Tag: What I’m Watching


  • November 1, 2026 I love Rowan Coleman’s idea that Trek needs to move away from the military conventions and I agree. It is a bit too much conformity for me too. Like it made sense in ds9 but in voyager it was so forced… and the new starlet academy show went way over board. Uh…

  • October 1, 2026 YAY ANNA!  “You Do Not Have to Suffer on the Altar” / “What If You Stopped Trying to Be Beautiful?” I love how she says her sick voice makes her sound sexy. Anna is ALWAYS sexy <3 Great little poem here she included as a clip: “No one is watching So why…

  • September 1, 2026 I wish Audra would cover “Be the One” but I don’t think she’ll ever top Dua on this one. I love how lo-fi Phoebe’s vids are usually. This one is NOT! But the visuals are FUCKING AMAZING! I also didn’t realize that Jack Antonoff was so involved with this record.  September 5,…

  • August 1, 2026 This is Rosie Mac who is replacing Addie as the lead singer in the indie hard rock band, Halocene. Quite a change, but I really like Rosie and am excited to see what her voice brings to this 20-year old musical project. Rain Paris is TAKING OFF! Love that girl! … One…

  • August 1, 2026 GO BRI! Updated Brianna’s page on The Phoenix Desertsong that has actually gotten her calls! Buying a House in Erie PA? Call Brianna Virgils! … “The Story of My Life” is the introductory post to my “The Unmasking of a Phoenix” collected works series I’m posting on Substack. Also, yes, I did…

  • BTW I met this girl at a free show at Big Bar in Erie, PA around St. Patty’s day last year. I have one of those hoodies she’s got there. She handed it to me. Best night of my life. … “We’re numb to our own knowledge.” It’s lines like that which make Anna Corinne…

  • I am wide awake, YES, Like Katy Perry. So I may as well get up and be productive at getting my geese in a row. … Gorgeous girl and I am sure her story is far too common with a much less desirable ending. … The universe told me to listen to album 1, track…

  • On this day June 28, 2026, around midnight, I finally broke the many-layered mask I wore over my true personality for over thirty years. It took a lot of hard work over the past three weeks, but I finally have become the Phoenix I was intended to be. I’ve rediscovered my true voice. I am…

  • An Apprenticeship of the Book of Pleasures was the book that Anna was reading in her vlog yesterday. Anna said that Clarice Lespector is so good that her work should be read aloud like Shakespeare. … Anyway, it has got me thinking about reading out loud again. It doesn’t bother Emily. I only stopped because…

  • First off, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARIANA GRANDE! I LOVE YOU! This is really sweet from her bro:  https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx1sEkwb9-tWd4ADKVjIFpje8ciPiKq8YU … I woke up with my favorite song by The Killers stuck in my head. Oh yeah, guess who has an amazing cover of that song? … Also, the first video in my suggested feed? Perhaps the greatest…

  • This is from 6 years ago, but relevant as ever. Sav always just has the right things to say about the deepest human issues! … This girl is going places! Olivia Rodrigo is an All-American Treasure. … Brooke Surgener is so awesome, talented, and gorgeous and it’s a travesty that she isn’t like playing country…

  • … Emily asked me to share this, so I did. Really important topic, actually: Being a Queer Girl Isn’t Something You Decide. AI needs to stay out of ripping off music! And music adjacent. And just content in general. We are all just training shit… Anthony Fantano, I totally agree with you. … Sav has…

  • There are no words to describe this cover of Deftones “Change.” … Sophie Burrell celebrates good musical “Taste” with this cover! 

  • Savannah Brown just blows my mind. I also ordered five of Savannah’s books. A couple were only sold from London so I’d rather buy those brand new. If her books are as amazing as her video essays, then damn. I’m having such a horrible autism day. But I can pay attention to Livie and Fionn…

  • Oh look, my old tumblr STILL EXISTS! I need to clean it up a bit… phoenixdesertsong.tumblr.com  Here’s the advice I’m following: “The best number of queued posts on Tumblr is 10 to 15 posts per day, spaced out over the peak engagement hours (5:00 PM to 1:00 AM EDT). This keeps your blog highly active…

  • I finally gave this album a proper listen. The whole thing is pretty good, although I only added “Tell Me When You’ve Had Enough” and “Who Will You Follow” to my regular rotation. I love this bit from Evanescence’s “How Do I Heal?” “No matter how we changeEchoes of us remainUntouched by timeIn my mind”…

  • The Phillies Guy from Baseball Card Stories’ face reveal. And wow, the dude is a musician and conductor! Wow, great to meet you, Stephen! He has a doctorate, so I have to call him Doctor Phillies Card Guy now, lol  Speaking of which, I love this song: Amazing cover of “you learn” by one of…

  • For many years, I’ve been chasing potential, and I’ve learned the hard way that sometimes you just have to meet people where they’re at. And unfortunately, I’ve never been particularly good at meeting people where they’re at because I am so consistently ensconced in the concept of what they could be or what I perceive…

  • This is why I’m still here. Every single time I hear begged I break down sobbing. No song has ever touched me like this.  Just like Tegan and Sara’s “Hell” saved my life back in 2009 after I got thrown out of college, Katy Perry’s “Part of Me” kept me going as I tried to…

  • “radicalized by the realization that in many Intellectual™ circles it’s higher status to know a lot about a domain than it is to actually do something in that domain” – charm https://www.x.com/charmcgi/status/2065952438734213396 Yup, that’s the college mentality. Absolutely correct, charm. … There was a whole PDF I needed to steal for my archive: https://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/centers/boisi/pdf/s091/Welcome_address_to_freshman_at_Boston_Conservatory.pdf ……