TJ is a writer living in Portland, OR.

Favorite Songs from 2020

Favorite Songs from 2020

Frances Quinlan –  Rare Thing


I know there is love that doesn't have to do with taking something from somebody
Was so much for me not real?
I only managed to stay small by making giants out of strangers
Through the chaos I can see
All afternoon you inhale every bouquet you meet

 

Haley Williams – Simmer

Control
There's so many ways to give in
Eyes closed
Another way to make it to ten
Oh, how to draw the line between wrath and mercy?

 

Kylie Minogue – Magic

You got me started and nothing on earth can stop it
It's crazy, I'm falling
I don't know what else to call it
Boy, do you believe in magic?
Do you, do you, do you
Do you believe in magic? 


Bright Eyes – Mariana Trench

The closing bell death tolls
Hear the market crash
A crying trader swears he’ll get out of the game
The cowboy drinks himself to death
Fresh out of rehab
While they’re loading all the rifles on the range


Lomelda – Hannah Sun

I sent you the sun from my hometown
And Chicago, and Atlanta
Sinking at the sight of your shadow
On the sidewalk in Spain
Or back in upstate, was it Jersey?
At the airport to Alaska
Sinking on a call from your hometown
Where they found him tearing through

 

Angel Olsen – Waving, Smiling

The sun is shining
I'm waving smiling
At love forever
Alive and dying

 

Kurt Vile – How Lucky (feat. John Prine)

Today I walked down the street I used to wander
Yeah, shook my hand and made myself a bet
There was all these things that I don't think I remember
Hey, how lucky can one man get


Noga Erez – You So Done

Softly, just break it to me softly
Be straight with me but gently
Tender before you kill me, pow pow (Oy vavoy)
Calmly, I don't freak out in public
Take me outside and crush me
Over a cup of coffee, ow ow

 

Run The Jewels – JU$T (ft. Pharrell Williams and Zack de la Rocha)

Master of these politics, you swear that you got options (Slave, yeah)
Master of opinion 'cause you vote with the white collar (Slave)
The Thirteenth Amendment says that slavery's abolished (Shit)

Look at all these slave masters posin' on yo' dollar (Get it?)


 

2020 Reading List

2020 Reading List

Creating Portland

Creating Portland