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Heartless
[ DISCLAIMER ] In a blogpost entitled No Time for That , I stated, “It was an ex-girlfriend from my time in high school who named me...
Deric Hollings
Feb 78 min read
Out of Your Mind
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recently listened to a DJ set spun by Kosmovsky that featured the track “ Out of Your Mind ” by Marie Vaunt and Tao...
Deric Hollings
Feb 34 min read
Set U Free
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use One valid criticism I receive in regard to my blog, aside from the apparent notion that my...
Deric Hollings
Jan 225 min read
Possession
[ DISCLAIMER ] I don’t know how many hours I’ve spent listening to the vocals of Sarah McLachlan interlaced with electronic dance...
Deric Hollings
Jan 176 min read
Satisfaction
[ DISCLAIMER ] Photo credit , fair use If you were a fan of electronic dance music (EDM) during the early 2000s, what song comes to...
Deric Hollings
Jan 158 min read
It's Time for the Percolator
[ DISCLAIMER ] I have a friend who has low frustration tolerance (LFT) for songs in which lyrics are used repeatedly. As such, she’s...
Deric Hollings
Jan 75 min read
You Better Believe in Something
[ DISCLAIMER ] I’m not a fan of Donald Glover , also known by his musical name Childish Gambino, although I recognize that he has...
Deric Hollings
Jan 14 min read
Empowerment
[ DISCLAIMER ] When I was in junior high school, German electronic dance music (EDM) group Snap! released their debut album World...
Deric Hollings
Dec 30, 20246 min read
Sonically-infused Emotions
[ DISCLAIMER ] As I delved deeper into my short-lived infatuation with DJing in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s, I came across the work of...
Deric Hollings
Dec 29, 20246 min read
Sweat Equity
[ DISCLAIMER ] It isn’t often that I come across a DJ with whom I’m unfamiliar and who demonstrates the intensity of the late ‘90s and...
Deric Hollings
Dec 28, 20245 min read
LimeWire
[ DISCLAIMER ] In 1999, I sat at a computer in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil while corresponding with an online friend in Sydney, Australia...
Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20246 min read
I'm Blue
[ DISCLAIMER ] When assigned to the Marine Security Guard detachment Rio de Janeiro, Brasil between 1999 and 2000, I often heard...
Deric Hollings
Dec 18, 20247 min read
Smoke Machine
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although I can’t accurately recall, I think I first heard DJ Fanatic’s electronic dance music (EDM) track “ Smoke...
Deric Hollings
Dec 7, 20244 min read
You Got to Learn
[ DISCLAIMER ] In literature pertaining to rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT), there’s a key distinction to be made in regard to...
Deric Hollings
Nov 24, 20245 min read
Goodbyes
[ DISCLAIMER ] For many years, I experienced discomfort with goodbyes—concluding remarks or gestures at parting. Perhaps due to use of...
Deric Hollings
Nov 23, 20246 min read
Push the Feeling On
[ DISCLAIMER ] Have you ever heard mental, emotional, and behavioral health practitioners encouraging people to sit with feelings or...
Deric Hollings
Nov 22, 20246 min read
Free Your Mind
[ DISCLAIMER ] Recently, I was listening to a DJ set from Kris May and heard the track “ Free Your Mind ” by Miles From Mars . In...
Deric Hollings
Nov 21, 20245 min read
Glowsticking in a Bunker
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although the jarheads of Marine Security Guard (MSG) detachment (det) Rio de Janeiro, Brasil and I didn’t always get...
Deric Hollings
Nov 19, 20247 min read
It Will Be OK
[ DISCLAIMER ] I live in in Travis County, in which Austin, Texas is located. Although I’m not a member of the Democratic Party or...
Deric Hollings
Nov 14, 20246 min read
Scream and Shout
[ DISCLAIMER ] It isn’t particularly difficult to maintain an attitude of snobbery in relation to psychotherapeutic modality...
Deric Hollings
Nov 12, 20247 min read
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