I have this folder on my desktop filled with screenshots I’ve taken of unconventional Spotify artist bios. The ones that suddenly break you open or send you into a 15-minute internal dialogue about the meaning of life or maybe just make you tilt your head. I got into the habit of clicking on them to investigate weird band names and learn more about new artists I’m into. Most of the descriptions are encyclopedic and boring, taking you through a timeline of the band’s accomplishments, but the great ones go off script. Some are poetry. Others read like the responses you might see on a kid’s test in school, where everything looks normal except for a line in the middle that they slipped in just to see if the teacher would actually read it, like, “Pink elephants rule!” or “Are you reading this???” (That was a thing, right?) Here’s what I mean…

What a beautiful tribute 😢“a powerful joy courses through me” is my exact experience when I listen to Perfume Genius. Watching the devastating pool scene from Booksmart cemented “Slip Away” as my favorite PG song. The feelings!!!

Dancing and thinking about life. Two of my favorite things…

Mysterious!

Perfectly articulates the body’s response to emotional pain. Isn’t that where we store all heartbreak/trauma/etc.? To make art is to surrender.

Tell me more about this hatred toward aliens.

Dwelling in the undefinable is an act of resistance. Can we just sit with that for a minute? Mmmmmm.

Bye, Dan.