From the Book - Revised and expanded, first MCD x FSG Originals edition
Foreword / by Samantha Irby
Introduction: I have a strange relationship with music
Part III: Death/Redemption
Part VI: Strictly business
Part VII: Desire, power, pleasure
Part VIII: Personal/Political
From the Book - First edition.
I Have A Strange Relationship With Music
EMO: Where The Girls Aren't; Punk Planet #56, July 2003
Chance The Rapper; Chicago Magazine, June 2013
Viva La Filthy Noise!: Coughs' Secret Passage; Chicago Reader, October 2006
Sweet Things; Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, January 2006
And We Remain, Ever So Faithfully, Yours; Tinyluckygenius, January 2006
Conversation With Jim Derogatis Regarding R. Kelly; The Village Voice, December 2013
Gaga Takes A Trip; Nashville Scene, April 2011
Deconstructing Lana Del Rey; Spin Magazine, January 2012
Taylor Swift, Grimes And Lana Del Rey: The Year In Blond Ambition; Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, January 2012
We Can't Stop: Our Year With Miley; Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll, January 2014
Louder Than Love: My Teen Grunge Poserdom; EMP Conference Paper, Spring 2005
When The Boss Went Moral: Bruce Springsteen's Lost Album; The American Prospect, November 2010
Vedderan: Notes On Pearl Jam's 20th Anniversary Concert; Tinyluckygenius, September 2011
You're Reliving All Over Me: Dinosaur Jr. Reunites; Chicago Reader, April 2005
You Will Ache Like I Ache: The Oral History Of Hole's Live Through This; Spin Magazine, April 2014
You Know What?; Tinyluckygenius, April 2010
Kendrick Lamar: Not Your Average, Everyday Rap Savior; SPIN Magazine, October 2012
California Demise: Tyler, The Creator And Feel The Bad Vibes; Village Voice Pazz And Jop Critics Poll, 2011
Will The Stink Of Success Ruin The Smell?; La Weekly, February 2009
Dispatches From The Desert: Coachella; Chicago Reader, May 2005
The Passion Of David Bazan; Chicago Reader, July 2009
Flirting With Religion: Rickie Lee Jones; Chicago Reader, March 2007
Why Michael Jackson's Past Might Be Um Gary, Indiana's Only Future; Village Voice, July 2009
Superchunk: I Hate Music; Spin Magazine, August 2013
Between The Viaduct Of Your Dreams: On Van Morrison; Tinyluckygenius, July 2008
Mg Miley Cyrus: Bangerz; Spin Magazine, October 2013
Nu Age: Animal Collective And Bell Orchestre; Chicago Reader, November 2005
Tyler, The Creator: Wolf; SPIN Magazine, April 2005
Old Year's End; Tinyluckygenius, December 2007
Nevermind Already: Nirvana's 20Th Anniversary Boxset; Chicago Reader, September 2011
PART SEVEN STRICTLY BUSINESS
Punk Is Dead! Long Live Punk!: A Report On The State Of Teen Spirit From The Mobile Shopping Mall That Is The Vans Warped Tour; Chicago Reader, August 2004
Chief Keef; Chicago Tribune, August 2013
Nude Awakening: Suicide Girls; SPIN Magazine, February 2006
How Selling Out Saved Indie Rock; BuzzFeed, November 2013
Not Lollapalooza: Rollin Hunt, Screaming Females & Abe Vigoda; Chicago Reader, August 2007
St. Vincent: Strange Mercy; Village Voice, November 2011
Cat Power: Sun; SPIN Magazine, September 2012
SWF, 45: Mecca Normal's The Observer; Chicago Reader, April 2006
Shouting Out Loud: The Raincoats; Portland Mercury, October 2009
Making Pop For Capitalist Pigs: M.I.A.'S MAYA; Chicago Reader, July 2010
There Is No Guyville In Sweden: Frida Hyvonen's Until Death Comes; Chicago Reader, November 2006.
