#pinegrove squares

[lovrre]

Agreement Prt2

I wrote half of this to Need by pinegrove ♫

Art Donaldson x fem black reader

Prt1 here

Word count: 3k

Warnings: smuttt,unprotected sex, creampie,slight breeding kink if you squint. cursing (ofc) slightly domestic relationship (not with Art)and probably some other stuff.

Summary: Despite being engaged to one of the top and richest tennis players in the US, you feel unfulfilled. But everything changes when you transfer schools and meet Art Donaldson, who just can’t quit you.

Author note: I’m so glad I finished I was scared I wasn’t, but your comments gave gave me motivation. Thank you pookies 🫦 I like this one a lot more than the first one. Arts also very obsessed and in love in this one.

After twenty minutes, you finish your meal, alone. You decide to leave through a back exit to avoid the paparazzi waiting outside the hotel entrance. You stumble upon a narrow hallway and carefully make your way out, trying not to attract any attention. When you reach the entrance of the restaurant, you open the door and are greeted by a charming and seemingly empty establishment. The cozy yellow lighting, old pictures, and paintings on the walls, along with the white tablecloths and wooden woven chairs, remind you of an old Italian restaurant you and Art used to go to. You see moving in your peripheral and catch a glimpse of familiar golden locks.

You walk closer to see Art and Patrick sitting at a small square table with a vacant seat, you assume is reserved for you. Patrick with a full plate of food and Art without. "Patrick?" You question, your voice filled with suspicion as you creep towards the table. He looks back at the sound of your In voice, a smile forming on his face as he stands up, “What the hell are you doing here?” You ask, taken aback going in for a hug. Patrick returns it with a laugh before releasing from the hug slightly to look at Art.

“Ask him” You look between them confused. “I asked him to come here” Art states, adjusting in his seat. “Why?“ you ask clearly confused with the situation, “someone could see” you add your gripping the back of your chair almost afraid to sit down. “I bought the place out for an hour, it’s just us” Art reveals looking up at you. “You what?” you exclaim, a bit louder than you intended.

“I’ll explain everything in a minute, just sit” Art laughs, gesturing for you to sit down. You let out a sigh, reluctantly pulling out your chair. “Ok tell me what is going on” you say, slightly impatient. “We’ve got a plan for your marriage situation”, Patrick says, mixing his ice tea with his straw. “A plan?” you repeat, still confused. "Yes, a plan," Art confirms with a nod. Patrick takes a quick sip of his tea before opening a tan folder that he hadn't noticed before. “The private investigator dropped these off at the dorm the other day”, Patrick says, pushing the open folder towards you.

Inside were pictures of your fiancée , kissing all types of women. The worst part is, it was so obvious, he didn’t have a care in the world, every photo taken on different days in different settings. Outside, inside in the morning and at night, all different women.

You knew you shouldn't be upset, but you were, not because he was seeing other people behind your back, shit you were doing that same with Art, but it was the fact he acted holier than thou. That he continued to try and control you while actively putting your agreement at risk. “Wow…” you mutter.

Shuffling through the photos. “That’s not even all of them” Art says.

“Yeah… I accidentally left the other ones, but these are the most important ones. There’s also some paperwork underneath with names, time stamps and dates on stuff” Patrick ads. “How isn’t this everywhere?” You ask, furrowing your brow. “The investigator thinks he’s been paying them off,” Patrick says, taking a sip of his drink.

"Not that I don't want you here, but couldn't you just have faxed these over?" you ask, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, yeah... but then I'd miss the match," Patrick says with a grin, taking a bite of his food. "Plus, I would never miss an opportunity to help my best buds."

"Okay, so what are we doing with these?" you ask, holding up the pictures in confusion.

"We're going to spin it," Patrick replies, still chewing his food. "My plan," Art reminds him, "my bad," Patrick laughs, still chewing his food. You couldn’t help but smile, you’d missed the three of you together.

"We're going to spin it," Art repeats, making you smile wider. "Is this why you're training with my father?" you interject . Art nods in response. "Why didn't you tell me any of this last night?"

Art didn't say anything, a knowing smile spread across his face. Patrick looks between the two of you "freaks," he jokes, "Anyway... how do you plan on spinning it?" You ask, ignoring his comment.

“We lean into the infidelity, take a couple of photos of you crying, the two of you arguing, or something like that release them”, Art explains confidently.

“But… I don’t see how this stops us from getting married, it’ll just look like I got cheated on,” you say, scrunching your brow.

“We’re hoping this, plus me winning today, will be enough to persuade the media against him?”

“You believe you can win?”

“I do,” he nodded.

“Okay… I’m down.”

“Told you,” Patrick added, still drinking his tea.

“Are you especially thirsty or something today?” you ask, tilting your head slightly watching him slurp down his tea. A second one untouched, waiting for him.

“I am actually, thank you for noticing,” Patrick says with a big smile before taking another sip.
You notice Art's eyes drop to Patrick’s plate for a second time while you two are talking.

“You should eat.”

“What?” Patrick says, looking between the two of you who seemed to be having your own conversation. 

“No, I’m okay,” Art says, shaking his head.

“Mike had French toast for breakfast, I think you could have-“ you cut yourself off, looking down at Patrick’s plate. “Egg and sausage.”

“You guys aren’t talking about my food?” Patrick asks, slightly disturbed by your conversation.

“Patrick, I can buy you some more damn eggs,” you assure him as Art pulls the plate from under him.

“What just happened?” Patrick asked, looking around confused with no food in front of him.

Your phone rings, and you look down to see who it is. “It’s my Dad,” you inform, excusing yourself you answering the phone as you walk out of earshot.

The two of them watch your backside as you walk away. “She still looks good”, Patrick bites his lip, leaning over to Art.


“Careful, ” Art warns.


“What? you guys can joke about but I can’t?”


“Exactly”, Art laughs, plucking him on the head.

~~~~

With a dig, the elevator door opens, releasing you to your floor. You walk to your room, opening the door with your key card. Mike is packing stuff away in his duffle bag, getting ready to see your father. You don’t acknowledge him walking past him into the bedroom,leaving the door open. You sit on the edge of the bed carefully taking off your heals, you stand up and unzip the back of your dress with ease. The dress gracefully falls into a pile at your feet leaving you in only your underwear. You step over your dress and begin looking through your suitcase located in the closet. The sound of footsteps causes you to look up to see Mike in the doorway watching you.


“Where are you going?” Mike asked, leaning on the door frame slightly. You don’t answer right away looking for your dress under your neatly folded clothes. “There’s a press meeting with Art Donaldson's team, My Dad thought it’d look good if I’d came ” you say, moving more clothes around. “You didn’t come to mine” Mike states still watching you search.

“You didn’t ask me to” you responded, pulling out a light pink dress from your suitcase. There’s a beat of silence as Mike watches your actions "and you need to change for this press meeting?” Mike asks, raising an eyebrow. "No, but I want to” you say, standing up. When you see mike's eyes roaming up and down your body, you suddenly remembered you were only in your underwear. 


“Can you turn around or something” you ask, scrunching your face up in disgust. “I’ve seen more than this” Mike chuckles before obliging and turning around. You roll your eyes by stepping into your dress. “I’m sorry for how I acted this morning, I’m just stressed,” he admits.

" Really?," you hum, pulling up the straps of your dress.

"I don't want to be that guy," Mike responds, still facing away.

"But you are constantly being that guy..." you mumble, but Mike hears you. 

"I won't anymore. I want this marriage to work y/n, I.”


You release a heavy sigh at his word. “You can turn around now ” You announce zipping up the side of your dress. Mike turns around and watches as you sit back on the edge of the bed putting on your heels. “You’re still going to that thing?” Mike asks with a confused expression. “What about that conversation gave off the vibe that I was no longer going?” You say pulling your stiletto over your heel.


Mike goes silently for a moment watching you walk toward the bathroom. “Like you need more makeup?” Mike scoffs. “Be honest with me are you fucking him?” He asks from behind you in the doorway while you remove a bit of smudged lipstick. “are you serious right now?” You ask staring at him through the reflection in the mirror. “I’m not a fucking idiot, I saw the way you looked at each other, and I get the feeling that’s wasn’t your first time meeting” 


“Only god knows what you’re doing at that college” you can’t stop your self from laughing. “I think you’re projecting” you say walking past him towards the door, picking up your purse on the way. “Where the fuck are you going?” Mike calls out, following you. 

You swing the door open and step out into the hallway. Mike trails behind and tries to grab your arm to pull you back inside. “DONT TOUCH ME!” You yell yanking your arm back. “C’mon Don’t make a scene” Mike says looking around. 


“You have some fucking nerve, you know that? Your friend Isabel came up here earlier looking for you, I’m guessing you guys have a lot of fun In Detroit” you say with a smile. “When were you in Detroit again…my birthday? You ask rhetorically, Mike goes silent for a moment before responding.
 "I don't know what you're talking about," he says, trying to keep his voice down. "You don't?" you question. "What about Sarah, Kim, Kate, Alex? Do you not know them either?" Mike opens his mouth, then closes it. "Yeah…" you drawl, 


"they meant nothing to me... I just needed to get it out of my system before fully committing. I want this to work, I want this to be real, y/n," Mike says, trying to corner against the door in a situation similar to the one you were in with Art last night.

"That's the dumbest shit I've ever heard," you respond, attempting to push past him. He grabs you again using his strength. You had forgotten how strong he actually was. “Last warning” you say looking up at Mike. he can tell by the look in your eyes you’re serious, he doesn’t know exactly what you’re going to do but something in his gut said don’t test it. “Let. Go” you repeat one more time before a voice interrupts you.

“Is everything ok?” Patrick asked from the end of the hallway. "Yeah, everything's fine," Mike reassured with a smile, gently releasing his grip on him. "We'll continue this conversation later," Mike says, forcing a tight-lipped smile as he presses the elevator button. "No, we won't," you smile back with a wave, as the elevator door chimes and he leaves. "Are you okay?" Patrick asks, walking up to you. "Yeah, he wasn’t going to hit me, he knows better," you laugh. "I was actually more concerned about you hitting him," Patrick jokes.

“I got the picture though” he smiles, showing you a camera and clicking through the images of your altercation with Mike.”These are good, you should take them now, I’ll call Art and tell him I’m on the way” you say, pulling out your phone.

“I’ll miss the game” Patrick states with a slight pout.

“Not if you hurry.”

