Altered States of Academia

Tag: queer

  • Thinking with Music: There is a [queer] light that never goes out

    Claire Birkenshaw “But don’t forget the songs that made you cryAnd the songs that saved your life” (Marr and Morrissey, 1985) As his 2023 Glastonbury ‘songs of The Smiths’ set with Stockport band, Blossoms, drew to conclusion with the playing of arguably one of The Smiths’ “best ever songs” (Marr, 2016, p.224), There is a…