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145 : you can’t heal your way out of a terrible life
I’ve never gone to therapy.
I’ve never reclined on a couch with diplomas hanging heavy over my head while someone monitored my attachment styles, mommy issues, daddy dilemmas, loafer addictions or unprocessed hang-ups about gelatinous fo...
144: in praise of the local legend
I spent most of my formative years around the type of persons we used to call “characters.”
Characters run across a spectrum.
You can be a total idiot or a nerdy brainiac and still qualify as a character.
Back in my hardcore days, these...
143 : what if getting washed was actually good?
minor genius asks: Nick Catucci on losing prestige, aging out of the target demo, Unc Cam’ron, junkyard Porsche TikTok, and learning to like Walk the Moon.
minor genius asks is a recurring conversation with people we like about one questio...
142 : prince tried to ruin the song!
“when doves cry, ” the marks of your handlers, and the luxury of leaving the weird part in
I’ve been on a real Prince kick lately.
141: my beef with the strokes
In 2001, my friends and I thought we were the coolest mod punks around. Unfortunately, we lived in New Jersey.
In 2001, my mod/punk crew and I had a one-sided beef with five soon-to-be-famous people who had no idea who we were.
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