They're not one of my faves, and I don't usually put them on of my own volition, but CBC's profile of Phantom Power was exactly perfect for driving home from the beach the other day, sky cloudy and saltwater drying on my skin, twisting through trees on the way back into the city. They're just one of those bands,…

And with this concert, the end of the week-long Tragically Hip takeover of Canadian radio!

I remember disparate elements being good, and the set/costume design were exquisite, but, like…a carnival, the 50s, a spooky killer clown and a homicidal rich guy could've made for awesome horror TV, and instead it was "don't you want to see Jessica Lange be glamorous and sad? Perhaps you'd like to hear Evan Peters…

I generally hear a lot about Poly Styrene and less about other female classic punk figures like Pauline Murray from Penetration and Ari Up from the Slits (aside from that she was John Lydon's step-daughter, which is annoying). Exene Cervenka is one of my forever faves, though.

The Bell Jar. As an angsty mentally ill teenager I found it really cathartic to read something that detailed what spiralling into depression felt like. Reading it as an angsty mentally ill adult, I have a way greater appreciation for the feminist themes and the wickedly, darkly (and sometimes straightforwardly) funny…

This makes me feel even better about my decision to leave about ten minutes into the movie. I could just tell it was going to be so "edgy" and I'd rather not feel like I was baby sitting a 12 year old who just discovered Richard Dawkins.

My BFF and I loved Trainspotting so much, even though we were 12 and inarguably far too young to be watching and reading it.

It's also one of my favorite book-to-film adaptations in terms of being faithful to the source material and capturing its spirit perfectly.

I find it equally strange that there seems to be no shortage of carefully curated products and memes pandering to bookworms so that they can claim "I'm a bookworm!" as an immediate identifier.

In the first few years after I finished my English degree I read mostly for pleasure. Lots of genre fiction, YA and middle grade stuff, contemporary literary fiction. I've been mixing more and more; after spending the first half of 2016 on YA/self-help/horror I've added more Shakespeare and started Dostoyevsky's The…

Oh, so THAT'S why At the Drive-In's Relationship of Command is such a perfect album and no one other than people my age seem to care or agree.

Crash Course was my introduction to John Green. When some of my friends were talking about their fave YA I was like "Wait, is that the Crash Course guy?" I had no idea he was a big deal.

Mine was, like, 2K - 2.5K and I wanted it to be even lower than that and it was the most stressful thing I've ever done. Do NOT do DIY unless you have a large crew of friends and fam to help.

This is almost certainly a Dantean circle-of-hell punishment.

I just realized that I haven't listened to a new Green Day album in full since Nimrod. Is it worth the bother? Should I just stick to occasionally dusting off Kerplunk and Dookie? None of the above?

Yes. It's more enjoyable than any of the others (though I did also enjoy the 2013 version. Maybe I just love this play a whole bunch). But it's also worth it because it features Harold Perrineau as The Best Mercutio and John Leguizamo is a great Tybalt. Do it, it's fun.

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Thank you so much! Finding out that summertime SAD is a real thing was so validating. There are dozens of us!

I am mad at that laundry/rocks in the pockets joke and I haven't even watched the video.

Publisher asked for a synopsis for my story that's due on September 5, panicked because I didn't have anything, proceeded to knock out 5000 words in one day.