Michael Leviton

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Ray-Ban Sunglasses

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Kathleen Cleaver‘s also been on my mind lately

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I love Dorothy Dandridge

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Belafonte dream…

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“The part of me that knows I’m really scared of being cool...”

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“Let’s sing along to that lonely song...”

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Am I a good man or am I a fool?

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“Hold your memory for a moment with a blind hand...”

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I used to listen to this Lemonheads song on repeat when I was fourteen. At the time, it seemed like the song was more about someone like me than it was about its writer, Evan Dando, who struck me as someone generally cool and sexy and adored. Looking back, I’m sure the song was true for him too, that Dando was also surrounded by people who didn’t really care about him, especially at his most unpleasant and disgusting, when he’s a metaphorical booger. Still, I felt something resolve in me when I heard this cover, Courtney Barnett being more how I imagined the protagonist of this song, a beautiful genius who wouldn’t always be noticed because the world is just too square. But she puts us in the position to recognize her and notice her being around.

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“Shrink myself like a tom thumb and hide in my baby’s hand...”

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“We live in airports ‘cause we don’t have a plan...”

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“I picture you as you were, I read the words I prepared...”

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“Sometimes I wonder what made me do all the wrong things I done to you...”

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“I’m returning the favor that you gave me long ago...”

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I’ve listened to so much Blossom Dearie and yet I keep finding recordings I haven’t heard that are among my favorites 

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Blossom Dearie sings happy songs like they’re tragic delusions. I don’t know if it’s intended that way but when I listen to this, I feel certain that this love she’s talking about is already over 

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“The way you walk that walk...boom boom boom boom...”