Lis Ferla / March 20, 2018

culture consumption: february 2018;

Hey, so February was a bit of a bust on the ol’ blog front, wasn’t it? It’s funny, but for all my talk about obtaining a better work-life balance and falling back in love with…

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Lis Ferla / January 2, 2018

what happened when i hit the ground: 2017 in review;

Since I got back from New York, I’ve been struggling to sleep. While my rational head knows that it’s mostly jet lag, accentuated by that weird period between Christmas and New Year when we’re all…

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Lis Ferla / September 7, 2017

culture consumption: august 2017;

So this is usually the column in which I round up the great and the not-so-great things I have read, watched and listened to in any given month. Which begs the question: what if I…

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Lis Ferla / December 27, 2014

the only kind of steady i believe in: last year’s records, 2014;

Despite releases this year by the men whose works are tattooed on my heart (or wrist, in the case of Ryan Adams; and back, for The Hold Steady), practically all of my favourite albums have…

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Lis Ferla / December 24, 2012

i’ve been fumbling with your heartstrings: last year’s festive fifty, 2012;

These are nominally in order, but with very little to separate many of them it would be tough going to replicate it – plus, the usual one-song-per-artist rule applies. Apologies for lack of listening facilities,…

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Lis Ferla / February 1, 2012

lana del rey is a feminist issue. possibly;

As if The Internet was some sprawling Sunday spilling supplements over the bed, then depending on what sections you normally read you may have been aware that writer and pop culture critic Chuck “Have I…

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