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Excellent essays/pieces. Love how deep they go. The subject matter is highly specific, so it could be off putting to some. But the main areas of focus are music, pop culture, racism, class, identity, trauma and mental health. I love the way the author writes too. Such beautiful ways of exploring connections among things and presenting personal viewpoints.
this book is brilliant, truly. had me from the first praise of carly rae jepsen. listened to the audio which was amazing because of the poetry style and delivery by the author, but i still find myself wanting a physical copy to annotate and reread my favorite chapters when i need them. this one is for the people who think deeply about the intersection of music, pop culture, and our emotional and lived realities. there is a chapter earlier on that caused a screeching halt in my mind- where he said that it is a lie that life is too short, that life is too long, too difficult for those dealing with grief and depression. hearing a person validate all the thoughts that had been swimming in my mind for 21 years was so thought provoking it had me wanting to write a substack think piece (still probably will).
This is my favourite non-fiction book I have read ever. It's a great in sight to the world of music, from punk to rap, from a point of view you don't hear often. It shows how race is present every where and with every action and how it also defines your actions and relationships.
It makes it relatable and so distant at the same time. It's amazing.
It has some of the best one liners and my copy is completely scribbled and underlined.
I cried several times. The fall out boy essay is one of the best love letters to a friend that I have ever seen, even if it doesn't sound like that a the beginning. It also gave me a brand new perspective on Carly Rae Jepsen. Also it features a essay on my favourite album from the Wonder Years.
I learned so many new things about music, about race, about perception, about friendship...
It's a must must read for everyone.
It makes it relatable and so distant at the same time. It's amazing.
It has some of the best one liners and my copy is completely scribbled and underlined.
I cried several times. The fall out boy essay is one of the best love letters to a friend that I have ever seen, even if it doesn't sound like that a the beginning. It also gave me a brand new perspective on Carly Rae Jepsen. Also it features a essay on my favourite album from the Wonder Years.
I learned so many new things about music, about race, about perception, about friendship...
It's a must must read for everyone.
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"I understand what it is to be sad, even when everyone around you is demanding your happiness - and what are we to do with all of that pressure other than search for a song that lets us be drained of it all?"
The Chaucer of Columbus, Ohio!! God, I absolutely loved this book. It took only 30 pages before I thought, "Damn I gotta buy my own copy after I return this to the library -there are way too many things I want to highlight and mark up."
For many of the things i love in life, I struggle to articulate why they have such a chokehold on me. This never seems to be a problem for Hanif Abdurraqib. His passion for music drips off every page, and many of these essays don’t really feel like essays at all. They read more like unfiltered screams of consciousness, the kind you imagine Abdurraqib frantically typing in a 15 minute burst as if his life depended on it.
The best writing I’ve read all year. This was so, so, so good. Please check it out.
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will write a more comprehensive review later in the week. but blown away! an essential read for anyone who has ever given any semblance of a fuck to music and the way it shapes our lives and our culture and our communities and ourselves.
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