Christine's Recs

1.The Breeders


“Cannonball” – The Breeders

I am a person that will listen to the same album or song over and over again. All spring break I listened to Pod and Last Splash on repeat. Spring break was cold sleet weather and I spent most of it on my parents couch, but I was content humming along to the ripe musical produce of the Deal sisters. I am a girl of simple pleasures.

2. Working Out


“Work It” – Missy Elliot

Specifically work-out music. I often listen to Girl Talk and Pixies albums during my hot and sweaty dates with the elliptical machine because I am too easily distracted to sit down and make playlists. Every once in a while I’ll go with hip hop or riot grrrl. I’m also doing zumba which is basically just dancing around like an idiot, at least when I do it.

3. Sleater-Kinney


“Get Up”- Sleater-Kinney

I’ve recently been revisiting THE band of my childhood and teen years. I’m thirteen again and in my bedroom and bleating along at the top of my lungs. They inspired my feeble attempts at guitar-playing and provided an outlet for my teenage rage. They got me through an early puberty and saved me from drowning in the social shark tank of being the new kid at school again and again by providing some after school relief and understanding. They are a part of why I’ve proudly and unabashedly considered myself a feminist since first having an inkling of the concept.

4. The X-Files

As you have already witnessed, nineties music is already an integral part of my life and now, thanks to Netflix, nineties television is too. I don’t remember very much from when The X-Files was originally on other than the spooky synths. This is probably due to its being on after my bedtime (I was four when this show started) and hearing it through the thin walls of the apartment while my parents or the babysitter watched it. Now that I am grown, I get the pleasure of squinting at my dark television screen while dark shapes run around yelling “Scullleee!?” and Mulllderr!?”

5. The Heavy Guitar Bible

The Heavy Guitar Bible by Richard Daniels

This was recommended to me right before spring break and I’m about halfway through the concepts. It’s heavy on theory and minimal in design. In terms of books, I’ve learned the most from black and white instructional texts that are slim and straightforward. Topics range from physics and chemistry to guitars and cooking.

--Christine Davis, Programming Director