#2nd grade

[ssodiumm]

based on a serious issue. once you learn x, u can never go back

[bandcampsnoop]

1/26/26.

I listened to "Lily of the Valley" from 22º Halo a lot last year; so much that I assumed (1) I posted about the LP and (2) I bought it. Wow, wrong on both counts. And it looks like I can only correct one of those wrongs since this album is sold out.

"Lily of the Valley" is a gorgeous album that received well deserved rave reviews upon its release in November 2024. The band formed from the ashes of Teen Spaceship and has basically grown into the vehicle for the music of Will Kennedy (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...Kennedy was also in power pop band 2nd Grade). It kind of reminds me of a lo-fi version of Chris Cohen. The Pitchfork review also mentions bands Hovvdy and Joyer. There's a slight nod to The Microphones in the review as well.

"Lily of the Valley" came out on Tiny Library Records. The band also has a release on Missoula, Montana label Anything Bagel (that's how I actually came back to 22º Halo - I was listening to a 7" from French band No Drama on Anything Bagel).

[upforabit]

[not-really-a-conjunction]

are you a home of sexual? 🤨🤨🤨

(Homosexual)

perhaps

[husker-fictive]

I think it needs to be studied (not literally but yknow) the fact that you were allowed to be weird as a kid as long as you were "popular" (or at least what children would consider popular), at least in the eyes of your peers

The reason I feel this way is because I was a very weird child but I also had a lot of friends and acquaintances

And there was this other "weird kid" who got treated like an outcast just because he wasnt popular

For context, as far as I remember we had a very similar appearance in the ways that count in this scenario- we both had severe eczema, pale skin, and we both were fat.

I didnt know him personally but I remember being disgusted at the idea of being associated with him after my friend (I loved her /p but she was such a liar) lied about a rumor which felt like a bit of a overreaction now that im older, but I was in like 2nd grade so 😭

Anyway if you have any thoughts please share

[loz3rliterature]

I miss autumn. I miss the loud laughs from lunch tables 50 feet away from me I miss the soft small carpet I miss seeing all the other kids in their costumes on halloween I miss playing house I miss being a kid. I miss winter. I miss sharing jackets between me and my friends I miss the warm air inside the classroom I miss laughing with random kids on the playground about how cold it is I miss rainy days, where we stayed inside for lunch and watched a movie I miss being a kid. I miss spring. I miss watching the caterpillars grow into butterflies I miss picking flowers for my friends I miss painting and how it smelled I miss story time I miss show and tell I miss being a kid. I miss summer. I miss jumping into the pool without a care in the world I miss staying up all night and playing games with my cousins I miss popsicles on hot days I miss joking with my friends about how I was wearing a jacket in 80 degree weather I miss being a kid. I miss being line leader. I miss being young. I miss having no cares. I miss loving people. I miss what I used to have

[kittyhawkbombardier-bitch]

it was always a riot when you found one of these guys in 2nd grade

[retropopcult]

1976 class photo, Roadrunner Elementary School, Phoenix