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Music Monday: What I’d Give Up
I wish I could tell you that I didn’t drive three and a half hours to go to a concert of a C-grade band in Little Rock on a Thursday night in the middle of […]
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Music Monday: The Haunting Fluidity of ‘Requiem for a Dream’
Requiem. Noun. An act of remembrance; esp. a memorial song for the deceased. Dream. Noun. A good time. “Requiem for a Dream.” Movie. Fate ruins the lives of four addicts over an hour and forty […]
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Music Monday: I Had a Reputation Too
Taylor Swift wasn’t the only one with a reputation. For as long as I can remember, I have listened almost exclusively to Christian music. My parents were Southern Gospel enthusiasts, so I grew up listening […]
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Music Monday: Lean With Me
The angelic shine of his rounded cheeks and bright sea green eyes are counteracted by his burning red hair, and the scad of tattoos covering his neck, forearms, and hands, that peek out from beneath […]
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Music Monday: a half month of Christmas music
On November 13th, I turned on Christmas music with my own hands for the very first time in my life, and continued to do so for two weeks. Here are my thoughts: Day 1: Christmas […]
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Music Monday: Our week with Beyoncé
On Monday, October 30th 2017, Janelle Vest and Clark Hubbard began a project that they would live to regret: only listening to Beyoncé for seven straight days. Neither of the two had previously listened to […]
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Music Monday: Why I almost gave up the thing I loved
I know in my head that vulnerability is a beautiful thing. I’ve seen the power of authenticity. You see, those kinds of authentic people—the ones who refuse to listen to the societal pressures that exactly […]