The Spectrum of Autumnal Sad Music, As Drugs

August 11, 2020 ~ leftonreadletter ~ Leave a comment

Taylor Swift, folklor: CBD
The National, I Am Easy to Find: Marijuana
Sun Kil Moon, Benji: Heroin
Sufjan Stevens, The Age of Adz: Ecstasy
Father John Misty, Fear Fun: Cocaine
Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher: LSD purchased from your neighborhood feminist co-op
Counting Crows, August and Everything After: Ibuprofen and white wine
American Football, American Football: Weed dust that’s been emptied onto a Pavement CD while you sit in your mom’s Corolla.
Cannonball Adderley, Somethin’ Else: Methadone
Elliott Smith, Either/Or: Ketamine
Bon Iver, Bon Iver, Bon Iver: Mushrooms
Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: Revolution Anti-Hero IPA
Van Morrison, Astral Weeks: Sandalwood-scented incense candle

Indie Girl Covers Of Classic Songs That We Aren’t Saying Are BETTER Than The Original, Per Se, Just… Ya Know… Different

February 4, 2020March 24, 2020 ~ leftonreadletter ~ Leave a comment

I’m On Fire – Soccer Mommy (original: Bruce Springsteen)
Tim McGraw – Maggie Rogers (original: Taylor Swift)
Doin’ Time – Lana Del Rey (original: Sublime)
There Is a Light That Never Goes Out – Dum Dum Girls (original: The Smiths)
In the Air Tonight – Lucy Dacus (original: Phil Collins)
Friday I’m in Love – Phoebe Bridgers (original: The Cure)
- But also Phoebe Bridgers is a cover queen and we stan
Cowboy Take Me Away – Boygenius (original: The Dixie Chicks)
Jesus, Etc. – Laura Stevenson (original: Wilco)

Things that Definitely Exist in the Same Universe

November 22, 2019November 26, 2019 ~ leftonreadletter ~ Leave a comment

Expanded cinematic universes are the only reason that I, you, and everyone you know gets out of bed in the morning. This is called “a fact” and—news flash!—facts still exist. Left on Read is now proud to announce the results of our first ever investigative undertaking, revealing who’s in the same universe as whom:

Andrew Garfield’s Spiderman and Jared Leto’s Joker (they kiss in the straight-to-VOD Batman vs. Superman sequel)
High School Musical and Breaking Bad (the people DEMAND an oral history of Albuquerque)
Phoebe Bridgers’ “Funeral” and Pinegrove’s “Old Friends” (they’re both about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s funeral, weirdly)
Gritty and Boris Johnson (they are identical twin brothers who had a falling out over whether or not to seize the means of production)
Flo and the Avengers (she is widely considered the 12th Avenger; the others despise her immensely)
Tulsi Gabbard and the rest of the Democratic field (they even identify as members of the same party)
AT&T’s Okay Boy Band and Jackson Maine from A Star is Born (Maine actually wrote a few songs for the Okay Boy Band’s lead singer’s roots-rock solo album)
Me and Princess Diana (lovers separated by time and circumstances