~~~~~

"I won't keep you much longer, just a few more questions," the female interviewer says, holding the microphone up to Art. "Was the training for this upcoming match particularly challenging?" Before the interviewer could finish her sentence, Art was shaking his head. "Not necessarily, different for sure, but not harder."

"As of now, can you confirm or deny the rumor that you have started working with Olympic Coach Dylan Y\L\N?" the interviewer asked, lifting the mic slightly closer to his mouth. "Ummm," Art hesitates, accompanied by a smile. "I think I can. Yes, Dylan is my new coach."

"So you and your opponent today have trained under the same coach?" the interviewer asks, scrunching her brow. "Yes, we have," Art nods. "One more question, is there any special woman in Art Donaldson's life right now?" the interviewer asks with a smile. The sound of camera clicking intensifies, catching Art's attention. Intrigued, the interviewer turns around as well. "She is beautiful," Art says absentmindedly, staring in the direction where you're coming from. You give small waves to friends as you walk in. "That's your opponent's fiancé... and I guess also your trainer's daughter?" the interviewer says, looking confused and turning back to face Art.

"Really?" Art asks, faking shock with a dazed expression. "Yes," the interviewer nods. "I mean.. I meant what I said, She is beautiful," Art said with a laugh, causing the interviewer to join in. His eyes never leaving you. "Does your coach know you have a crush on his daughter?" the interviewer joked, chuckling. "He might now," Art says with a laugh before giving a quiet , "Nice meeting you," as he walks away out of frame.

A short while later, you find yourself reaching for a bottle of water from a nearby table, inserting one of those adorable green straws they had. Just as you're about to take a sip, a voice catches you off guard from behind. "There you are," Art says, a smile lighting up his face as he jogs towards you. As he approaches, you can't help but notice how close he gets, almost too close.

"You're not exactly great at keeping secrets, huh?" you chuckle, taking a step back. Art smirks, "Can't two friends have a conversation?" Peeking over your shoulder at the ongoing interviews, you reply with a straw in your mouth, "We're not even supposed to be friends. You're supposed to be my Dad's client, or from what I heard your crush." You laugh, recalling a question from one of the interviewers. "You're going to get us caught," you whisper quietly into the straw.

"I understand. I can't stand next to my trainer's daughter," Art nods, "Orrr, my opponents, fiancé, but maybe can I stand close to my crush?" Art asks.

 “I think you could, yeah” you nod trying to keep the smile on your face. “Crush it is,” Art says with a smile taking a step forward, yet still maintaining a slight distance. “Did you get the pictures?” Art asks his eyes falling down to your lips. “Yeah, we got them," you confirm with a nod, unable to hide your smile when you notice his lingering gaze. “So we’re in the clear?” his eyes still fixated on your lips, as if he's ready to pounce. "Not yet," you laugh, taking a step back. "We have to wait for them to go to press." Art throws his head back with a strained laugh, and you can't help but watch his Adam's apple bobs up and down. You hadn’t realized until that moment how much you wanted him, it was an all consuming need.

“Just one day," you murmur, unsure if you're speaking to Art or yourself. "Just one day," Art echoes, his eyes now fixed on your neck, his finger brushing your curls away. You watch as he exhales shakily, looking at the fading hickeys on your shoulder, barely hidden by makeup. "Just one day," you remind, removing his hand from your chest. "Just one day," Art repeats, tearing his gaze away to look back up at you. "Your car is here, Mr. Donaldson," a man in black approaches and announces.

“One minute” Art says, gesturing for another second. The man nods in acknowledgment and walks away. “Come with me?” Art asked. “I don’t think that’ll look good.” You alluded to the countless people with cameras surrounding you.

“I couldn’t care less” Art says, shaking his head slightly. “I’d kiss you right here, if you’d let me ” Arts words catch you off guard, and you take a deep breath to try to steady your heart beat. 

“This planning stuff is more for you than me, so you can feel more comfortable. And I’m perfectly fine doing it,’s just …” he trails of his eyes falling back down to your lip. "Alright, I'll come," you rush out, convincing yourself it's to prevent him from kissing you right then. But deep down you knew you just wanted to be near him. You follow closely behind.

Art swiftly enters the car before you lean up, capturing you with a kiss. Before you could even fully step inside, his hand gently grasped your cheek, drawing you closer to his lips as he guided you into the vehicle. Lost in the intensity of the moment, you surrender to the kiss. practically falling inside. The sound of the car door closing behind you brings you back to reality, but the kiss continues to deepen. Suddenly, the driver rolls up the partition, creating a sense of privacy.

A sense of responsibility tugs at you, and you reluctantly break the kiss when Art's hand starts to wander up your bare leg. "We can't," you whisper, "We don't even have a condom," you add, hoping the driver couldn’t overhear.


“You’re right” Art mumbles, sitting back against the seat trying to catch his breath. “ I lost myself for a second” Art laughs, attempting to slow his heartbreak. ”After the game I’ll come to your room” you nod, looking forward trying to gather yourself. “Don’t talk about that, talk about something else” Art says his voice coming out more strained. “Like what?” You turn around and ask. Your eyes landing on the strained erection in his pants. “Oh!” You say, snapping your head back forward. The familiar ache of your core comes back, and you have to bite the inside of your cheek in an attempt to control yourself.


Against your better judgment, you take another peak. His hard shaft still straining against the fabric, you could damn near see the veins on his dick. “Can I?” You ask in a voice barely above a whisper. “Y-yeah” Art replies with a nod agjusting in his seat. You rub your hand back and forth against the Arts bulge while listen as his breath becomes more and more ragged.


Art makes a low moan and that’s enough for you to begin unzipping his pants. Against his better judgment he stops you. “Are you sure?”

“Yeah” you nod breathlessly, fumbling with his pants, pulling them down until his dick springs free. When you begin pumping his shaft, he takes in a sharp breath which causes you to smile. You savor the feeling of his heavy dick in your hand, trying to combat the thoughts of his thick long length inside you. When Art's hips buck into your hand, you fold. “I need you inside of me”, Art opens his mouth to protest and then closes, watching as you bunch up your dress around your waist, pull your panties to the side and straddle him. He grabs your waist with one hand and lines himself up with your entrance with the other. 


You sink onto him with a little too loudly of a moan and Art does the same. Opening his mouth for a sloppy kiss, he doesn’t wait for you to adjust to his size, moving you up and down his dick by your waist. ”shit I-“ Art groans out a wave of pleasure hitting him.
“-I can’t go back to condoms” he moaned, scrunching his brow in pleasure. You laugh and Art quickly retaliates by slamming you hard down on him. You let out a loud moan reflexively using your hand, trying to pull off slightly.

Art moves your hand out of the way, holding you down on him by your waist. “I’m serious”, Art grows leaning forward for another kiss while returning to his previous, rhythm. His words cause you to squeeze around him, and he lets out another low ground throwing his head back, breaking the kiss.



“I’m not going to last much longer” Art says breathlessly. “Just a little longer baby” you coo, leaving kisses on his Adam’s apple down his neck. “You drive me crazy, you know that” you moan feeling his pace fastest. “I do?” you feel Art smile against your cheek. You nod, falling into the crook of his neck enjoying the feeling of him fucking into you. “I want you to cum in me” you whisper, kissing the crook of his neck. “Fuck” Art groans, throwing his head back again. “You’re going to kill me” he states with a strained laugh.


You feel your release building so you decide to taunt him. ”you don’t want to fill me up?” You ask innocently, removing your head from the crook of his shoulder. Look down at him with lust, filled eyes. “Don’t” Art warns, his grip on your waist tightening, “you don’t want to give me a baby?” You huff out trying to keep your voice steady literally feeling him in your stomach. “Fuc- shit shit shitttt” Art moans holding you down onto him filling you up with his cum. His moans echoed through the car, the poor driver. 


“Fuck,” Art states after a minute. “Yea fuck,” you laugh, leaving a kiss on his cheek. “I think I might have a breeding kink”. Art laughs, “Me too,” you say with a smile, leaving another kiss on his head. You feel him twitch inside you, and knowing Art, you knew he would be ready for round two in a minute. You try to get off, but he holds you tighter, keeping you stationary. 

“I want it to stick” he smiles. Oh his smile, you rolled your eyes. You loved him, you knew it now, and you had a feeling he did too. You had been lying to yourself pretending you liked you didn’t care as much as he did. But at that moment you knew you never wanted anyone but him.



You glance out the window to see you were seconds away from the stadium, and then you notice your father standing on the sidewalk. “Oh my god! MY DAD HERE” you say, scurrying out of Art's lap. Art looks out the window, seeing your father standing on the sidewalk expectingly. “Shit” Art huffs, sitting up slightly, pulling up his pants, you take a wet rag next to the champagne and quickly wipe the inside of your leg. You quickly fix yourself before rushing to wipe off any remains of your lipstick off his mouth with your hand.

