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Jul 27 2021

Issue #48

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In addition to Hinterland in a few weeks and Austin City Limits (W1) in October, I am making up for lost time when it comes to concerts. Here's my upcoming local lineup:
Kesha + Betty Who = Every Homosexual Within a 90 Mile Radius (Friday, August 20, 2021 at SouthSide Ballroom; Click Here for Tickets)
Kesha + Betty Who = Every Homosexual Within a 90 Mile Radius (Friday, August 20, 2021 at SouthSide Ballroom; Click Here for Tickets)
If you listen to and love Mat Kearney, please reply and let me know. I adore him but I feel like he flies under the radar. (Sunday, October 17, 2021 at House of Blues; Click Here for Tickets)
Y'all are sleeping on Aly & AJ. Trust me. (Saturday, May 21, 2022 at House of Blues; Click Here for Tickets)
Obsessed. Beyond obsessed. Seeing them at Hinterland, ACL, and again in Dallas. (Friday, December 17, 2021 at The Factory; Click Here for Tickets)
On the eve of his third album release, the Grammy-winning artist talks with unparalleled candor about stardom—and how his best friends saved his life.
Motherboard spoke to economists and historians about why fast food and retail workers around the country are suddenly quitting en masse.
In 1976, a school bus carrying 26 children and their driver disappeared from a small California town. Forty-five years later, we revisit the story.
Last summer, Joe and I watched Wind River which instantly became one of my favorite movies. The movie, which takes place on the Wind River Indian Reservation, led me to devour as much information as possible about life on reservations as well as how crime is handled between local and federal authorities - including this book.

I really wanted to like this book. Really. I mean, I didn't hate it but I also didn't love it? The premise is interesting and I enjoyed the character development but I just wanted more - the ending felt very predictable.
To break down the manifold dimensions of twerking, Switched on Pop co-host Nate Sloan sat down with Dr. Kyra Gaunt, ethnomusicologist, professor, author, and presenter of the TED Talk “Broadcasting Black Girls’ ‘Net Worth’,” to discuss the history of the dance — which even the Oxford English Dictionary got wrong.

"The SkinTok teens aren’t wrong when they say it’s all about the ceramides."
An essay from the new book The Motherlode that details the complicated legacy of one of rap’s boldest provocateurs who set a sexually liberated precedent that artists have been following for the last 25 years.
It me. I'm Collin. Shockingly, I hate talking about myself but here are the CliffsNotes. 32, Texan turned cruise ship character turned Texan turned Chicagoan turned Texan. Event designer and planner. Interior designer and stylist. Corporate badass. Spotify playlist-makin' fiend. Fiancé and double dog dad. Cursed with an aggressive gluten intolerance but also a passion for bread and no f*cks to give. Why a newsletter? It gives me a creative outlet with a deadline and my therapist says these things are important. Plus, I love to read, shop, share, and most importantly spend time on the internet. I don't sleep.

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