“Donna Summer would be remembered as a ground-breaking artist today even if she'd retired the day after she recorded 'I Feel Love' in 1977.” IfsFeelsWould BeTodayArtistSummerRememberedRetired Author:Rob Sheffield
“It goes without saying that 'Buncha Losers' comedies speak to tough times. The massive unemployment of the Reagan years gave us 'Taxi,' 'Cheers' and the genre-defining 'Night Court,' a show you could never admit to watching without making people feel sorry for you.” PeopleFeelsYearsShowsNightSpeakComedyToughCourtSorryGenreMassiveLoserCheerUnemploymentDefiningTough TimesTaxiFeel Sorry For YouNight Court Author:Rob Sheffield
“Tonight, I feel like my whole body is made out of memories. I'm a mix-tape, a cassette that's been rewound so many times you can hear the fingerprints smudged on the tape.” FeelsMadeWholeBodyMemoriesTonightTapeFingerprintsCassettes Book:Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To Source: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To
“Somtimes you lie in a strange room, in a strange person's home, and you feel yourself bending out of shape. Melting, touching something hot, something that warps you in drastic and probably irreversible ways you won't get to take stock of until its too late” WayFeelsPersonsHomeLyingRoomsStrangeShapesLateHotToo LateTouchingMeltingBendingDrasticIrreversibleWarpStrange Person Book:Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To Source: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To
“She was the first person on either side of her family to go to college, and she held herself to insanely high standards. She worried a lot about whether she was good enough. It was surprising to see how relieved she seemed whenever I told her how amazing she was. I wanted her to feel strong and free. She was beautiful when she was free.” FeelsFirstsPersonsEnoughWantedBeautifulStrongSidesCollegeStandardsWorriedGood EnoughSurprisingFirst PersonRelievedHigh Standards Book:Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To Source: Love Is a Mix Tape: Life, Loss, and What I Listened To
“The way I pictured it, all this grief would be like a winter night when you're standing outside. You'll warm up once you get used to the cold. Except after you've been out there for awhile, you feel the warmth draining out of you and you realize the opposite is happening; you're getting colder and colder, as the body heat you brought outside with you seeps out of your skin. Instead of getting used to it, you get weaker the longer you endure it.” WayFeelsBodyWould BeUsedNightRealizingGriefColdHappeningsStandingSkinsOppositesEndureWinterWarmHeatWarmthDrainingWinter NightBody Heat Author:Rob Sheffield