"Oh no, do I have lipstick on my mouth?" you ask frantically. "Nope, all clear," Art replies with a grin, planting a quick kiss on your lips. "Art," you warn, settling back in your seat. "My bad," Art chuckles, getting ready to exit the car. The car come to stop and your dad Yanks open the door.

"Hurry up, we're late. Mike's already inside," your Dad urges, When he sees you, his expression turns puzzled.

"We were heading in the same direction, so we decided to ride together," you explain before he can say anything. Your dad eyed you both suspiciously. "Alright, let's go," he says, ushering Art into the building. You wanted to say goodbye or wish him luck, and you could sense Art wanted to as well but it would be just too obvious.

You step out of the car, rummaging through your wallet. You tap on the driver's window, and he rolls it down. "Sorry about that," you apologize, handing him a 100 dollar bill before heading into the building.

Once inside the stadium you sit next to your Dad’s team which was now also partially Arts team and somehow also Mikes. Your phone buzzes and look down to see a familiar unsaved number.

“I think your Dad on to us”

“What did he say?” you text back anxiously your fingers moving fast on the keys.

“Nothing really, but i think he knows”

“Did he seem mad?”

“Not really”

“That’s good” you send, letting out a sigh you didn’t know you were holding in.

“Good luck :)” you add before stuffing your phone in your purse . Almost immediately your phone dings and you pull it back out.

“You gave me enough of that in the car ; )” you can’t help but smile at his corniness.

“You’re nasty.”

“Not as nasty as you” you’re about to laugh at his message when you hear a voice directly behind you. “You guys are actually freaks” Patrick says with a laugh jumping over the seat so he was directly next to you. “I applaud you guys for staying consistent at least” Patrick says lightly hitting you on the shoulder. “Can you mind your business” you say rolling your eyes, stuffing your phone in your purse.

“Actually I’ve been minding you two’s business all day with no pay by the way” Patrick adds. “So I think I’ve earned the right to be a little nosy” Patrick says making a pinching gesture.

“So you delivered the pictures?”

“Yes” he responded with a nod

“Thank you” you express your appreciation, turning your attention back to the court.

“Do you think he’s gonna win” Patrick asks leaning in slightly, curious to your answer.

"I hope so, but I don't know. I haven't seen him play in a while," you admit with a weak smile, the reality of the situation sinking in. "I really hope he does win," you mumble.

Author note : GUYS FEEL FREE TO COMMENT I LOVE READING COMMENTS

[mangowavves]

a mistake (spotify wrapped 2023 on steroids)

here's the top 100 from both of my accounts. and i mean both. i used two different accounts this year. meaning it's a top 187 :3

links will be supplied at the bottom in case you'd rather look at them that way

version one

1. ramen waitress - high sunn 2. hunter's moon - ghost 3. how to never stop being sad - dandelion hands 4. rats - ghost 5. ghuleh / zombie queen - ghost 6. the bug collector - haley heynderickx 7. nova scotia 500 - boyscott 8. ode to joy 2 - remo drive 9. per aspera ad inferi - ghost 10. where the sun sets - mars water 11. what a pleasure - beach fossils 12. seventeen (age) - mike krol 13. year zero - ghost 14. glass jaw - chokecherry 15. american spirits - inner wave 16. fifteen minutes - mike krol 17. kiss the go-goat - ghost 18. ever new - beverly glenn-copeland 19. visions - loving 20. dræm girl - no vacation 21. jigolo har megiddo - ghost 22. song for a guilty sadist - crywank 23. her sinking sun - coma cinema 24. lotus eater - foster the people 25. mummy dust - ghost 26. hospital beach - cottonwood firing squad 27. evergreen - richy mitch & the coal miners 28. what once was - her's 29. con clavi con dio - ghost 30. grade school love - mike krol 31. my blueberry life - current joys 32. clay pigeons - michael cera 33. call me little sunshine - ghost 34. the end - sisyphus 35. gnaw - alex g 36. i exist i exist i exist - flatsound 37. dance macabre - ghost 38. orgasm of death - the growlers 39. using - sorority noise 40. disco - surf curse 41. cirice - ghost 42. swing lynn - harmless 43. stress relief - late night drive home 44. boys - indigo de souza 45. jesus he knows me - ghost 46. red minivan - mike krol 47. blond hair, black lungs - sorority noise 48. smokey eyes - lincoln 49. twenties - ghost 50. ash in the sun - vundabar 51. kids - the frights 52. francis forever - mitski 53. square hammer - ghost 54. alien blues - vundabar 55. ***hidden track*** - prince daddy & the hyena 56. nostalgic feel - bedroom 57. faith - ghost 58. misty morning - travis bretzer 59. killing floor - subvision 60. fine, great - modern baseball 61. i'm a marionette - ghost 62. losing touch (nyc) - thanks for coming 63. make out song - the rosebuds 64. forever dumb - surf curse 65. monstrance clock - ghost 66. two weeks - grizzly bear 67. the gaping mouth - lowertown 68. art school wannabe - sorority noise 69. kaisarion - ghost 70. need 2 - pinegrove 71. you are going to hate this - the frights 72. velvet ring - big thief 73. ritual - ghost 74. rip van winkle - shannon & the clams 75. like a star - mike krol 76. i dreamt i saw you in a dream - sunbeam sound machine 77. watcher in the sky - ghost 78. maud gone - car seat headrest 79. natural disaster - mike krol 80. where'd all the time go? - dr. dog 81. griftwood - ghost 82. morning sun - dave bixby 83. glue - p.h.f. 84 idk - fake tides 85. stand by him - ghost 86. all alone - acid ghost 87. everything is going to hell - teen suicide 88. best supporting actor - good morning 89. spillways - ghost 90. cold weather - glass beach 91. woke up - olivia olson 92. heart attack - mike krol 93. from the pinnacle to the pit - ghost 94. nothing lasts - bedroom 95. enjoy yourself - saint pepsi 96. s.w.a.k. - luxary elite 97. crucified - ghost 98. resonance - home 99. 恢复 - 2 8 1 4 100. a sad song about a girl i no longer know - bedroom kites

version two

1. the village - wrabel 2. get fucked - mustard service 3. unlucky - lunar vacation 4. dancing through the telephone - the axidents 5. i think it might be hell - clarence james 6. common sense - benches 7. want me - baby queen 8. a portrait of - sorority noise 9. like or like like - miniature tigers 10. keep two-stepping - pretoria 11. smokey eyes - lincoln (48) 12. hanging from the ceiling - the velveteins 13. eventualities - daddy's beemer 14. card declined for pizza & wine - stevie dinner 15. fear of heights - daddy's beemer 16. why do you lie - the grinns 17. stay - buddah trixie 18. jesus he knows me - ghost (45) 19. demons - m.a.g.s. 20. shrek~chic - winona forever 21. why am i like this? - orla gartland 22. dogs - nouns 23. drought - carpool tunnel 24. where did my pets go? - furnsss 25. sea dogs & pyrite - soft cough 26. a.c.l. - the symposium 27. jaded - near tears 28. cowboy hat - sea ghost 29. typical - goodbye honolulu 30. nova scotia 500 - boyscott (7) 31. red minivan - mike krol (46) 32. like i care - noah nolastname 33. girls - girls in red 34. corpse - franky flowers 35. grade school love - mike krol (30) 36. dance with me - beabadoobee 37. dover beach - baby queen 38. lovesick - peace 39. like a star - mike krol (75) 40. sappho - frankie cosmos 41. colours of you - baby queen 42. too close - sir chloe 43. easy eyes - archer oh 44. strawberry milk - deep sea peach tree 45. art school wannabe - sorority noise (68) 46. pine point - pup 47. 27 club - strange case 48. blackout control - spendtime palace 49. kids - the frights (51) 50. where the sun sets - mars water (10) 51. the spins - mac miller 52. shred cruz - mom jeans 53. evergreen - richy mitch & the coal miners (27) 54. my only friend - lll spector 55. kim - joy again 56. don't delete the kisses - wolf alice 57. grass eater - the mellowells 58. call me - elevator fight club 59. if you want to - beabadoobee 60. lucid - rina sawayama 61. don't leave me (chapter 1: despair) - hmltd 62. buzzkill - baby queen 63. any other way - tomberlin 64. because i love you - montaigne 65. fever dream - mxmtoon 66. alaska - maggie rogers, toby green 67. i want to be with you - chloe moriondo 68. paper mache world - matilda mann 69. close to you - dayglow 70. telephone - waterparks 71. 14 days - floral tattoo 72. april - beach bunny 73. let's go - stuck in the sound 74. d'you have a car - swrms 75. soapbox sunday - courier club 76. dance macabre (37) 77. ode to joy 2 - remo drive (8) 78. star catcher - vansire 79. cut your bangs - radiator hospital 80. our window - noah and the whale 81. yer killin' me - remo drive 82. my own person - ezra williams 83. angel - lava la rue 84 clearest blue - chvrches 85. flirting with her - sir babygirl 86. heart - flor 87. what's it gonna be - shura 88. tired - beabadoobee 89. urbanangel1999 - thomas headen 90. knock me off my feet - soak 91. you are going to hate this - the frights (71) 92. nothing else i can do - ella jane 93. moment in the sun - sunflower bean 94. bang bang bang - lauren hibberd 95. imposter syndrome - sidney gish 96. natalie portman 2002 - jason is 97. nobody loves you - similar kind 98. i want to kiss you - the spook school 99. turtleneck sweater - marinelli 100. satan's hands - sexy girls

links for the impatient :3

[2amwakeupcall]

Last month my sister and I drove all the way from California, where I was finishing college, to my home in Kentucky. On the way, we stopped at many landmarks and national parks, and each day we selected a few songs that we felt represented that day. This is the resulting playlist.

