Lesa Hannah 👩🏻 🎧🇵🇸
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Gen X-er; shoegazer for life; 🚴🏻♀️; writer ( @thekit @ellecanada @nuvomag @torontostar ); host of @star4beauty on @decayfm ; calling ppl ‘dude' since ‘93.
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Ahhh my latest magnum opus has dropped! I had the honour of talking to
@evjanderson
, Deb Googe of
@MBVofficial
and
@RachelAGoswell
of
@slowdiveband
for
@stereogum
. True legendary women of shoegaze still making music. Photo of R by
@gshawisme
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I see Brits post these all the time. Now I will find out for myself what the hype is all about
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Please make this into a movie with Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph.
Two women “dressed up as grannies" tried to get coronavirus vaccines in Florida. They were 34 and 44, so despite their get-ups, which included spectacles, they were ineligible. However, the ruse may have worked before.
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Fun fact: women own record players, buy vinyl and even like music.
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Met a shoegaze LEGEND after Slowdive. She assures me an MBV album is coming but has no release date.
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What’s an album you heard at age 15 that changed your brain chemistry?
The Smiths—S/T
What’s an album you heard at age 15 that changed your brain chemistry?
Debut by Bjork
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MBV Loveless T from 1992 gig
What is the oldest music t-shirt in your collection?
#TShirtDay
2023 - Fri 24th Nov, 7am-7pm
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 16?
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The Peej: 54 today, a fellow Libra and forever an inspiration🎸
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Post a concert pic you took
Suede, November 2022
Post a concert pic you took
Arctic Monkeys 2007
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I couldn’t get into them in the 90s but I think it’s finnnnnnnalllly happening
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1991, in my old Smiths T, likely tripping on acid, about to listen to Loveless.
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TFW you arrive at your mother’s house to help her purge and are told to take this entire box of old vinyl. Apparently I had an original pressing of Strangeways Here We Come??? 🤯
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Still one of my proudest moments: playing drums at my wedding in 2006, wearing heels. We played Teenage Fanclub’s “Your Love is the Place Where I Come From” and then a very ropey version of GBV’s “Game of Pricks”
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So many teenagers last night getting to see a band they didn’t get to experience the first time round. This is when I feel good about being old. I saw them at 19 and I get to see them now. I will never take it for granted.
@slowdiveband
🫶❤️🔥
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I look absolutely horrid but I just found this photo—forgot it even existed!!—taken on the London tube in 1995 when I saw Louise Wener 😳
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MY MAGNUM OPUS HAS DROPPED: my feature on
@slowdiveband
. And I was able to work in a mention of their “final” gigs in Toronto in 1994, which yes dear reader, I attended. Thank you to
@beachyheadband
for the interview&for enduring my endless follow up questions 🙏. See you soon!!
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Walking the streets of London listening to The Smiths is feeling so magical 💫 for me
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Welp this is 49. 🫠 🥴 Never imagined my life would look like this when I got here but I have my health, 2 amazing kids, a few friends who care about me both near/far, a 🏠 in a city that gets great gigs, & this vintage top I wore in my grade 10 photo which still fits me. 🙌
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Final stop before leaving Manchester was mandatory. (Had hoped to live out my fantasy of riding a 🚲 like the Stop Me video but no time so this will have to do)
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Defining albums for me as a teen:
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Name a band or artist where their debut album is their best album.
Name a band or artist where their debut album is their best album
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When I witness this live, my soul leaves my body…
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#TeenageFanclubTop10
1. Your Love Is The Place Where I Come From
Jumping in now for 🥇 This is the last time I played drums in front of anyone. We played this at our 👰🏻♀️🤵🏼instead of having a 1st dance. (We’re now separated but John will always be one of the best humans I know)
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Post your 10 bands you've obsessed about at some point in your life:
1. The Smiths
2. Depeche Mode
3. My Bloody Valentine
4. Ride
5. Slowdive
6. Lush
7. Nirvana
8. Adorable
9. Blur
10. Elastica
Post your 10 bands you've obsessed about at some point in your life:
01 The Smiths
02 The Stone Roses
03 My Bloody Valentine
04 The Cure
05 Adorable
06 The National
07. The Frank & Walters
08. Beach Fossils
09. Radiohead
10. Ride
....and 10 lists more
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What’s a perfect album that came out when you were 21?
