“I just want to be fat and old and happy.” —From “Like a Kennedy” by Joywave Existential dread is the terrifying feeling that we have when contemplating the uncertain nature of our existence. This feeling is not unwarranted, considering our only certainty is that we will die. Everything else is unknown. There are many ways […]
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“I can’t be myself when I’m with anyone” From “Hurricane” by I Prevail We are a society that celebrates extroverts – people who derive satisfaction and energy from interacting with others. As kids, we were always told to go play outside with other kids and speak up in class. As adults, we are told that having many
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When you are asked why you love someone, you can always give superficial reasons: They’re attractive, smart, kind, courageous — whatever. But the true reason you love someone is perhaps much simpler and not so reductive: You just do. And the same holds true for loving artists like Natalie Merchant and her seminal 1995 album “Tigerlily.” Of
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“Everything that was make-believe, to me really manifested as a power in my real world.” — Darryl McDaniels For as long as Darryl “D.M.C.” McDaniels can remember, he could connect to the part of himself that felt like a super hero. As a young child he was able to draw and create stories of characters with immense powers.
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“I saw a rainbow just earlier today. Lately those rainbows be comin’ round, like everyday. Deep in the struggle, I have found the beauty of me. God is watchin’, and the Devil finally let me be.” A Moment to Myselfby Macy Gray Macy Gray’s featured vocals on Ariana Grande’s song “Leave Me Lonely” got rave reviews
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“Everybody’s lyin’, I need some truth”—from “It’s Not Too Late” by Duff McKagan Here’s a question for all of you music nerds out there: Which rock musicians have had success not only in at least three prominent bands but also as a solo artist? So far, my list includes Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Neil Young,
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When Richard Melville Hall was born in 1965, he had an impressive family legacy — his great-great-great-great-uncle was none other than Herman Melville, the famous author of Moby Dick, which eventually inspired Hall’s nickname, “Moby.” But the connection between Moby and Herman Melville goes beyond being blood relatives. Melville and Moby share something else; namely, a
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“Made a decision, with some derision,I had a vision about some killing.”— I Wanna Kill My Rapist, Margaret Cho Margaret Cho has been finding ways to entertain us for decades. From her stand-up routines, such as The Notorious C.H.O.; to her books, such as I’m The One That I Want; to her roles in films such as Face/Off, Cho
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“Strange things happen, To a man on the road, Strange things happen, To a man who’s alone,” From “Strange Things Happen” by Gizmodrome. Stewart Copeland and Adrian Belew are at it again. Individually, Copeland and Belew have been giving us great music for decades. And they have done so by being willing to change things up; taking on
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For years, Dr. Mayim Bialik has been challenging our notion of what it means to be a girl and woman. In a world that has a clear bias against women in science, Dr. Bialik received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from UCLA. And in a world that presents few and stereotypical roles for women in television and movies, Dr. Bialik has a
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