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tunes a million vol 2

tunes a million vol 2

Welcome back to Tunes-A-Million! In case you missed it, this is a virtual book club where I share songs for books I (and hopefully you) read every two weeks.    Our first book was Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan's The Royal We, a personal all-time favorite of...

All Things Go 2023 Festival Review

All Things Go 2023 Festival Review

On Saturday, Sept. 30, and Sunday, Oct. 1, All Things Go (ATG) held its most attended festival, with 40,000 people attending over both days. What started as a 5,000-person event at Union Market in 2014 has grown yearly. Headliners over the years have included Billie...

Sneaker Head: Montclair: Pinegrove and Blundstones

Sneaker Head: Montclair: Pinegrove and Blundstones

Once upon a time, in a small town in New Jersey, everyone wore the same shoe when October hit: the Blundstone. Montclair, New Jersey (French for “clear mountain”) is not quite mountainous. Rather, it’s a small city-like town with an emerging nightlife, great...

Getting Fraternal: Party Like It’s 2010

Getting Fraternal: Party Like It’s 2010

Saturdays don’t have to just be for the boys. Have you ever been dragged to a party that you REALLY don’t want to go to, but obliged anyway just because your friend was excited about it? We’ve all been there. Your experience at these parties is purely dependent upon...

Exploring Japanoise and “Anti-Music”

Exploring Japanoise and “Anti-Music”

A few years ago, my dad and I drove to Morgantown, West Virginia in search of Assumption Records, a record shop famous for being in a repurposed church. The last thing I was expecting to walk out with was a copy of There’s No Heaven Like Hell by Les Rallizes Dénudés +...