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Summer came on way too strong and the radio played all new songs
Ten years of 'Suburbia I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing'
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John Bazley

December 2020

My favorite albums of 2020
pop, indie, hip-hop, and Chromatica Oreos
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John Bazley

September 2020

I have two big hands and a heart pumping blood and a 1967 Colt .45 with a busted safety catch
On The Mountain Goats' "Going to Georgia" and the feeling of being in motion again
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John Bazley

August 2020

Went looking for a creation myth, ended up with a pair of cracked lips
On Phoebe Bridgers and the Jesus leap
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John Bazley
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I can see how time has passed, I haven't been myself
On consciousness of change and Bellows’ “Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter”
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John Bazley

July 2020

Sincerity is scary
On liking what you like and writing about it
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John Bazley
On The Impossible Past, On The Miserable Future
The Menzingers, misery, and forward momentum
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John Bazley
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Looking for the b-side: critical essays, music and film criticism, and the state of New Jersey
Welcome to B-Side Collection, a newsletter by me, John Bazley. If you don’t know me, I’m an essayist from New Jersey. I wrote album reviews for places…
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