Day 1: California/Joshua Tree

1 Los Barrachos (I Don't Have Any Hope Left, But the Weather is Nice) - Car Seat Headrest 2 Speedway at Nazareth - Mark Knopfler 3 Where The Streets Have No Name - Remastered - U2 4 Highwomen - The Highwomen 5 I-94 W (832 Mi) - Car Seat Headrest 6 Shenandoah - Paul Robeson

Day 2: Arizona/Grand Canyon

7 Route 66 - Chuck Berry 8 Susie Q - Creedence Clearwater Revival 9 Big Country - Instrumental - Béla Fleck 10 Parking Lot Pirouette - Amanda Shires 11 Next Go 'Round - Old Crow Medicine Show

Day 3: Arizona/Painted Desert

12 Take It Easy - 2013 Remaster - Eagles 13 Hope the High Road - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit 14 455 Rocket (Revival Outtake) - Gillian Welch 15 Moving - John Fullbright 16 America - Simon & Garfunkel 17 Kentucky, 1988 - Kelsey Waldon

Day 4: Colorado/Mesa Verde

18 Illegal Smile - John Prine 19 You're Running Wild - The Louvin Brothers 20 Going Down the Road Carrying a Load of Heartaches - Rusty Kershaw 21 Shades - The Devil Makes Three 22 Unwed Fathers (feat. Margo Price) - John Prine

Day 5: New Mexico/Santa Fe

23 Dissect the Bird (Live) - John Craigie 24 Snowin' On Raton - Townes Van Zandt 25 Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel 26 D.B. Cooper - Todd Snider

Day 6: Texas/Oklahoma

27 Sweet Amarillo - Old Crow Medicine Show 28 Tennessee Bound - Old Crow Medicine Show 29 Cotton Fields - Creedence Clearwater Revival 30 My Oklahoma Home - Bruce Springsteen 31 All the Time In the World - John Fullbright 32 So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust) - Woody Guthrie

Day 7: Arkansas/Memphis

33 Arkansas Traveller - Square Peg Rounders 34 Tom Ames' Prayer - Steve Earle 35 Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Bob Dylan 36 Child of the Mississippi - Old Crow Medicine Show 37 Ginseng Sullivan - Norman Blake

Day 8: Nashville/Home

38 East Nashville Skyline - Todd Snider 39 Darkness - Pinegrove 40 Eight More Miles To Louisville - Grandpa Jones 41 My Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight - John Prine

[natfosho26]

1-98.

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

Coffe mugs and water bottles

2. chocolate bars or lollipops? Lollipops

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? Bubblegum

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you? Social and outgoing

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

Plastic cups

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

Tomboy

7. earbuds or headphones? Headphones

8. movies or tv shows? Tv shows

9. favorite smell in the summer? Summer rain

10. game you were best at in p.e.? Four square and basketball fwm

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? An egg sandwich

12. name of your favorite playlist? “Jams”

13. lanyard or key ring? Lanyard

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? Twizzlers

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? Go ask Alice

16. most comfortable position to sit in? Cross legged

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? Adidas or black vans

18. ideal weather? Fall

19. sleeping position? On a side or my stomach

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)? Notebook

21. obsession from childhood? Music

22. role model? Alondra de la Parra

23. strange habits? Smelling food before I eat it lol

24. favorite crystal? Meth jk I don’t know about that stuff lol

25. first song you remember hearing? Fur Elise

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? Play basketball

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? Paint

28. five songs to describe you? Hard to love by lee Brice, self care by Mac Miller, old friends by pinegrove, and 26 by paramore

29. best way to bond with you? With weed and music

30. places that you find sacred? My parents house, my house, and my family members graves

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? Khaki pants and a red polo

32. top five favorite vines? I don’t have any lol

33. most used phrase in your phone? Idk lol

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? None

35. average time you fall asleep? Right about now 9:30

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? Those me gusta ones

37. suitcase or duffel bag? Duffel bag

38. lemonade or tea? Yes

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? Lemon cake

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? My old computers fan actually started blowing smoke during class once

41. last person you texted? My sister

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? Both

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? Hoodie

44. favorite scent for soap? Coconut

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? Oh that’s a hard one.. superhero

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? Shirt and underwear

47. favorite type of cheese? Munster

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? Strawberry

49. what saying or quote do you live by? Everyone deserves a second chance but never for the same reason

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? Probably some shit talking while high

51. current stresses? My Cooperative teacher hasn’t turned in my final and my capstone grade

52. favorite font? N/a

53. what is the current state of your hands? Holding this damn phone

54. what did you learn from your first job? Don’t mess up hungry people’s orders

55. favorite fairy tale? I don’t have one

56. favorite tradition? Thanksgiving and Christmas with my family

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? Graduating college, getting over a toxic relationship, and coming out to my parents

58. four talents you’re proud of having? Music and arts that’s it

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? “I have a song for that”

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? Hm idk about this stuff

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? Don’t would what you cannot kill

62. seven characters you relate to? Ross, Rachel, Jim, dexter, Christina yang, gob, and Batman

63. five songs that would play in your club? Chamaeleon, come on Eileen, Cottoned eye joe, 500 miles, and staying alive

64. favorite website from your childhood? Math games.com

65. any permanent scars? One on my right wrist and a couple on my knees

66. favorite flower(s)? Tiger lily

67. good luck charms? None

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? Food... corn lol drink.. root beer

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? You can’t cry and drink at the same time

70. left or right handed? Right

71. least favorite pattern? Zig zags

72. worst subject? Math

73. favorite weird flavor combo? Ketchup and mayo lol

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? Like 7

75. when did you lose your first tooth? I don’t remember

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? Fries

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? Succulents

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? Coffee lol

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? NONE

80. earth tones or jewel tones? earth

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? Fireflies

82. pc or console? Console

83. writing or drawing? Both

84. podcasts or talk radio? Podcasts

84. barbie or polly pocket? Barbie

85. fairy tales or mythology? Mythology

86. cookies or cupcakes? Cookies

87. your greatest fear? Failure in my career choice

88. your greatest wish? Finding a good first job

89. who would you put before everyone else? My mom

90. luckiest mistake? Switching my degree plan when I did

91. boxes or bags? Boxes

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? Sunlight

93. nicknames? Nat or nato-cato

94. favorite season? Summer or fall

95. favorite app on your phone? This one

96. desktop background? Batman

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? Three

98. favorite historical era? Prehistoric era

[lyrics-and-music]

Could you possibly please make a long, sad/hurt/lonely playlist

Appointments - Julien Baker Asleep - The Smiths Batter up - Brand New The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot - Brand NewBruise - Casey Canada Square - Basement Cherry - Moose BloodCigarettes And Saints - The Wonder YearsClairvoyant - The Story So FarA Cotton Candy Sky - Trophy Eyes Crash Land - Twin AtlanticCrown Shyness - Trash BoatCry - Marmozets Darling - CaseyDecember - Neck DeepEastwick - Real Friends Empty - PVRIS Fever Dream - MovementsFlowerchild - Citizen Haunt Me (x3) - Teen Suicide Headache - HomesafeHighway Blues - Seahaven Hiraeth - Safe To SayHoneybee - Seahaven I Exist I Exist I Exist - FlatsoundI’ve Given Up On You - Real FriendsLast Hope - ParamoreLong Night - With Confidence Losing Fight - Movements My Oceans Were Lakes - As It IsNavy Blue - The Story So FarNo Halo - Sorority Noise Opryland Lights - DaisyheadPhantom - The Story So FarPothole - Modern BaseballProblems - PinegroveShimmer - Moose BloodSixteen - Real FriendsSkyscraper - Touché AmoréSubmerge - MovementsA Symphony Of Crickets - Trophy EyesTracks - ROAMWhite Leather - Wolf AliceYou’re Not You Anymore - Counterparts

This long enough? Haha

[punkpal]

kaitlin

Kids - The Gospel Youth

Ask For It - Bayside

Isn't That Something - Ray Toro

This River Is Wild - The Killers

Logan Square - Into It. Over It.

Intrapersonal - Turnover

Need - Pinegrove

Send me your name and i’ll send you a playlist made out of those letters, based off of what music i think you’d like!

[roastyoualive-archive]

Meta meme: What was school like when he was younger? Was he bullied? An outcast? Was it hard to control his powers when he was younger as opposed to now?

send me a topic to write a meta about my muse on || ALWAYS Accepting

Well, now, that depends on what you mean by ‘when he was younger’. He was in third grade when his dad got arrested. But, before that, Warren was really a different person. He was never hugely outgoing, was never really an extrovert, but he was definitely- lighter. Not as weighed down by the world.

Happier.

When Warren first went to school, he attended Bayshore Public. It was a small but nice primary school not too far from the Peaces’ house on Pinegrove. He’d made a few friends in Sunny Hills (the daycare/pre-school he went to) who also attended Bayshore, so that helped. Some of them were even in his class! And his teacher was really nice, too. Mrs. Amanda Jenkins, an older woman who had done a lot of travelling in her youth. When she taught geography, she brought in little trinkets and souvenirs from all over the world for the kids to see, and she had ‘community projects’ where she’d get the kids to help with local fundraisers to build a well for a small village overseas. When she got a letter about and photograph of the well from the organisation she was working with, she showed it to the class and used it to show them not only how connected everyone was, but also how little good things can add up to a really big, really important good thing. 

