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Thursday
January 8,
2026
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of Sake Nomi Record Night, the theme was "transformations" so i selected a few cuts that twisted me when i was young into who i am still becoming--and didn't even notice until later that what i brought could all be filed under ear candy. teenage intros to hip-hop and punk felt like rites of passage, but my sister's Candy Man LP that i brought to kindergarten show and tell made the most lasting impact when Ms. Plug played it for the class: i danced with a wild joy and saw my first crush staring at me from across the room, which made me boogie even harder... until she grabbed her friend, pointed, and they laughed. i froze, feigned invisibility, and vowed to never dance again. after only a decade, i got over it. mostly. but i took tonight as an opportunity to transform and put it behind me forever by re-enacting the scene. in an eerie echo of 50 years earlier, two women pointed at my dancing, but this time i chose to believe they were laughing with me. |
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