Sweating Through July with New Music & Cupcakes
July, July! Are you all feeling pretty much burnt to a crisp by now, friends? I'm right there with you. When my dad had a major stroke in the summer of 2004,...
A little treatise on PM Dawn and other June beauty
Happy belated Pride to my dear LBGTQ friends! I hope everyone's June has been beautiful in countless ways. Unlike David Bowie and Prince, whom I wrote about...
Mother May I?
Every year I tend to start to getting inexplicably itchy, emotionally, toward the end of May. I start to feel listless and out of sorts, rudderless and...
April Showers Bring Prince Memorials, Steely Dan, White Denim, & Cold-Brewed Coffee
Well, yes, I guess sometimes it snows in April. Who would have thought that we'd see the loss of both Bowie and Prince before the first six months of 2016...
Marching Forth
Friends, I hope March has been as beautiful for you wherever you live as it's been for me in Chicago. Spring is springing early here, and I'm finding it so...
Kicking Off 2016 with Allison Felus
Welcome to my newsletter! Hiya! And happy new year! I thought it might be a little easier and more streamlined to keep you up to date with my blog postings...
RIP Bowie, The Scoop on My Year-End Mix, & A Video Series Launch
How's your January been, friends? Like everyone else with a brain and a heart and ears, I've been mourning the death of David Bowie. I don't have much by way...
Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out, February
Friends, we've made it to the end of February. Are you feeling the joy as well? I'm always grateful that I have a birthday to celebrate mid-month, or else I...
My Pointless E-mail Rebellion
Friends, if you've known me for any length of time, you know that I sometimes can get contrary just for the sake of being contrary. Well, setting up an...