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🗣NEXT WEDNESDAY I have the honour of welcoming
@berenyi_miki
as my guest on
@star4beauty
for a 2 hr show devoted entirely to
@lushbandtweets
. Miki put together a playlist that spans the band’s entire catalogue, focusing on the less obvious album tracks, B-sides and covers.
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Albums from the year I turned 18
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My
@slowdiveband
high from last night got extended with an unplanned, serendipitous coffee catch up with my lovely friend
@RachelAGoswell
🙌
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Well…I woke up this morning and it’s now staring back at me…ffs….this is 50.
And it goes without saying that I definitely don’t feel it, but does a n y o n e when they make it here?
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#GazePop15
Day 1
Ride—Nowhere
When I saw the video for “Taste” late at night on TV at 17, I was introduced to a genre that would stay with me forever. If I had to pick a standout track though, “Dreams Burn Down” is the one that still guts me 32 years later. Those lyrics! 🥺
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Was just offered $30 for this 1992
@MBVofficial
Loveless T and I am just like…in what world? I pay more for band Ts in 2021! Mine is 29 years old!
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I have barely slept since Friday night so I officially have a Slowdive hangover. No bike ride, no deadlines; just going to lay about and watch TV in my gigantic 1993 Souvlaki T.
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Goodbye 🇬🇧, that was absolutely utterly a week I will never forget. Saw so many lovely people who live in my phone, as well as
@slowdiveband
4x in a row. Feeling grateful for the friendships I have over here, & most of all for
@Galunacy
for going on this epic journey with me. 🫶
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In the 90s, I’d find other girls who liked shoegaze by becoming pen pals. We’d send each other photos of the gigs we went to/bands we met. I was in awe of my NY-based friend Shelagh’s bedroom; it was covered in posters and she even had a Slowdive-devoted wall.
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I got approached for a project from
a start up in NYC, so I applied, interviewed, did a call w/their recruiter& they selected me last night. Feeling a little overwhelmed/stressed but it’s nice to finally have something turn out positively in my career. It’s been years!
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I made it to
@Monorail_Music
! Walked off with an original pressing of Modern Life is Rubbish which was in mint condition and cheaper than the repress 🤷🏻♀️
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Uh oh I have somehow found myself in a tempting place…
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I cannot with the Slowdive fans moaning on the band’s FB page with entitled bitterness about a gig being on a weeknight or not close enough to them. JFC be happy they are still ACTIVE, making NEW music. If it matters to you so much, travel to the gig!! Do they not realize…
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Sigh, here we go, final year of 40s. Please be better than 46-48 was 🙃🥴🫠🙃😰😑🤕💔 and if not my 50s better be 🙌🔥💗💯😎🤩🥳
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#GazePop15
Day 2
My Bloody Valentine—Loveless
Not sure how I discovered MBV, but I do know I had this on cassette and remember listening to it on my Walkman while leaving school one day and thinking in the parking lot “WHAT IS THIS?” 🤯. My shoegaze education was continuing..
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O M F G…..Kim Gordon. We can all only hope to be like her at seventy fucking one. My photos are shit but the memories will be incredible
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Why are Torontonians so lazy and disgusting? Just one of many scenes this morning at Woodbine Beach.
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Depression brain was winning again today, convincing me all of all sorts of dark things. So I’ve put on my new
@fredperry
dress and am thankful I am seeing one of my most reliable, uplifting and positive friends tonight.
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I apparently now meet shoegaze legends after Slowdive gigs. Hiiii
@SteveQueralt
! We are bonded by our love for
@sharonvanetten
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Flying over to see
@slowdiveband
is one the best decisions I’ve made in the last two years. Sad it’s over but still can’t quite believe I experienced this last night.
