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It‘s a music podcast where my cohost and I review albums we pick for each other and interview local music scene icons from the greater LA area and beyond. Our final episode of the year will be out sometime this week 💕
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A modern music folklore podcast hosted by Alaska Reid and featuring a wide range of interviewees. I’ve been with Alaska for the last 6 years, so I’ve really witnessed and learned a lot from her dedication to songwriting. She’s also a human can-opener, extracting golden nuggets while discussing her guests’ rawest demos. There’s a new, extremely thorough episode with Gus from Kero Kero Bonito, someone else who I’ve known for a long time, and it’s special to hear such a sincere conversation in an otherwise opaque online world. Her episode with Lauren Mayberry is also particularly direct and touches on a lot of things that musicians don’t often talk about.
May 13, 2024
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Deceptively named, this is a podcast devoted to the Los Angeles food scene (“food scene”, good I’m already being annoying). In fact, it’s been difficult for me to curate this list because all of my selections would be food and wine related if I weren’t challenging myself to appear “multi-faceted” even though I’m simply not. I do, essentially, only want to eat and drink wine. Which is why I love this podcast! Jordan Okun and Max Shapiro, the hosts, are two very cool dudes with exceptional taste and opinions I trust. Plus every episode starts with a clip of a song I’ve never heard which I instantly add to one of my playlists—because I also enjoy music! Because I’m multi-faceted!
Sep 1, 2023
It’s black history month. Support your black friends and learn the origin of like every American popular musical genre everrr.
Once I’m done with the 40 + genres, we’re diving into the diasporaaaa.
And then at some point I’m talking cash shit about the summer of love and what was cooler than stinky trust fund kids…I mean hippies in San Francisco... I’ll give you some hints, same time period but across the bridge in Oakland. There’s also 1980s Washington DC, fuck it even 1960s Detroit.
I just really fucking hate the Grateful Dead fans. Sorry. Not sorry.
Perfect listening for cleaning the house and doing art projects.
Tell a friend.
Feb 2, 2024
Top Recs from @gawby
It’s a way to transcend time and to be connected to people in your family you feel you might not easily relate to because of the generational divide, especially if they’ve passed. It’s a look into their genuine interests and personality, especially if they’ve annotated in the margins. The ability to do this is valuable if you can. I think it builds or strengthens empathy, and gives you a stronger foundation for appreciating your family history. Not to mention you’ll likely get an interesting reading experience out of it. The (+) is for great-grandparents and beyond.
Dec 18, 2024
everyone i’ve recommended this to has thanked me. listen in full. no track is worth skipping on this one. both lyrically and sonically a work of genius.
Nov 7, 2024
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in my very unimportant opinion, too many adult women are obsessed with
“girlhood” and embracing a “girly” lifestyle and I can’t for the life of me understand why they aren’t embracing “womanhood.” are adult women simply afraid of what leaving girlhood behind would mean for them? is it the prospect of the added responsibility that comes from being an adult that keeps them attached to their younger years? or is it just the aesthetics of girlhood that keep them in that mindset? yes when we were girls the world was so open, so new, so mysterious. why should that have to change entirely with age? some women may have more lived experiences and aren’t as easily impressed or mystified by things as they were during girlhood, but i think thats all relative to perspective. there are still sensations, mysteries and first times after the age of 25 and even 45 and so on. shouldn’t we experience it through the lens of women who have already passed the trials of girlhood? maybe this is just another millennial problem.
Feb 4, 2025