On Movie Stars and How I Got These Scars: An Audio Story for a Breaking Heart

Nancy here. After receiving a heartbroken text from Sarah a little ways back, I sent a pep-up message and a power pop playlist, which I made when writing the lead essay for Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop.

… and speaking of Bill Pullman, I cannot highly enough recommend his reading The One Inside by Sam Shepard, which is seriously transcendent. Here’s a sample:

Also, this book cover? My god.

… and speaking of Sam Shepard, I cannot highly enough recommend the Netflix series Bloodline, which I loved and still think about and feel the pull of. If I ever go AWOL, look for me in the Florida Keys …

Episode Notes:

“Brown Dirt Cowboys,” by Nancy Rommelmann (LA Weekly)

Go All the Way: A Literary Appreciation of Power Pop, S.W. Lauden, Paul Myers, editors, in which I wrote “Analog Anthems,” hopping through personal history via some favorite power pop songs. Here’s (most of) the line-up xx

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