In the archives of rock history, there are entire wings dedicated to what could have been. We are drawn to the darkness in music, to the artists who seem to feel things more deeply than the rest of us. Yet, as an alternative rock fan and a writer, observing this machinery for years, I’ve realized […]
Shadows in the Spotlight: A Requiem for Rock’s Lost Souls Read More »
There is a specific frequency of static that fills the room when I put on Alice in Chains’ Dirt or Nirvana’s In Utero. It’s not just nostalgia for a time when flannel was armor against the world; it’s the palpable weight of ghosts. As someone who obsessively chronicled the Seattle scene, I’ve spent decades wrestling
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There was a time I missed it. A friend, someone I cared about deeply, was clearly in pain, but I didn’t see the full picture. Or maybe, I saw glimpses and chose to believe they were just having a “bad day.” I offered platitudes, tried to cheer them up, suggested distractions. All with good intentions,
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