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On Drum & Bass, Part II
I can listen to drum & bass any time, all the time: early in the morning, before coffee—in fact, it acts as coffee—and very late at night, while the neighborhood snoozes around me. When I’m working...
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The Perpetual Playlist: My Life Soundtrack, Part I
Dirty Bird Records, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. You know how you can see how many times you’ve played a song in iTunes? Well, the tracks below are heavily rotated; some of them aren’t necessarily...
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On Drum & Bass, Part III
Just a quick one, folks. No words. Just music. My top 10 drum & bass tracks at the moment. For those who know, enjoy. And for those who don’t, welcome to my sonic world. “Heaven,” Emeli Sande...
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The Malleability of Now
Sometime this past year, I ventured out for an eighteen-and-over night of dubstep. Nights on dance floors are now rare, as I can hardly stay up past 11 pm. But my friends offered me a ticket, so I...
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[A Moment to Breathe]
I’ve been quiet here. After my post on online mourning—and an emotionally draining March—I needed a break from writing. For most of April, I’ve been reading and absorbing quietly, and getting...
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Music, Memory, Remembrance
I opened up Facebook yesterday on my phone as I was waiting for my husband on the street. A picture of my deceased friend’s sons appeared at the top of my News Feed. My eyes welled up with tears, right...
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Memories of Music
I heard KRS-One’s “Step Into A World” on BBC Radio 6 unexpectedly. It came on as I was curling my hair, and by the time I finished the left side of my head I’d fallen into that familiar wormhole — the...
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