mix: 21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN

been thinking a lot about coming of age in post-9/11, post-recession America.... the last few days have been spent listening to a lot of The Used's new album (which is pretty tight, surprisingly - I never got into The Used hype back in 2004), the old Rock Against Bush comps, and some Green Day.

I've also been pretty exhausted and feeling run-down from the constant state of barely having enough money/not having enough money. I'm working a second job now, which is alright – just tiring. don't feel like it will ever be enough. K, enough with me – on with the mix.

21ST CENTURY BREAKDOWN from armustdie on 8tracks Radio.

emotionally exhausted hugs,
AR

"nursed the shoreline" // beach tunes

haven't been here in a while – sorry I was moving! – so I figured I would get back into the swing of things with a mixtape about walking around on the beach in the middle of April (which is, sadly, something I haven't been able to do much this year).

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beeeeest,
AR

mix: "lmao fuckin posers"

no "what I'm listening to" because who said I had to be consistent? NO ONE, THAT'S WHO. THIS IS MY BLOG AND THERE ARE NO RULES HERE

so here is a mix that was made with like, three parts seriousness, one parts jest, and entirely out of love. jaded punk is a shitty column run by Dan Ozzi (don't got time for pretend feminist men, or just men, really) but being a jaded punk is literally every day of my life, so here's a stupid mix.

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again, it's made with love more than anything else. I think the fact that punk is like a game in who can be "MORE PUNK" is absolutely hilarious. (although I really, really believe that people can do punk wrong – i.e. being sexist/racist/cissexist/homophobic/classist.)

 sloppy kisses, AR

☹ QUEER ANGST ☹

Listen: it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a queer teenager in possession of a good music library must suffer Moste Extreme Angste. This is true of me, true for my friends – it is a Law of the Universe.

Somewhat recently Mary Lambert recorded a cover of "Teenage Dirtbag" explaining that she'd always thought it was a queer love song. There are a great deal of songs like that out there ("Sugar We're Goin' Down", for example: I'm watching you two from the closet, wishing to be the friction in your jeans OKAY PETE WENTZ, OKAY.)

So this was (a portion) of my Queer Angste Playlist – with some actual queer artists plus Speedy Ortiz, which wasn't a band  that was on my radar when I was in high school but "No Below" is so a queer anthem.

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goodnight / good morning,
AR