By the end of that first year, Warren already had two best friends at Bayshore. Their names were Grant McGraw and Sam White. Grant and Warren had gone to Sunny Hills together, and had been friends for ‘ages’, as they’d put it (’maybe even forever!’). Sam hadn’t gone to Sunny Hills, but he HAD run up to Warren on the Bayshore playground, tapped his shoulder, and yelled ‘TAG - you’re it!’ before bounding away, and, well- They were little kids. That’s all it took. Grant, Warren, and Sam almost always shared a mat during Listening Time. They’d compete to see who could build the biggest block towers (Grant usually won) and debate over which truck was best (Warren usually voted for the red one, because it had the biggest and shiniest wheels. The other two agreed this was a very valid point) and how many LEGOs it would take to build a real rocket ship like the ones at NASA (Sam thought maybe twenty boxes, but only if it was Star Wars LEGOs). Sometimes, they’d go over to each others’ houses on the weekends. He always had to let Mama and Papa know early if he was going to have friends over. 

See, just like his dad, Warren got his powers very young. (Penny didn’t, and she was oddly grateful she’d had to wait for adolescence.) Baron and Penny knew they could mitigate Warren’s powers when they were around, but also knew they weren’t always going to be right there. So, ever since he’d first shown his powers, they’d drilled into his head that they were a secret. ‘Don’t use your powers in public’ was drilled into his head along with ‘don’t get in the car with strangers’ and ‘don’t run off where we can’t see you’. They’d explained as well that if people knew what he could do, they might have to move to a new house and a new school, and Warren didn’t like that idea, so he kept it under wraps. Every day after school, or after going out with his friends, Baron or Penny (whoever was closest when they got home) would ask him if he kept their secret. Whenever he said yes, he’d get a sticker, a treat, to stay up a bit later, or even a family movie night (Disney movies, usually). To help with this, when they had a moment, Baron would take Warren into the fireproof garage and let him use his powers as much as he wanted - even give him some pointers. He knew how awful it was to keep fire bottled up, and didn’t want that for Warren, so insisted he get some sort of outlet for it. Penny thought it was a great idea, as long as it was safe and supervised. They’d play games, experiment, or just burn as much energy as they could, to help naturally curb Warren’s desire to power up outside of home. So, thankfully, none of Warren’s friends knew, not even Grant and Sam. 

Of course, those two weren’t his only friends - just his best friends. There was also Lacy Chai - his future coworker, and the granddaughter of his future bosses (she helped him get the job). He stuck up for her once when she was being picked on, and that was that. They briefly got teased for ‘dating’, but that didn’t last long. Kids moved on. Mindy Fenter had the best coloured pencils, so everyone wanted to be her friend. She had a crush on Grant, and so let Sam and Warren use her colours too so he’d like her better. Ben Olsen was another Sunny Hills alumnus, and sometimes he and Warren traded snacks. Andy Walker was the funniest kid in class, so everyone liked him, and sometimes he’d play tag and keep-away and four-square with Sam and Warren and Grant. Jessie Sanderson was the best at monkey bars, and a few times she gave the three of them tips on how to do it better and the best ways to climb up to the very top - the part the grown-ups said they weren’t supposed to be on, but never really stopped them from sitting there once they got up. Grant’s older sister, Gina, would make them sandwiches when they were at Grant’s house and she was really nice, and Grant and Gina’s oldest brother Graham would set up games on his N64 and let the three of them play if they promised to be careful, so Warren considered them friends, too. But, not everyone was that nice. There was a bully in their year. His name was Ulysses Harper. He was the tallest in the class, but Warren was almost the same height as him (and ended up being taller, in later years), so for the most part, Ulysses left him alone. Besides, it’s easier to go after solo targets, and the Three Amigos were basically inseparable. (Interesting fact, Ulysses would go on to work as an [unpowered] petty thief for the Battalion, under the command of Saul Springfield, before staying a brief stint in juvie, re-inventing himself as a life coach and motivational speaker, and getting a teaching degree. He returned to Bayshore to teach fifth grade, and was known by all of the kids as one of the nicest teachers in school.)

I like to think that, in a world where Baron wasn’t arrested, it would have continued on like that. The three of them: Side, by side. … By side. They would’ve stayed best friends all throughout elementary school. They’d learn how to skateboard together, be on the same soccer teams over summer, and spend so much time at Livewire Arcade they’d be on a first-name basis with the owner (Vince Upton). They’d have snowball fights in winter and cram like sardines so they could all fit on one lift on the school ski trips (and almost get stuck at least once, almost fall off at least twice). They’d graduate together and be in at least five pictures in the end-of-year slideshow, cheesing it up like the doofuses young kids are supposed to be. They’d all go to Trinity Prep for middle school; Grant was technically outside of school limits, but he begged his parents enough to fill out the paperwork for it, and Gina (who was taking a few years off to help save up for college) agreed to drive him there in the morning, since it was on the way to her job, anyways. The three of them would have a sleepover at Sam’s to celebrate this (he had the biggest basement). Grant and Sam would convince Warren to audition for school plays, and Grant and Warren would convince Sam to go to football try-outs, and Sam and Warren would make sure to actually listen to announcements when Grant became the student council rep. (Another sleepover at Casa de Sam to celebrate this; his parents weren’t surprised anymore when Sam walked in with the other two trailing behind. None of their parents were.) Every Halloween, they’d go out together - coordinated costumes in later years - and pool their candy; Gifts were exchanged every Christmas, cards every Valentines’, and their parents had swapped so many recipes at Thanksgiving that nobody could remember who made what, most years. At one of Grant’s family Christmas parties, a Chipmunks special would come on, and the boys would manage to untie one of the helium balloons and laugh themselves to tears while their parents had wine and talked about whatever boring stuff grown-ups bothered with. Sam and Grant would be disappointed at Warren not going to the same high school as them, but offer a mixture of congratulations and ‘O most learned Lord Warren of Peacefordshire!’ jokes about him going to some fancy ‘private school’, and, of course, they’d agree to hang out over the summer and weekends. Sam and Grant would go to the Lantern to pester him (He’d still work there, just not as often), they’d get together in Warren’s back yard (the biggest of the three) or the park behind Bayshore to play rugby (Sam was best at it, so Grant enlisted Graham - studying to be a gym teacher - for help, and eventually they got enough local kids in to make an unofficial ‘team’), and for a week every summer they’d drive up to Grant’s folks’ cottage to just hang out. It’d be during one of these week-long getaways that Warren would reveal his powers to his friends. They were only upset that he’d waited so long to tell them, and thought it was SO COOL that their best friend was a SUPERHERO, and also, WOW, the fire thing really made your dog’s name make sense (’So THAT’S where ‘Matchstick’ came from! Can’t believe we never figured it out.’ ‘... Yeah, because ‘super powers’ is the obvious conclusion.’). It was also during one of these stays that Sam and Warren would share their first kiss. Grant was a little awkward about being a third wheel, but got over it before that trip was even over. He’d say to Warren, ‘Hey, Sam’s my brother. Don’t hurt him.’ And before Warren could respond turn and say to Sam, ‘Hey, Warren’s my brother. Don’t–’ ‘He’s a superhero, Grantwell, how the hell do I-’ ‘You know what I mean, Sammy!’ and then it’d dissolve into a wrestling match-turned-water fight when the super soakers get brought out. Sam and Warren would take a brief (amicable) break from dating during senior year, but would get together again after only a week or two when they figured they didn’t need to see who else was out there and experimenting wasn’t for them. They’d have a graduation party at Grant’s new place (now HE had the bigger downstairs, Sammy! / That’s dirty, Grantwell / Guys shut UP my mom is RIGHT THERE / Oh sh– Hi, Mrs. P!) and crash on the couch/floor/wherever they felt like. They’d do donuts in the now-vacant parking lot of Livewire when Baron and Penny buy Warren a car as his grad gift and do rock-paper-scissors to decide who got to pick the radio station, next. They’d see every High School Musical movie when it came out without knowing why they enjoyed them so much. Warren would go off to university, as would the others, but they’d stay in contact, and whenever he had time off, he’d be back at Maxville with them. They’d help each other study for tests and surprise the others by driving up to their respective dorms with food (’Pizza delivery!’ ‘This is the weirdest damn pizza I’ve ever seen.’ ‘Shut up, Warhead, I did my best.’ ‘It’s a salad.’ ‘… A pizza’s a kind of salad.’ ‘You’re such a moron. C’mon in.’ ‘Apologize to the pizza first.’). Sam and Grant would buy tickets to Warren’s graduation. (He returned the favour and attended both of theirs, too. They all have three graduation photos on their dressers, each with the three of them in a different school and an only slightly different pose.) When it became legal, Warren and Sam would get married. Nobody would be surprised. Penny would cry, Baron would make a speech that was, quite frankly, much less threatening than people would expect from a former supervillain, Grant would be best man and use all of the vocational skills he learned in middle school to make the best speech he could and pretend he wasn’t getting misty-eyed, just a little drunk. He’d fool nobody. Grant would marry a girl he met at college, Francisca ‘Fran’ Lowell-McGraw, and they’d have two daughters: Ginger (’Ginny’) and Clementine (’Clem’), both of whom would be absolutely spoiled by Uncles Warren and Sam. They’d be walking home from the gym one night when Grant suddenly remembers and lets them know that, hey, guess who’s Clem’s teacher this year? Ulysses! … The one we went to school with– Yes, I’m sure, how many guys named ‘Ulysses’ do you know? And then they’d get in contact with him. He’d apologize for being a jerk when they were kids, they’d tell him dude, that was like, thirty years ago, it’s cool, and they’d all go for drinks at Callahan’s, the bar that had opened in the same spot Livewire used to be. Dr. Warren Peace, practicing psychologist, would get a call to go deal with ‘some problems’ that Grant McGraw, local radio host, and Sam Peace, foreman of a construction crew, would have rehearsed excuses for (’Oh, man. Did the office server shut down AGAIN?’ ‘You really gotta get an IT guy on that, babe.’) before he ducked out to let the vigilante super Hellraiser make an appearance and keep Maxville safe. He’d live a pretty normal life for a super, and he’d be happy. 

