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Medium, Meet Three Imaginary Girls

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
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
1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 1: 5 January 1985)

1985: My Year In The British Top 75 (Week 1: 5 January 1985)

New year, new city, new chart, now with Wham!, Matt Bianco, Nick Heyward, and Melle Mel
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Stewart Mason
My Top Shows of 2024

My Top Shows of 2024

From Taylor to Tullycraft, most of my favorite memories of 2024 were musical ones — all 18 of them.
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Dana DuBois
Why Do Stadium Rock Singers Even Pretend They Want Love?

Why Do Stadium Rock Singers Even Pretend They Want Love?

Insincere sentimentality makes no sense within the whole self-image and audience of the genre
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Matthew Clapham
Are You K-curious? My Year of K-pop.

Are You K-curious? My Year of K-pop.

2024 was the year I dove head-first into K-pop. I’m happy to report I’m swimming, and the water is warm.
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David Lee
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 52: My Own Top 40)

1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 52: My Own Top 40)

My favorites from the charts, plus the rest of what I was listening to that year
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Stewart Mason
The Androgyny of Bob Dylan

The Androgyny of Bob Dylan

Does his nonconformity extend to LGBTQ+ support?
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Lsjaffee (Writer, Educator, Over-Thinker)
Three Imaginary Girls: 2024 Recap

Three Imaginary Girls: 2024 Recap

Thanks to all of our writers and readers for making this a smashing year in music memoir writing!
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Imaginary Liz
1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 51: December 22, 1984)

1984: The Year In Top 40 Hits (Week 51: December 22, 1984)

The year wraps up with Cyndi, Sheena, Band Aid, New Edition, and Bronski Beat
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Stewart Mason
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