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Thank you to everyone who peer vinyl pressured me; your enabling was a success. ⤵️
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Is 49 too told to wear….🤔
NOPE it’s not, I’m going to wear a miniskirt dammit, I don’t care how old I am. 👵🏻
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Wow I was *really* into Britpop in 1995. This my first trip to London so I was 🤯
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30 years ago (!!!) this month I spent 3 weeks in the NYC office of Sassy magazine working as a guest editor on their December issue and I found ways to include 3 bands I loved—Slowdive, Ride and Adorable—into the issue
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TONIGHT! A special two hour show with
@berenyi_miki
on
@star4beauty
@decayfm
. In celebration, I went through my 90s archives last night….
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Inspired by
@soniccathedral
, here’s my Leave Them All Behind CD single as well as the T-shirt I ordered (using a money order 👵🏻) from
@rideox4
. The song still sounds as incredible as it did 30 years ago. (No idea what the 1991 date refers to)
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Me at 21: in my bedroom, playing pool with Slowdive after their 1994 final gig, with my bestie.
Me at 21 - drawn to the chippy in Copenhagen (nothing has changed 🤣)
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A kind man named Leslie walking his dog saw me outside Salford Lads and asked if I was a music fan. After I answered he offered to show me The Smiths room. Musos, I cried inside.
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#30GreatWomenMusicians
12. Bilinda Butcher
Joined MBV in ‘87 as guitarist/vocalist & her trademark singing was reportedly dreamy & sleepy bc she was half awake when recording. She always had perfect cat eye liner & I’m pretty sure she’s the reason I wore red jeans in the 90s.
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Just gonna watch Slowdive’s Glastonbury set again, as you do…
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Slowdive gig 1 with
@Galunacy
: felt like i was at church (I cried 3 times wtf), got to see my homie
@gshawisme
(we hung after show) and merch was acquired.
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Having an extremely emotional day--my husband and I finally announced our separation--and am really thankful for all the new music friends I have made here recently. It might sound dumb, but it really helps. So thanks to all of you out there.
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And got to say hello after Slowdive!
Back in Brighton to interview a woman who has written some of my favourite 90s songs 🙌
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A week ago tonight I was watching
@rideox4
and hearing “Polar Bear” live for the first time 🤯🤯
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My 15 year old just bought her first record! I’ve never heard of
@GlassAnimals
but proud nonetheless 🥹
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#30GreatWomenMusicians
16. Victoria Legrand
Lead vocalist, songwriter & keyboardist of Beach House. She has “contralto vocal range” which is the lowest for women. And it soars beautifully over the sonic soundscapes she co-writes. Danced next to her backstage in 2010 w/my 3yr old
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Not saying I’m proud? Just that it’s taken me this long. Why are people such dicks? Wait don’t answer that.
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I wrote this review of Nowhere when I was 19 for Sassy Magazine and it still holds true
#TimsListeningParty
#Nowhere30
🌊🌊🌊🤟
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Update: Agent wants to represent me and move forward with my idea. Now to write the sample chapter 👩🏻💻😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰😰
Finally sent the book idea off to the potential agent 😰😬😰😵💫
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Shoegaze was everywhere this year, surging like a 🌊 of crushed glass. Always an underdog, it proved to be the year’s most resilient &adaptable genre, bringing together 50-somethings & TikToking teens to kneel before vintage distortion pedals.
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#30GreatWomenMusicians
Day 1 — Susanna Hoffs
As front woman/guitarist of The Bangles, she started as “a Strat girl” but moved to Rickenbackers & even did a ltd edition one w/them. She’s also 64–same age as Madonna—but looks 100x better. She also just wrote her 1st novel.
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Last vinyl purchase of the year, and now I have all the
@slowdiveband
full length albums in this format. 🙌💫
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#Morrissey
’s Your Arsenal is 30 (!) today. Here’s the original ad for the Toronto date of that tour and photos I took that night. Had never experienced anything like it before.
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Set list from first time I saw
@rideox4
which was May 3rd, 1992.
#TimsListeningParty
#Nowhere30
🌊🌊🌊🌊 (
@slowdiveband
opened)
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The best fucking thing I have fucking read about getting the fucking vaccine.
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#GazePop15
Lush—Split
A commercial failure, which I’ll never understand. From the eerie, twinkling opening notes of Light From A Dead Star to the beautiful ferocity (those🥁 fills!) of Blackout, it’s got such a breadth of tones/moods. “My love for you still 🔥”. Yes it does.
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