But, as we all know, that didn’t happen. Baron didn’t get to retire. Warren’s life was far from normal. And Warren wasn’t happy. 

Baron was arrested just before Warren’s seventh birthday. Literally, the day before. It took a bit of time for it all to sink in. What do you mean, Dad’s not coming home? Dad always comes home! He’s probably just at work, or on another business trip, like the one he went on last year with Uncle Saul, or- Or maybe he’s getting a really BIG present and it’s just taking a while to get here! He’ll be back, Mama. Just you wait. 

And wait Warren did. 

Every day, by the door. He’d bring his snacks there, books, toys, anything to while the hours away. He just had to be there when Dad got home. Didn’t want to miss it. And that started cutting in to after-school hang-outs with his friends. Nah, he can’t go to Sam’s pool party, sorry, guys. It’s okay, though, ‘cause he’s not that good a swimmer, anyway. He doesn’t wanna go to Grant’s tree-house for ghost stories. He doesn’t wanna go play tag. He doesn’t even want to be in school, and it was getting hard to focus when he was there. He just wants his Dad back. So he waits. It was about two weeks before it started to sink in that Baron was Gone. Another week and a half before Warren fully realized it. He didn’t really understand why at the time. Sure, people tried to explain it to him, but it didn’t make sense. They kept telling him dad was a bad person, and that wasn’t true. They were lying. Dad had always been a good dad. A great dad, even. And he always came home. But not this time.

Losing a parent is hard. It’s even worse when you’re young. Warren was a mess of emotions as he struggled with his father’s arrest. Anger, confusion, fear, grief, maybe even some guilt. He didn’t know how to explain or communicate any of this, though. He was seven. And kids can be cruel. When Ulysses smelled blood in the water, he pounced. Boys aren’t supposed to cry, Warren. What are you, some kind of wimp? A sissy? A baby? Why don’t you go crying home to mommy and daddy, huh? … That was the first time Warren got into a fight. It was also the first time Ulysses Harper, age seven, had the fear of God put into him. Nobody had been around to see it. Ulysses had been class bully for two years, now, and had long since learned to make sure the grown-ups were away before picking his victims. So nobody could really explain how those burns got on his shoulders. Most people just assumed that Warren had to have shoved Ulysses into one of the heaters. Penny knew better, of course, and had plenty of time to talk to Warren about it, seeing as he got suspended for a few days. He protested this. It wasn’t his fault! He hadn’t started it, and he hadn’t meant to-! Penny did the best she could to hear him out, but have a serious talk about proper use of powers. Warren was only half-listening. There was too little notice to book a sitter for the days he was out of school, so he spent most of the time sulking behind his mom’s desk while she was at work. Not much to do there except read (which he normally liked, but wasn’t in the mood for), colour (which he couldn’t focus on), or think. He had a lot to think about. He thought about how unfair the punishment was. He thought about how much he was starting to hate school. He thought about how much he missed his dad. … He thought a lot about his dad. Everyone seemed convinced he was a bad person. Warren didn’t think he was bad. In fact, he’d been Warren’s hero. Warren had wanted to be just like him when he grew up. … Did that make him a bad person, too? Penny tried to assure him that it didn’t, but everybody else seemed to think so. He could tell. 

It was obvious, after all, especially at school, when he finally went back. Teachers were a bit more tight-lipped around him. Kids gave him a wider berth. Grant and Sam were unsure of how to handle it. They noticed the change in their friend, of course. They were children, and kids are often much smarter than we tend to give them credit for. But they were only in second grade. They didn’t know words like ‘trauma’ and ‘depression’. Nobody had thought they’d need to. They were only in second grade. They didn’t know why Warren was so upset. They tried to talk to him a few times. Even tried to invite him to play with them. But he didn’t do much talking in return, and even snapped at them, once. (Felt awful for it immediately after, but the damage was done). Parents were less inclined to invite him to their houses after news of the Ulysses incident spread. Though he never got up in Warren’s face again, Ulysses was in fact guilty of contributing to the whispers that circulated the lunch hall. It was these whispers - and the stares - that made Warren not want to eat with the other kids. He’d usually spend lunch hiding in the library or the washrooms. He never let anyone see him cry again. When people started getting louder in their jeers, he’d turn on them until they learned to keep their words hidden away behind his back. He still heard them. Everyone knew what they said about Warren Peace. That kid was trouble. Dangerous. Good-for-nothing. He’d end up in juvie someday, if he was lucky. What a shame. His poor mother. 

The thing about hearing that sort of thing often enough is, eventually, you start to believe it, yourself. So, Warren did. Penny tried to convince him otherwise. She told him she loved him, and not to listen to them, that she was proud of who he was and how strong he was being and that no matter what anybody said, he was a good person. That didn’t stop him from blaming himself when they lost the house. He’d given away their secret, after all. 

Moving around so much didn’t help things, any. The shelters and apartments he and Penny ended up into were usually in less-than-nice areas of town and brought with them a lot of noise and chaos. School became the only ‘peace’ he got. So, even if people tried so socialize with him (they didn’t), he wouldn’t want any part of it. He wanted to have some time to breathe, and read, and sleep during breaks. Even if people wanted to invite him over or hang out after school (they didn’t), he wouldn’t be able to have them at his place, and he didn’t really have the transportation to get around, any more. When he got involved with the school lunch programs, new whispers got thrown in. He was the Poor Kid, now. People started turning their noses up at him. One kid - Jack Osgood, who’d transferred to Bayshore in fifth grade - thought it would be hilarious to knock his lunch tray out of his hands. Warren, who had never said a word to Jack, had hardly even looked at him, but who had been looking forwards to that ham sandwich and Minute Maid (meat and juice are expensive), punched him in the jaw so hard Jack fell into Becky Lowell, and then the lunch room was chaos. Warren got another detention. He didn’t get another lunch. The teachers didn’t care who started it or why. They never did. Warren had learned pretty early that he had to deal with this stuff, himself. Trying to get help from the faculty only ever made things worse. So, he explained what happened to his mom, when she finally showed up, and only really felt bad for disappointing her. Well, and for making Becky spill her fruit punch. No, he hadn’t wanted to get into a fight with Jack. He didn’t want to hurt anyone. He just wanted to be left alone. ... And his sandwich. Of course, teachers didn’t see it, that way. Neither did the other kids. Safe to say, Warren had just ruined his chances of making any friends at Bayshore. At least people did leave him alone, after that. Jack had a bruise for more than a week that reminded people why that was a good idea. Warren didn’t care. They’d be graduating soon, anyways. (Nobody signed his year book. Not even Mr. Richards, the homeroom teacher. Warren threw it in the recycling on the way home.)

When he was twelve, Lacy got him a job at the Paper Lantern. Warren’s still not sure what possessed her to reach out to him. They weren’t exactly friends. She was a bubbly socialite, on the mathlete and cheer squads. He was the guy nobody wanted to be anywhere near, and he couldn’t afford extra-curriculars. In reality, Lacy felt bad for him. She didn’t think he was as bad as people said. She still remembered when he stuck his neck out for her way back in first grade. Sure, she didn’t get what he was going through, but she wanted to help, so she offered him a job. Warren was twelve, and had spent the last five years learning how to best live off food stamps and minimal cash. He’d seen how stressed mom was. ... He felt like a lot of that was his fault. So, of course he took her up on the offer. She made a case to her grandparents, and he was hired as a dishwasher. It wasn’t much, but it was something, and about all he could do at that age. He’d also realized that he’d probably never get into college without a scholarship. They’d never be able to afford it. Not in a million years. And he’d decided long ago what he wanted to do with his life. He wanted to be a psychologist, and he wanted to help people. You need a degree for that. So, when Warren wasn’t at school, he was working (Up to forty hours a week, by the time he’s a teenager). When he wasn’t working, he’d be studying. Sometimes, he’d even bring his books to the ‘Lantern, and be reading while he was up to his elbows in soap suds and dirty flatware. The people at the local library knew him well, but, that was about it as far as new relationships. A schedule like that doesn’t leave a lot of time for socializing. 

Warren graduated Bayshore without much fanfare. He moved on to Trinity Prep middle school. ‘Go, Titans’. By this point, Warren was growing his hair out. He was wearing his typical darker colour scheme. Black was easier to keep clean, and didn’t catch soot and smoke stains as easily. Black was also always in ready supply at the second-hand stores. And, as a bonus, it reinforced an image that kept people at bay. Sam went to Trinity, too, but he and Warren hadn’t really spoken in years. (Grant ended up going to Our Lady of Providence, a Catholic middle school. His family wasn’t religious, but, hey, it was closer and had a better computer sciences program, which is what his parents wanted him to go into, so.) In a way, Warren was glad for the new school. Not as many people knew him, here. Not as many people cared. Warren appreciated the isolation. The breathing room. Work was busy. He and his mom still hadn’t found an apartment that stuck (but they were getting close). He didn’t mean to keep setting off the fire alarms. He got better with his powers as the years went by. It was a struggle, though. Yes, Penny was an elemental, too, but she did water and wind (mainly water), not fire. He had to figure a lot of things out for himself. They’d always thought Baron would be the one to teach his son how to control his pyrokinesis, but, of course, he wasn’t around to do that, any more. And the older Warren got, the more he was starting to learn why that was. It was really-- Polarizing for him, if that’s the word I’m looking for. Now, I could write a doctoral thesis on Warren’s feelings about his dad, and how weird it is for him and how it probably would have been better, almost, if Baron had been a horrible father and made Warren hate him from the get-go, but this is about Warren’s school life and (lack of) friends, so I’ll just say it became even more of a touchy subject than before. 

