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Turn It Around
[DISCLAIMER] I can’t recall exactly when I first heard it or the precise version to which I was initially introduced, though at some...
Deric Hollings
Jun 15, 20246 min read
Back to Life
[DISCLAIMER] When musical collective Soul II Soul released their album Club Classics Vol. One in 1989, I maintained some pretty wacky...
Deric Hollings
Jun 11, 20246 min read
Confusion
[DISCLAIMER] Working as military police (MP) for my first year in Okinawa, Japan in 1997, I wrote many traffic citations, participated in...
Deric Hollings
May 27, 20246 min read
Enjoy the Silence
[DISCLAIMER] When residing in a children’s home in 1991, I recall frequently hearing electronic dance music (EDM) group Depeche Mode’s...
Deric Hollings
May 20, 20245 min read
King of My Castle
[DISCLAIMER] I find interesting the number of people who fantasize about belonging to a monarchal system of governance, referring to...
Deric Hollings
May 16, 20246 min read
At What Point is it Just Getting High?
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago when collecting hours for clinical licensure, my supervisor wrote a blogpost on his site in reference to...
Deric Hollings
May 8, 20246 min read
Turtles All the Way Down
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the film The Master of Disguise (2002), secret agent Pistachio absurdly believes that the Turtle...
Deric Hollings
May 4, 20249 min read
Inside Out
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When living in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I used to enjoy watching people practice capoeira on...
Deric Hollings
May 2, 20244 min read
Bulletproof
[DISCLAIMER] The year 2009 was a transitional period in my life, one in which I now consider the personal separating distinction between...
Deric Hollings
Apr 30, 20247 min read
Sensation
[DISCLAIMER] How does one adequately describe the sensation of being at a live electronic dance music (EDM) event to a degree whereby the...
Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 20245 min read
We Don't See Things the Same Way
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In graduate school for counseling, students in my cohort were offered extra credit for attending a...
Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20244 min read
Homework
[DISCLAIMER] Fellow military police (MP) buddies “D” and “Tooth” introduced me to the music of Daft Punk when I was stationed in Okinawa,...
Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20246 min read
O Fortuna
[DISCLAIMER] I was on military leave, visiting friends and family members in Bomb City during the late ‘90s, when I first heard...
Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 20245 min read
FLAT
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In 1999, Mr. Oizo released the song “Flat Beat.” At the time, I appreciated the way its varied tones...
Deric Hollings
Mar 23, 20244 min read
Doing the Work
[DISCLAIMER] Earlier, when listening to “Work” by ATFC and The Cube Guys, I was reminded of a meme attributed to therapy culture—the...
Deric Hollings
Feb 25, 20244 min read
Dancing Through the Bullshit
[DISCLAIMER] To say that my time as a Marine Security Guard in Lima, Peru from August 2000 to March 2001 was challenging would be an...
Deric Hollings
Feb 18, 20245 min read
What a Treet!
[DISCLAIMER] Although I was familiar with the genre of music broadly called “techno” when in high school, I didn’t fully appreciate what...
Deric Hollings
Jan 28, 20244 min read
U Don't Know Me
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit (edited), fair use Of all electronic dance music (EDM), I’m most fond of the house genre. Unlike many trance or...
Deric Hollings
Jan 5, 20247 min read
Life Happens
[DISCLAIMER] In 2015, after an unpleasant breakup, I came across a trove of electronic dance music (EDM) tracks which provided me...
Deric Hollings
Dec 26, 20233 min read
How Does It Feel Like?
[DISCLAIMER] On their 1999 album Surrender, The Chemical Brothers featured a song entitled “Let Forever Be,” which I played regularly...
Deric Hollings
Dec 24, 20233 min read
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