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#279 // Marmozets : They found the insecurity. And jumped anyway.

May 22, 2026

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3 min read

#279 // Marmozets : They found the insecurity. And jumped anyway.

Voice: I slept like shit and still tried to act like I wasn’t running on empty. Maybe you’ve been through this: your brain is already sandpaper, and a small crisis turns enormous.

Lance Marwood

#278 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

May 15, 2026

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3 min read

#278 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

Voice: Today is the first time I'm running my workshop on content creation for musicians, end-to-end, with real people in the room.

Lance Marwood

#277 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

May 8, 2026

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3 min read

#277 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

Voice: My kid woke us up at 6:30 with a knife wound between his eyes.

Lance Marwood

#276 // Prince: What was he hiding in the vault?

Apr 24, 2026

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3 min read

#276 // Prince: What was he hiding in the vault?

Voice: The worst sentence I said to myself this week was "I should be able to do all of this."

Lance Marwood

#275 // Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize: A Set In The Sahara

Apr 17, 2026

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2 min read

#275 // Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize: A Set In The Sahara

Voice: You can feel it when you start bargaining with your own life. There’s a line. It’s thin, and at times grows taut with tension. There are the daily negotiations that look like you’re being responsible: I’ll cook less and buy the good, pre-made meals. I’ll dictate the journal instead of taking the time to write it. I’ll run the “ten-minute version” so the day still counts. I’ll agree to what the artist asks for so I can just move on.

Lance Marwood

#274 // BLARF: Eric André Made an Album for Movies That Don't Exist

Apr 10, 2026

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10 min read

#274 // BLARF: Eric André Made an Album for Movies That Don't Exist

Voice: I had two days this week. Not five. Two. The rest got taken: Appointments. Emergencies. A 4 a.m. wake-up that turned into three hours of dishes and snack prep before I could sit down. The week I planned on Sunday was fiction by Tuesday.

Lance Marwood

#273 // CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Legacy, loss, and a double album that almost never happened

Apr 3, 2026

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11 min read

#273 // CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Legacy, loss, and a double album that almost never happened

Voice: I dropped everything this week. The newsletter. The routines. The weekly review. The content schedule I'd been white-knuckling for months. All of it. I've got a brain that

Lance Marwood

#272 // AGAINST THE CURRENT: Chrissy Costanza on Outlasting Everyone

Mar 20, 2026

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12 min read

#272 // AGAINST THE CURRENT: Chrissy Costanza on Outlasting Everyone

Voice: This week I want to talk about showing up ugly. Not the curated vulnerability kind. Not the "I'm a mess, but like, a photogenic mess" kind. The kind where your kid is screaming in the back seat, you've been a monster all morning, and every cell in your body is telling you to turn the car around and go home.

Lance Marwood

#271 // Gaerea: The Album That Started with a Funeral

Mar 13, 2026

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11 min read

#271 // Gaerea: The Album That Started with a Funeral

Voice: This week I want to talk about the backup plan. Not the one you hope you never need. The one that saves you when the real one falls apart. My kid had surgery this week. The house was being painted. I had contracts to review, taxes to finish, a living room to rearrange, and a four-year-old who was doing his level best to test every last nerve I had left.

Lance Marwood

#270 // The Guess Who: Touring for First Time in 23 Years

Mar 6, 2026

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11 min read

#270 // The Guess Who: Touring for First Time in 23 Years

Voice: This week I want to talk about staying. Not the motivational kind. Not the "never give up" poster in a dentist's office. The real kind. The kind where the scoreboard reads zero, the week fell apart, every system you built to hold yourself together quietly collapsed, and you're still here.

Lance Marwood

Archive

Dive into a collection of past posts and rediscover timeless content.

#279 // Marmozets : They found the insecurity. And jumped anyway.

#278 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

#277 // NEW BLOOD: 8 bands the algorithm hasn't ruined yet

#276 // Prince: What was he hiding in the vault?

#275 // Nine Inch Nails & Boys Noize: A Set In The Sahara

#274 // BLARF: Eric André Made an Album for Movies That Don't Exist

#273 // CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: Legacy, loss, and a double album that almost never happened

#272 // AGAINST THE CURRENT: Chrissy Costanza on Outlasting Everyone

#271 // Gaerea: The Album That Started with a Funeral

#270 // The Guess Who: Touring for First Time in 23 Years

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