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Watching and Waiting

"Better question is, why do I need an excuse for my fear? Why can’t I accept that I’m terrified and that’s a normal feeling? Cancer is scary."

January 24, 2019

Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond) Talks Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings’ Give the People What They Want

The backstory to Give the People What They Want is that last summer, Sharon Jones was diagnosed with stage-two pancreatic cancer. The album...

January 15, 2014

Carey Mercer (Frog Eyes, Swan Lake) Talks His Battle with Cancer and How He Learned to Respect Death.

An essay about bringing a curse upon myself and my family by naming a record Fuck Death, and my repentance, and what I did in July...

October 12, 2013

Austin Brown (Parquet Courts) Talks the Baptist Generals’ Jackleg Devotional to the Heart

In the March of my 23rd year, I was laid up at my parents' house in southeast Texas, on a liquid diet consisting mostly of Vicodin. I couldn't...

May 20, 2013