One of the many things Trinity had that Bayshore didn’t was Career Day. 

Warren had been dreading it since it had first been announced. He knew Mom wouldn’t be able to take time off to come in. And, Dad? Warren hadn’t seen him in almost six years. It’d be a damn miracle if he turned up for it. Probably a federal crime, too. So he didn’t bother telling Mom about it. He didn’t want her feeling guilty about it - she had enough to worry about. He managed to slip away when everyone else was filing into class after the first break, and snuck off campus. For the next hour, he wandered idly around the neighbourhood. Nobody tried to stop him. He was always tall for his age and old for his youth, and that - combined with his perpetual scowl - made people pay him no mind. A typical delinquent. Of course he wasn’t in school. Best keep your distance. He returned to school about an hour later, and when the teacher (Josephine LaRose) asked where he was, he shrugged and told her he’d just not been feeling well. As always, the other kids started to talk. Some of them said he’d ditched to smoke, others to sell drugs. And his parents hadn’t shown up! Oh, the rumours that flew, then. In any other setting than a public school, they could’ve been called slander. Nobody ever said anything to his face, though. Gossip had spread from some of the Bayshore alumni, and as gossip tended to do, it had been embellished and enhanced until the other kids were terrified of Warren. They didn’t want to end up drinking their burgers through a straw like Jack Osgood, after all. (Jack, for the record, had never needed to liquefy his food. He was totally fine over at Westwood Middle School, and barely remembered ever meeting Warren Peace.) So Warren only heard whispers in passing. Usually, a glare and a ‘what was that?’ was enough to shut them up. He didn’t really care if they were talking about him. Let them talk. He was used to it. But nobody knew his father like he did (and, given that these kids weren’t in the super community, they didn’t know him at all) and heaven help anyone he caught speaking ill of his mother. She had enough to deal with without some snot-nosed punk speculating about how she earned a living. He didn’t regret scaring those kids, nor did he care about the lectures he got as a result. Leave him alone, leave her alone, and he’d leave them alone. He thought it was fair. Honestly, if it wasn’t for his 4.0 average (which all of the teachers were sure had to be a mistake) making the school’s test scores look good, they probably would have expelled him. It wasn’t even that he got into that many fights - he didn’t, not really. You could count the number of actual physical altercations he got into on one hand and have fingers left over. He was never disruptive in class. Never talked back to the teachers (or really talked at all, if he didn’t have to). Always turned in his homework completed and on time. But- He was a bad kid. Just look at him. He’s Trouble, capital T, and the sooner he got out of that school, the better for everyone else. 

And he did get out. 

He graduated Trinity Prep and skipped the convocation. Went to work, instead. Rent Day was coming up. After a lot of moving around, eventually, a letter would arrive telling him he got into an exclusive high school, but- We’ve all seen how that worked out for him, so, for now, I’ll end this here.

[ericvick]

Recent home sales north of Boston (May 6)

AMESBURY

60 Merrimac St. #302 Condo, built in 2017, 1,690 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $779,900

355 Main St. One-family Conventional, built in 1855, 1,600 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 11,130-square-foot lot. $684,900

16 Hawkswood Ests #16 Condo Town House, built in 1985, 2,000 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $575,000

15 Claire Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 1959, 2,597 square feet, 7 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,180-square-foot lot. $564,500

ANDOVER

15 Starr Ave. E One-family Colonial, built in 1986, 3,868 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 40,323-square-foot lot. $900,000

4 Larchmont Circle One-family Colonial, built in 1978, 2,040 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 31,995-square-foot lot. $675,000

Riverside Woods Condo #4312 Condo. $494,120

Riverside Woods Condo #4201 Condo. $465,995

12 Longwood Drive #6 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1966, 1,021 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $262,000

2 Colonial Drive #6C Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1969, 966 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $230,000

BEVERLY

3 Leather Lane One-family Cape Cod, built in 1965, 1,876 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 21,828-square-foot lot. $840,000

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582-R Hale St. #2 Condo. $789,900

5 Pickett St. One-family Colonial, built in 1920, 1,823 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 6,347-square-foot lot. $610,000

13 Parsons Drive One-family Cape Cod, built in 1950, 1,672 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 6,660-square-foot lot. $609,000

6 Hickory Lane One-family Cape Cod, built in 1947, 1,985 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 24,830-square-foot lot. $555,000

5 Wedgemere Road One-family Ranch, built in 1959, 1,056 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 15,000-square-foot lot. $460,000

31 Elliott St. #4A Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 796 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $280,000

24 Pond St. #3 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1898, 770 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $272,000

BILLERICA

239 River St. Ext One-family Gambrel, built in 1986, 1,742 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 8,638-square-foot lot. $565,000

5 Sunrise Ave. One-family Gambrel, built in 2006, 1,658 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $502,000

294 Salem Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 1967, 2,414 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 19,349-square-foot lot. $490,000

20 Governor Peabody Road One-family Split Entry, built in 1969, 1,756 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 30,000-square-foot lot. $465,000

17 Pinegrove Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1959, 1,344 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $457,500

2 Ox Road One-family Conventional, built in 1955, 2,298 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 20,274-square-foot lot. $440,000

174 River St. One-family Ranch, built in 1920, 880 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 6,940-square-foot lot. $336,000

BOXFORD

270 Ipswich Road One-family Colonial, built in 1994, 2,554 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 94,961-square-foot lot. $727,500

BURLINGTON

6 Mill St. One-family Colonial, built in 2018, 2,916 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $1,005,000

13 College Road One-family Ranch, built in 1956, 1,970 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 20,777-square-foot lot. $650,000

9 Westwood St. One-family Ranch, built in 1957, 1,405 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 20,053-square-foot lot. $606,000

5 Robert St. One-family Ranch, built in 1953, 1,280 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $550,000

CHELMSFORD

1 Arlenes Way One-family Colonial, built in 2019, 2,609 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 40,850-square-foot lot. $710,000

36 Ledge Road One-family Colonial, built in 1940, 2,128 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 101,930-square-foot lot. $575,000

11 Cushing Place #406 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2019, 1,524 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $540,000

14 Samuel Road One-family Ranch, built in 1962, 1,865 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 27,681-square-foot lot. $525,000

3 Laredo Drive One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1965, 1,104 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 25,200-square-foot lot. $485,000

5 Brush Hill Road One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1968, 1,322 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 42,540-square-foot lot. $481,000

311 Littleton Road #52 Condo Town House, built in 2016, 1,674 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $465,000

198 Boston Road One-family Colonial, built in 1750, 1,940 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 82,764-square-foot lot. $450,000

11 George St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1948, 1,249 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 33,915-square-foot lot. $425,000

4 Wood St. One-family Conventional, built in 1890, 1,347 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 16,140-square-foot lot. $425,000

311 Littleton Road #5 Condo Town House, built in 2016, 918 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $335,000

360 Littleton Road #H17 Condo Town House, built in 1993, 1,049 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $323,000

181 Littleton Road #434 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2013, 1,359 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $320,000

255 North Road #156 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1981, 1,300 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $265,000

360 Littleton Road #E11 Condo Town House, built in 1992, 932 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $260,000

138 Tyngsboro Road #9 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1971, 690 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $157,500

CHELSEA

108 Orange St. Three-family Family Flat, built in 1900, 3,110 square feet, 14 rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 3,333-square-foot lot. $730,000

190 Webster Ave. Two-family Two Family, built in 1913, 2,030 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,160-square-foot lot. $650,000

DANVERS

29 Chester St. One-family Colonial, built in 1920, 1,768 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 5,300-square-foot lot. $589,900

14 Prospect St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1942, 1,896 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 6,026-square-foot lot. $550,000

87 Water St. Two-family Conventional, built in 1900, 2,552 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,192-square-foot lot. $430,000

44 Conant St. #3 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1914, 1,024 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $275,000

94 Ash St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,017 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 20,789-square-foot lot. $200,000

EVERETT

42 Kelvin St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1890, 1,877 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,191-square-foot lot. $607,000

138 Walnut St. One-family Old Style, built in 1935, 1,854 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,093-square-foot lot. $550,000

24 Beacon St. #1 Condo. $548,400

38 Alpine Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1948, 1,408 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 3,559-square-foot lot. $510,000

30 Central Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 2,148 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,395-square-foot lot. $442,000

32 Central Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,270 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 2,357-square-foot lot. $333,000

6 Lawrence St. One-family Ranch, built in 1966, 1,030 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 2,905-square-foot lot. $175,000

GLOUCESTER

64 Eastern Point Blvd One-family Colonial, built in 1748, 1,626 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 9,570-square-foot lot. $802,200

2 Carrie Lane One-family Cape Cod, built in 1988, 2,511 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 21,747-square-foot lot. $745,000

16 Seaview Road One-family Contemporary, built in 1997, 3,526 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 212,573-square-foot lot. $659,000

16 Seaview Road One-family Contemporary, built in 1997, 3,526 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 212,573-square-foot lot. $659,000

50 Pleasant St. #3 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2002, 1,753 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $565,000

184 Eastern Ave. #2 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2014, 2,294 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $500,000

145 Essex Ave. #314 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1970, 636 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $198,000

GROVELAND

4 Hemlock Lane One-family Colonial, built in 2001, 3,022 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 44,431-square-foot lot. $701,000

34 Benjamin St. #18A Condo. $670,000

HAVERHILL

26 Park St. Two-family Conventional, built in 1860, 3,387 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 12,301-square-foot lot. $575,000

837 N Broadway One-family Colonial, built in 1955, 2,480 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 128,938-square-foot lot. $500,000

