Category Archives: Appreciations

Razor Sadness, Wizened Eyes: Nirvana Unplugged, 20 Years On

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Robert Burke Warren

Nirvana’s legendary last recorded performance, 1994’s MTV Unplugged In New York, was too painful for the Weeklings’ Robert Burke Warren to watch. Until now. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir, Monday Rock City, Music, Popped Culture, Popular Culture, The Arts, The Weeklings | Tagged charles r cross, cobain, courtney love, dave grohl, dgc, frances bean, geffen, heavier than heaven, heroin, in utero, krist novoselic, Kurt Cobain, lead belly, MTV, mtv unplugged in new york, Nevermind, pat smear, robert burke warren, robin williams, shotgun, suicide, unplugged | 3 Comments

American Jane

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Zoe Zolbrod

Zoe Zolbrod on the perils of being an American abroad in the Reagan years, and what she’s learned to love about the red, white and blue. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged American supremacy, England, expats, Jane's Addiction, mutually assured destruction, Sheffield, USA | 5 Comments

104 Weeks of The Weeklings: The Best of Our First Two Years

Posted on April 15, 2014 by The Editors

The Weeklings founding editors reveal their favorite pieces of the last two years. Continue reading →

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Give Me Walgreens or Give Me Death

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Jennie Willson

There is one small drawback to universal healthcare. In France, they call it “vagina mushrooms.” Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged lost in translation, nanny state, Obamacare, universal healthcare, vagina mushrooms, Walgreens, yeast infections | 3 Comments

The Zen of Gen X: How We Went From Jaded to Sated

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Whitney Collins

A generation jaded at birth and raised on irony grew up to be pretty darned content. Isn’t that ironic? Don’t you think? Whitney Collins breaks down the Zen of Gen X. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations | Tagged acne, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Generation Y, get a job, Jordache, Millennials, MTV, Nickelodeon, smoking, Star Wars, Van Halen | 16 Comments

Blue Spark, Part III

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Nelly Reifler

Grief, chance, guilt, marriage – and what drove Nelly Reifler, in 2003, to say goodbye to someone who was then very much alive. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir | Tagged 9/11, Astrid Cravens, death, Eliott Smith, Flight 93, marriage, Nelly Reifler | 19 Comments

Blue Spark, Part II

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Nelly Reifler

Grief, chance, guilt, marriage – and what drove Nelly Reifler, in 2003, to say goodbye to someone who was then very much alive. Continue reading →

Posted in Appreciations, Memoir | Tagged 9/11, Astrid Cravens, death, Eliott Smith, Flight 93, marriage, Nelly Reifler | 8 Comments