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    Rest in Peace, Dolores O’Riordan

    It was late on a school night my freshman year of high school in the Fall of 1996, and my girlfriend and I were riding in the… Read more “Rest in Peace, Dolores O’Riordan”

    January 15, 2018January 15, 2018 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss Jeff Buckley’s Grace Album

    My friend Katy and I recently gushed over discussed Jeff Buckley and his only album, Grace. You can also gush over enjoy our discussions of albums by Hole,… Read more “Katy and I Discuss Jeff Buckley’s Grace Album”

    January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom Album

    Katy and I recently discuss one of our absolute favorite 1990s albums, No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom. You can also read our previous discussions of albums by Hole, Tori Amos,… Read more “Katy and I Discuss No Doubt’s Tragic Kingdom Album”

    January 8, 2018 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss the First Two Garbage Albums

    We’ve discussed Tori Amos, Hole, and Oasis. Today, Katy and I continue our 90s music nostalgia with a discussion of the first two Garbage albums. Along the… Read more “Katy and I Discuss the First Two Garbage Albums”

    December 20, 2017 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss the First Two Oasis Albums

    My friend Katy and I discuss that most British of bands today—Oasis. We disagreed a bit. Read below to watch our friendship dismantle in real time (I… Read more “Katy and I Discuss the First Two Oasis Albums”

    December 18, 2017 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss Tori Amos’s Little Earthquakes Album

    After our recent discussion of Hole’s Live Through This album, my friend Katy and I continued our 1990s nostalgia trek with this conversation about Tori Amos’s heart-rending… Read more “Katy and I Discuss Tori Amos’s Little Earthquakes Album”

    December 13, 2017May 28, 2025 by David Nilsen

    Katy and I Discuss Hole’s Live Through This Album

    My friend Katy Goodwin-Bates and I discuss a lot of things—books, music… well, okay, we mostly just discuss books and music. But in this retrospective conversation about… Read more “Katy and I Discuss Hole’s Live Through This Album”

    December 11, 2017 by David Nilsen

    Water on the Flames: A Post-Faith Playlist

    You don’t lose God all at once; He goes in pieces. It’s like your hearing being claimed by a disease, or your memory by age, or love… Read more “Water on the Flames: A Post-Faith Playlist”

    February 8, 2017May 28, 2025 by David Nilsen

    Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music

    In 1998 I was sixteen years old, even scrawnier than I am now, and very Christian. The world of Evangelicalism in the late 1990s was a unique and insular… Read more “Jennifer Knapp Is Facing the Music”

    February 15, 2015May 14, 2025 by David Nilsen

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