The Dangerous Maybe
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The Dangerous Maybe

You can convince yourself of anything once. But, see, all it takes is that once to germinate lifelong delusion.

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Nausea & Nightshade
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Nausea & Nightshade

All these creatures spend their time explaining, realizing happily that they agree with each other. Meanwhile, I feel Fucked To Death.

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Like One Long Joke
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Like One Long Joke

"I have to try and think what an artist is, apart from a hooligan who cannot live within his income of praise."

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PLAGUE NOTES: An Interview with My Heart, an Inverted Flame
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PLAGUE NOTES: An Interview with My Heart, an Inverted Flame

“We titled our album Plague Notes easily a year before COVID exploded in Wuhan,” says Marc Kate, San Francisco-based composer known for his conceptual solo projects and production in electronic post-punk band Never Knows. “It’s more about our obsession with all things apocalyptic. Who knew it could be so prescient?”

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Déjà Vu in the Desert of the Real
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Déjà Vu in the Desert of the Real

"I’m twenty-five years old and I don’t understand what it is that people do. It’s as if all this were built on nothing, and nothing were holding this together. And then I hear people talk, and that just makes things worse."

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A Decidedly Dumb Thing I'll Likely Do Again
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A Decidedly Dumb Thing I'll Likely Do Again

As someone who has too often been the moody bitch in the hoodie, I can promise it’s almost certainly Just You. The resident asshole. The snob. The fool. Prematurely dulled, disappointed, or disgusted by a perfectly harmless lot. More often than not --at least in my experience-- that's probably been the case.

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