blogs – Music by Tari

Wayback Wednesday: Valentine’s Edition

I wrote this post (originally published here) in 2011, in between breakdowns and hooplah and before I’d officially decided to leave Chicago. It popped up in my Facebook memories today, and it still rings true. These days, between self-employment, family obligations, and what’s left of my social life, I sometimes struggle making space for music….butRead more

To my queer folk, after Orlando.

Partly because I am an art and music nerd, and those activities tend to draw queer folk…and partly because a nerdy fat girl has some stuff in common with many queer folk…I have often found myself surrounded by and making common cause with various folk along and outside the gender and sexuality spectrums. OverRead more

Fuckin’ Neko Case, y’all

I love this. #feminism What does it take to be a musician? Make music. That’s the whole list.Read more

Thank You Notes

Dear cell phone, Thank you for your service. I know you thought you retired last year, and you expected to hang out in the box where I keep my old phones for a couple years before eventually recycling them. But when I smashed the delicate screen of your fancy new replacement, you sprang right intoRead more

The Same Twelve Songs

(This post was rescued from the drafts folder of my old blog, and dates back to March of 2012. I have no idea why I didn’t post it then, but here it is now. WHEEEEEE) It’s not quite three in the morning, sitting on the cusp of a crisp March Friday morning. I’m wide awakeRead more

Just Another Day

Around our house, you can hear some version of this conversation about fifty-bajillion times a day: “Hey, I have to tell you something.” “What?” “… I love you.” “I love you, too.” We say it as a matter of course, and in part because my nephews are young and sweet and when you spend timeRead more

A Long, Strange Trip

I spent the past six months or so basically silent on the internet. Hell, to be frank, I spent the past three years more or less silent on the internet. For someone who pretty much spent the previous decade churning out my guts in one venue or another on the internet, this was…weird. Like, onRead more

Nothing more than feelings.

My family is going through a huge transition phase at the moment; various family members are dealing with evolving health situations, various family members are dealing with new jobs or new career situations, and we’re all in the process of making major changes to our various living situations…so, yeah, we’re all wound pretty tight, andRead more

The internet is for reinvention. Right?

So, like, a million years ago, I did a bunch of stuff on the internet. I blogged. I tumbld. I tweeted and commented and even had a website with my name on it. (Since 2003, if you can believe it!) (And all this with a day job, no less!) Then I had a couple breakdowns,Read more