Tag: new york city

  • A cliché, cinematic song that brings me to tears

    A cliché, cinematic song that brings me to tears

    Last week, I fell down a rabbit hole of melancholy nostalgia that I’d successfully avoided for two decades. It can be surprisingly easy to steer clear of such places when you’re young and preoccupied with a new city, a burgeoning career, a long-term relationship, a baby, and basically anything else you can wedge between yourself…

  • Thank you for that question, councilwoman

    Thank you for that question, councilwoman

    For the greater part of my adult life, I’ve been reluctant to disclose my pop-punk roots to friends and acquaintances. At best, I would be met with a blank stare. At worst, a knowing smirk about an overhyped, juvenile genre with Green Day and Blink-182 at the forefront. Conceal my affinity, I shall no longer.…