5 Music + Books

I have some rather peculiar favorites.

5.1 Songs (General)

Transgender Dysphoria Blues, Against Me! (2017)

Paralytic States, by Against Me!, second-to-last track off their 2017 album Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Choked Out, by the Mountain Goats, off their 2015 album Beat the Champ
Thread the Needle, by Pigeon Pit, third track off their 2025 album Leash Aggression

5.2 Songs (Love)

feather river canyon blues, Pigeon Pit (2022)

Two Coffins, by Against Me!, third-to-last track off TDB
River Song, by Pigeon Pit, fourth track off their 2022 album feather river canyon blues
Your Bandage, by the Mountain Goats, off their 2025 album Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan

5.3 Artists

Through This Fire Across From Peter Balkan, The Mountain Goats (2025)

Against Me!, Gainesville-based post-punk band
Pigeon Pit, Olympia-based folk / folk-punk band
The Mountain Goats, indie folk act always featuring John Darnielle and often featuring others
Kairiki Bear, Vocaloid producer (in Japanese)

5.4 Books

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, Zoe Thorogood (2022) The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, Zoe Thorogood (2020) The Odyssey, tr. Emily Wilson

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, by Zoe Thorogood (2022)
The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott, by Zoe Thorogood (2020)
The Odyssey, by Homer (I own the Wilson and Rieu English translations and the Bérard French translation, and am hoping to get an interlinear edition soon)