Here’s a few thoughts on the meaning of “gay” and how I sometimes encounter the word in my life. I was on YouTube the other day, watching a some clever homegrown production and a couple of the commenters left one liners that said something like, “this is so fucking gay.” I know, I know, you [...]

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I first caught Emily Wells doing a cover of Notorious B.I.G.’s Juicy on NPR a few months back–I’ve been fascinated with her ever since. Her primary instrument is the violin, but her music is an eclectic mashup of sorts–classical, hip hop, gypsy jazz would be just the tip of her musical iceberg. She lists Bob [...]

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