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Christine Capetola

Writer. Professor. Cultural Programmer.

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Land of Talk and the Intimacy of Healing

June 1, 2022 By ccapetola

At close to one year of being in LA, I went to see Land of Talk live for the first time in five years. As I’ve written about before, Land of Talk are the band that I’ve grown up … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, intimacy, romanticism Tagged With: Land of Talk, Lodge Room

Placebo, Nostalgia, and the Pre-Pandemic Past

April 8, 2022 By ccapetola

As many of our masks start to literally and figuratively come off again, we are entering a new moment of pandemic nostalgia, of the desire for a time when our personal—and geopolitical—lives didn’t feel as complicated as they do now. … Read the rest

Filed Under: depression, feelings, intimacy, nostalgia Tagged With: Never Let Me Go, Penn, Placebo

2021 in Review: Anxiety, Family, and Community in the Long Pandemic

December 21, 2021 By ccapetola

It was another hard pandemic year—and the pop music around us often reflected that. Our first full (calendar) year of the pandemic, pop both musically and narratively carried forward our feelings of anxiety and isolation but also yearnings for connection … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, queerness, vibrations Tagged With: Dawn Richard, Halsey, Little Simz

Dawn Richard and Songs of the South

May 20, 2021 By ccapetola

In June 2011, I made a decision that would forever change my life: I broke up with a partner of over three years and mentally committed to getting back home to New York City as quickly as possible. Within six … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, intimacy, queerness Tagged With: Austin, Dawn Richard, New Orleans

Land of Talk and Loving During Crisis

August 4, 2020 By ccapetola

It was January 2007 and I needed a new band to grow up with.  Having returned to Philly from Sleater-Kinney’s “last” show in Portland, OR only five months previously, I was now left with a new (in name, at least) … Read the rest

Filed Under: feelings, feminism, romanticism Tagged With: Indinstinct Conversations, Land of Talk

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