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This Body is Love & Will Never Conform
Autonomy is a daily battle in this life, which is why when key artists emerge to show us that not only is it possible, but it can totally be
heathermariedrain
Dec 30, 20245 min read
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The Unknown Eyes See All: Genesis’ “Watcher of the Skies”
Back in 2023, I was moved as much by a clip of live music as I was by a story posted in the YouTube comments. In fact, I was so moved...
heathermariedrain
Nov 7, 20246 min read
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Falling into Dark Autumn: 5 Perfect Albums for the Season
So, follow my lit jack-o-lantern as we enter the quixotic soundscapes that fit the Harvest season like a black leather glove.
heathermariedrain
Oct 31, 20246 min read
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Dudes in Prison & the Hot Babes That Love Them: Incarceration in 1980s Hard Rock/Metal Music Videos
The concept of incarceration in the real world is terrifying. Anytime you lose autonomy via a highly flawed system, and then are forced...
heathermariedrain
Oct 8, 202411 min read
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Don't Like, Don't Subscribe, Just Watch: Interview with Barefoot & Independent’s Jason Heath
Seeking is, undoubtedly, one of the most rewarding things you can ever do in life. Too many folks walk around all boxed-in while not even...
heathermariedrain
Mar 6, 202412 min read
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Pants Off in the Art Museum: Gabriel Axel's Sex & the Law
Few things are more appealing, if not downright sexy, than when the lines between highbrow and lowbrow get blurred. It’s a cultural sweet...
heathermariedrain
Feb 12, 20245 min read
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Lights Like Fog: Lycia's Casa Luna
Beauty…true beauty…shifts into shapes and shadows. This is not the beauty that has been turned into a cold-hearted commodity to help...
heathermariedrain
Dec 6, 20234 min read
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My Sleepy Summer in Hell: The Polonia Brothers' & Todd Michael Smith's Splatter Farm
There is something inherently unhealthy about forced time with your family, especially when you’re younger and all but birthed onto an...
heathermariedrain
Nov 2, 20236 min read
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Teenage Blues Triptych: The Pom Pom Girls, Blue Summer, & The Last American Virgin
Growing up is hard. Not as hard as losing a limb while in the middle of guerrilla warfare, hosting an especially ugly intervention, or...
heathermariedrain
Oct 27, 202321 min read
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Polyester in Blood: An Ode…of Sorts to Doctor Gore
“Hey, Kid! Wanna chikn’ biscuit?” the greasy man smiles as you slowly start to back away, even though you are a little hungry. Then...
heathermariedrain
Aug 26, 202310 min read
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April-May Showers Bring Podcastin' Flowers
If one was to program a podcast series in honor of the Spring season, they might be tempted to discuss the technicolor jubliance of...
heathermariedrain
May 18, 20232 min read
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Missive to Loozanteen: We Love You, Robert Haimer
Robert Haimer is gone. Well, at least in his physical form, since a cat like that can never truly be gone. Some artists are so...
heathermariedrain
Apr 20, 20235 min read
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