystery
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M.J. Flood
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)

1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 2: 12 January 1985)

Easing out the holidays with Toy Dolls, Ian McCulloch without the Bunnymen, Limahl without Kajagoogoo, and The Stranglers
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Stewart Mason
Remembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025

Remembering The Suburbs’ Beej Chaney, 1957–2025

An underappreciated figure in American new wave is gone
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Stewart Mason
Cyndi Lauper Is Still Rocking in the Free World

Cyndi Lauper Is Still Rocking in the Free World

Why her voice is more important than ever.
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Steve Uppendahl
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