Album Review: Juliana Hatfield – Lighting Might Strike

Juliana Hatfield has been hugely prolific in the period since this blog started in 2017, releasing albums Pussycat, Weird and Blood along with her cover albums of songs by Olivia Newton John, The Police and ELO. It’s been hard to keep up, even for dedicated long time fans like myself. She’s also been writing a brilliant Substack newsletter too. This new album Lightning Might Strike was recorded after she moved to the countryside and went through a difficult period in her life.

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Ryan Adams: Self-Destruction on the Edge of Town

Look I don’t want to be writing about Ryan Adams again. I was one of his biggest fans for a long time and I feel like I’ve given him more than enough of my time and my energy. After a string of women called him out for his harmful, awful behaviour I stopped listening to his music. I wrote a few years ago about how I struggled with guilt but was resolved to quit caring too. He even came to play in Scotland and I didn’t waver for a second. I was done. Done.

Don’t worry – I’m still done. I’m writing this post because I’m still learning my lesson. Ryan’s debacles this year have shown me that not only were we so right to cancel this man, we need to take a long hard look at the blob of narcissistic darkness we helped create and acknowledge it our own. 

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