“Better Things for Better Living … Through Chemistry”
Year: 2025
Juno Rylee Schultz
André 3000, Big Boi, and OutKast | Prophetic Rap Music from the Dirty South
“I’m tired of folks … them closed-minded folks.
It’s like we got a demo tape and don’t nobody wanna hear it.
But it’s like this: the South got somethin’ to say. That’s all I got to say.”
Johnson & Johnson and Baby Powder | “DO NOT USE THIS REPORT”
“DO NOT USE THIS REPORT,” someone at J & J wrote by hand on the original report’s cover [before sending it to the FDA].”
Rivers Cuomo, Weezer, and the Blue Album | “Do You Believe What I Sing Now”
“ ’Yeah, let’s not be grunge. Let’s be more like the Beach Boys. But loud.’ ”
The White Stripes | Meg White and Jack White | “Hey Little Apple Blossom, Come and Tell Me What You’re Thinking”
“With the White Stripes, we were trying to trick people into not realizing we were playing the blues.”
“They Would Make Fine Servants” (Part One)
“They would make fine servants. With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
My Bloody Valentine | Loveless | “Soft Like There’s Silk Everywhere”
“It definitely established this idea that a guitar didn’t have to sound like a guitar.”
Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides | The Elm Trees and Girls Left to Die in Our World
“We just want to live. If anyone would let us.”
The Music and Trees of Twin Peaks
“You’ve done the greatest magic trick ever in the history of television. We’re going to watch on Sunday and by the end no one’s going to be watching, but I want to congratulate you.”
Mac Miller | “A Life Ain’t a Life Till You Live It”
“I never thought life would be this sweet / It got me cheesin’ from cheek to cheek.”