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American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

American Crisis Playlist: From Political Pestilence to Pandemic

How music helped me cope with the pandemic and the 2020 nightmare presidential election.

2022

Stories

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Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

Transgressing the boundaries of what all the “supposed to’s”

Jun 18, 2024

Music Genres Are Guides, Not Laws

Jun 18, 2024

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Published in
Counter Arts

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

When being honest and vulnerable pays off

Jun 5, 2024

Orville Peck and Southern Gay Pride

Jun 5, 2024

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Published in
The Riff

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

A forgotten “rockabilly classic”

Feb 20, 2024

My Grandmother: Hit Songwriter

Feb 20, 2024

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Published in
Three Imaginary Girls

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

My search for Judaism and the Wrong-Eyed Jesus

Feb 12, 2024

Subjective Gods and Tiny Hands

Feb 12, 2024

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Published in
Counter Arts

Piano Lessons

And how we told a boy from a girl

Nov 10, 2023

Piano Lessons

Nov 10, 2023

Published in
Prism & Pen

The GOP’s Gay Inaugural Ball, a Night of False Macho

… and false assumptions

11h ago

The GOP’s Gay Inaugural Ball, a Night of False Macho

11h ago

Published in
Counter Arts

How To Say I Love You in a Song

Without mentioning Jim Croce, although…

3d ago

How To Say I Love You in a Song

3d ago

Published in
Prism & Pen

I’m Teaching These Queer Graphic Novels in the U.S. South

Taking back the right to free expression

Jan 11

I’m Teaching These Queer Graphic Novels in the U.S. South

Jan 11

Published in
The Riff

Music Avenues: In Search Of…

Cons and pros and frustrated journeys

Jan 10

Music Avenues: In Search Of…

Jan 10

Published in
Counter Arts

Future Legend Lurking

The doorways weren’t tall enough for him

Jan 9

Future Legend Lurking

Jan 9

Terry Barr

Terry Barr

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I write about music, culture, equality, and my Alabama past in The Riff, The Memoirist, Prism and Pen, Counter Arts, and am an editor for Plethora of Pop.

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