Kara – voids

084

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:00:05 +0000

Playlist:
Metric / Dead Disco (2003) / Bandcamp

And that's it for Part 4! Part 5 starts next week.

076

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 15:00:01 +0000

Playlist:
Bright Eyes / Lover I Don't Have to Love (2002) / Bandcamp

075

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 15:00:39 +0000

Playlist:
Franz Ferdinand / You Could Have it So Much Better (2005) / YouTube

074

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:00:48 +0000

Playlist:
Black Box Recorder / Start As You Mean To Go On (2001) / YouTube

073

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 15:00:57 +0000

Playlist:
Cranes / Jewel (1993) / YouTube

Andrew's extremely into 80s and 90s 4AD and Creation Records, which we really only learn from his shirts.

062

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:00:54 +0000

Playlist:
The Sounds / Hit Me! (2003) / YouTube

A very on-the-nose (on-the-cheek?) pick, I know...

061

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:00:31 +0000

Playlist:
The Mountain Goats / Lion's Teeth (2005) / Bandcamp

060

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 15:00:27 +0000

Playlist:
The New Pornographers / Execution Day (2003) / YouTube

059

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:00:28 +0000

Playlist:
Silver Jews / Punks in the Beerlight (2005) / Bandcamp

This scene takes place a couple days before Halloween; Tanglewood Numbers, the album this song is on, was released October 18, 2005, so here's a rare instance of me picking a song that just came out.

057

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 15:00:45 +0000

Playlist:
Wipers / Tragedy (1980) / Bandcamp

The first Wipers song I remember hearing is from this album and I wouldn't have guessed it was released in 1980; it's just ridiculously good.

036

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:00:30 +0000

Playlist:
Wire / Finest Drops (1988) / YouTube

035

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:00:58 +0000

Playlist:
The Faint / Symptom Finger (2004) / YouTube

034

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:00:32 +0000

Playlist:
Enon / Daughter in the House of Fools (2003) / Bandcamp

033

Shayna Marchese — Wed, 10 Sep 2025 14:00:13 +0000

Playlist:
The Wrens / Built in Girls (1996) / YouTube

(The Wrens were a very New Jersey band who released albums titled 'Secaucus' and 'The Meadowlands.' Check out Aeon Station for what would have been a fourth album, kind of.)

032

Shayna Marchese — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 14:00:20 +0000

Playlist:
The Apples in Stereo / She's Telling Lies (Bryce's Mix) (2002) / Bandcamp

Since this takes place in 2005, it's not completely bizarre that someone's asking "if" Sara has a cell phone, but by that point most people would have had one. There would have been plenty of pay phones still around (maybe not in this particular neighborhood). It's hard to think of any time when asking a stranger to use a personal phone wouldn't have been a bit odd, and this is indeed supposed to feel off. Calling a car service would have been the only way to get a ride in an outer borough.