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Kari Luna's avatar

This was a great one, Aaron! Aaah, the search for those elusive bootlegs and b-sides...

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Aaron Gilbreath's avatar

those were the days. analog days!

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Laura Iris Sullivan Cassidy's avatar

As someone who relies on collective memory to fill in the holes of youth (maybe we all do that?) I thoroughly enjoy your writing and perspective so much. But this one really gets me—the letters, the tapes, the true teenage connection. Sometimes I chide myself for how nostalgic I am, but this is a kind of affirmation. Why not romanticize these romantic times we had. Black Celebration forever. xo

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