Music
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10 albums that shaped me
As an adolescent, when music truly started to come into my sphere of knowing, I was lucky to have young parents with excellent and profoundly varied music taste. Listening to music with them in the car or at home wasn’t just background noise or the radio, it was an experience. I made off with many Continue reading
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What it’s really like living in San Francisco
It’s been just over two years since I moved to the Bay Area from Atlanta. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how completely different it is out here and what it’s like living in San Francisco from a displaced Southerner’s perspective. It’s impossible to capture all the little details when someone from back east Continue reading
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Melissa Witt | A Tribute to the Gold Standard of Friends
Yesterday I stood at the gravesite at Rest Haven Memorial Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky in the pouring rain and said goodbye to one of the dearest people that I’ve ever had the privilege of calling a friend. Continue reading
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Age of the Eighties Party
Editor’s Note: This was a rant that I wrote my first year at SCAD in 2007-08. I submitted it to District, SCAD’s newspaper, the following year but of course it didn’t get published. We’ve all been to one at some point in our lives, or at least we’ve seen the pictures. The mindless droll that Continue reading
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Charm City Trip: Murals, Records, and the Sexiest Chicken ‘n’ Waffles Ever
Last week I took a trip out to Baltimore to see some family for Christmas. I flew out Christmas morning and had the pleasure of enjoying the soothing sounds of a screaming baby for the first 30 minutes. And we all know how much I love children. A Little History I was born in Baltimore Continue reading
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Music Midtown 2012 Recap: Foo Fighters and Shit
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to see my favorite band play live at Music Midtown in Piedmont Park in Atlanta. The Foo Fighters headlined the first day of the festival, Friday, September 21, 2012. Continue reading
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Unknown Hinson: Pure Country Western Psychobilly Magic
Taking some much-needed time off from work to head down to Florida for a grown-up spring break has proven to be pretty rewarding so far. A few hours after rolling into town on Friday, it was time to jump back in the car and head over to Tampa for the Unknown Hinson show for which Continue reading
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My Life in Atlanta: Week One
Big changes in the life of Sarah this week. Allow me to recap: On Monday I started a paid internship at Continue reading
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