28 Saltonstall Road One-family Conventional, built in 1893, 2,515 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,799-square-foot lot. $456,000

156-158 Grove St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1920, 2,500 square feet, 12 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,800-square-foot lot. $430,000

53 Haseltine St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,425 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 12,841-square-foot lot. $420,000

11 Euclid Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1880, 1,796 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,225-square-foot lot. $405,000

13 Indian Rock Road One-family Split Entry, built in 1989, 1,582 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 22,660-square-foot lot. $404,000

192 Franklin St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1900, 2,153 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 2,770-square-foot lot. $370,000

111 Middlesex St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,700 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,737-square-foot lot. $355,000

2 Cross Road #3 Condo Town House, built in 2017, 1,554 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $350,000

82 Lincoln Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,001 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 7,501-square-foot lot. $345,000

71 Kingsbury Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1925, 1,424 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 5,998-square-foot lot. $340,000

48 Muriel Ter One-family Ranch, built in 1955, 864 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 7,514-square-foot lot. $318,000

149 Farrwood Drive #149 Condo Town House, built in 1980, 1,605 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $246,900

20 Spruce St. One-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,472 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,072-square-foot lot. $235,000

11 Myles Standish Drive #10 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1981, 730 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $185,000

30 Priscilla Road One-family Ranch, built in 1945, 1,262 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 12,001-square-foot lot. $180,000

241 Salem St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,077 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 20,443-square-foot lot. $164,000

IPSWICH

1 Intervale Way One-family Colonial, built in 1988, 4,432 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 50,094-square-foot lot. $770,000

29 Choate Lane One-family Contemporary, built in 1995, 3,743 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 8,989-square-foot lot. $725,000

1 Poplar St. One-family Old Style, built in 1910, 1,990 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 8,530-square-foot lot. $560,000

LAWRENCE

625 Howard St. Two-family Family Flat, built in 1900, 3,022 square feet, 14 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 14,200-square-foot lot. $397,000

80-82 Inman St. Three-family Family Flat, built in 1920, 2,600 square feet, 11 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $300,000

80-A Ferry St. One-family Conventional, built in 1920, 1,069 square feet, 5 rooms, 1 bedroom, 2 baths, on 6,566-square-foot lot. $295,000

35 E Haverhill St. One-family Conventional, built in 1875, 1,282 square feet, 11 rooms, 6 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 2,790-square-foot lot. $290,000

109 Brookfield St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1930, 1,254 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,750-square-foot lot. $285,000

7-9 Richmond Court Two-family Family Flat, built in 1950, 1,752 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 8,254-square-foot lot. $167,000

LOWELL

37 Grace St. Three-family Family Flat, built in 1900, 3,743 square feet, 17 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,657-square-foot lot. $528,000

120 Fort Hill Ave. One-family Conventional, built in 1900, 2,838 square feet, 8 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,657-square-foot lot. $400,000

135 W Meadow Road One-family Colonial, built in 1986, 2,061 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,064-square-foot lot. $386,000

15 Dalton St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1900, 1,850 square feet, 12 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,380-square-foot lot. $375,000

1400 Gorham St. #11 Condo. $359,900

23 Dracut St. One-family Conventional, built in 1928, 1,460 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,720-square-foot lot. $323,000

18 Delard St. One-family Conventional, built in 1926, 1,260 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,960-square-foot lot. $280,000

104 Roper St. #A Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 1,080 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $255,000

1217 Pawtucket Blvd #59 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1984, 927 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $230,000

1461 Pawtucket Blvd #6-10 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1978, 1,181 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $230,000

30 Angle St. #44 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 920 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $217,000

255 Rogers St. #2 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1983, 1,071 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $195,000

1461 Pawtucket Blvd #2-3 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1977, 987 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $184,500

1036 Middlesex St. #10 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 746 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $180,000

LYNN

46 Clairmont St. One-family Contemporary, built in 1940, 2,404 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 29,410-square-foot lot. $690,000

111 Waterhill St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 2,288 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,719-square-foot lot. $588,000

129 Euclid Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,583 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 6,250-square-foot lot. $470,000

46 Sewall St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1920, 2,522 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,000-square-foot lot. $440,000

250 Euclid Ave. One-family Old Style, built in 1910, 1,335 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,032-square-foot lot. $418,000

18 Woodbury Ave. One-family Colonial, built in 1960, 1,482 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 4,425-square-foot lot. $400,000

534 Walnut St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1955, 1,190 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $399,000

53 Ocallaghan Way One-family Ranch, built in 1955, 1,032 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 6,612-square-foot lot. $390,000

13 Jackson St. One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 1,232 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 4,499-square-foot lot. $350,000

7 Central Sq #504 Condo Loft, built in 1903, 1,306 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,540-square-foot lot. $290,000

35-R Hamilton Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1930, 1,457 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 11,754-square-foot lot. $250,000

300 Lynn Shore Drive #102 Condo High-Rise, built in 1965, 563 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 62,566-square-foot lot. $227,000

24 Stephen St. #2 Condo, built in 1873, 1,735 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,583-square-foot lot. $225,000

20 Huss Court #203 Condo, built in 1920, 480 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 7,100-square-foot lot. $130,000

LYNNFIELD

365 Essex St. One-family Colonial, built in 2014, 5,130 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 40,061-square-foot lot. $2,500,000

1065 Summer St. One-family Colonial, built in 2019, 2,762 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 19,310-square-foot lot. $869,000

9 Roundy Road One-family Split Level, built in 1954, 1,720 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,105-square-foot lot. $701,000

900 Lynnfield St. #28 Condo Town House, built in 2006, 1,901 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $640,000

MALDEN

11 Woodland Road One-family Colonial, built in 1900, 2,574 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 7,340-square-foot lot. $775,000

67-69 Walnut St. Two-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1920, 2,328 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 3,600-square-foot lot. $735,000

2 Fairview Ter One-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,474 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 2,860-square-foot lot. $379,000

42 Loomis St. #202 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1987, 1,065 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 3 baths. $355,000

10 Linwood St. #108 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1987, 524 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths. $308,500

MARBLEHEAD

76 Bubier Road One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 5,964 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 18,001-square-foot lot. $1,875,000

60 Cloutmans Lane One-family Colonial, built in 1985, 3,912 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 41,403-square-foot lot. $1,000,000

12 Hawthorn Road One-family Colonial, built in 1965, 2,077 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 8,030-square-foot lot. $850,000

25 Bubier Road One-family Colonial, built in 1910, 2,233 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $751,000

30 Elm St. One-family Antique, built in 1766, 1,430 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 4,006-square-foot lot. $710,000

1 Mitchell Road One-family Colonial, built in 1936, 1,290 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 6,546-square-foot lot. $629,000

5 Rainbow Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 1938, 2,082 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,043-square-foot lot. $617,000

236 Humphrey St. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1922, 1,310 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 5,400-square-foot lot. $409,000

3 Colonial Court One-family Row House, built in 1969, 884 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 960-square-foot lot. $350,000

MEDFORD

61 Magoun Ave. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 3,401 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 6,300-square-foot lot. $990,000

583 Main St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 1,795 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,120-square-foot lot. $810,000

11 Pleasant St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1900, 2,838 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 9,050-square-foot lot. $730,000

210 Forest St. Two-family Two Family, built in 1910, 1,818 square feet, 8 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 8,895-square-foot lot. $725,000

53 Fairfield St. One-family Conventional, built in 1900, 2,209 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,174-square-foot lot. $690,000

12 Ship Ave. #7 Condo Town House, built in 2001, 1,920 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $650,000

93 Myrtle St. #93 Condo Town House, built in 2007, 1,680 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $650,000

22 9th St. #503 Condo High-Rise, built in 1985, 1,193 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 1-square-foot lot. $552,500

59 West St. One-family Conventional, built in 1890, 878 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,430-square-foot lot. $540,000

349 Fulton St. #10 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2010, 1,331 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $520,000

239 Spring St. #1 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 1,025 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath. $492,500

199 Fellsway W One-family Colonial, built in 1988, 1,776 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,146-square-foot lot. $465,500

16 Traincroft One-family Ranch, built in 1930, 1,302 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 9,108-square-foot lot. $205,467

MELROSE

108 Lincoln St. One-family Colonial, built in 1936, 3,629 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 18,384-square-foot lot. $1,300,000

11 Lincoln St. One-family Colonial, built in 1925, 1,920 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 9,600-square-foot lot. $940,000

9 Maple St. One-family Old Style, built in 1880, 1,918 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 4,080-square-foot lot. $778,000

103 Pearl St. One-family Old Style, built in 1930, 1,437 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $600,000

60-62 Circuit St. #3 Condo. $565,000

219 Franklin St. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1880, 966 square feet, 4 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, on 6,525-square-foot lot. $461,000

MERRIMAC

2-4 Bear Hill Road Two-family Conventional, built in 1910, 2,021 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,912-square-foot lot. $150,000

METHUEN

65 Boston St. Two-family Old Style, built in 1910, 2,716 square feet, 12 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 7,501-square-foot lot. $515,000

19 Argilla Road One-family Ranch, built in 1979, 2,019 square feet, 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 30,152-square-foot lot. $480,000

4 Houston Ave. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1930, 3,037 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,852-square-foot lot. $420,000

11 Marshall St. One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,080 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,551-square-foot lot. $389,000

110 Edgewood Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1915, 1,404 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 10,071-square-foot lot. $350,000

6 Peaslee Ter One-family Cape Cod, built in 1947, 1,283 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,487-square-foot lot. $320,000

71 East St. One-family Ranch, built in 1950, 2,464 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 11,400-square-foot lot. $299,900

13 Emmett Ave. #13 Condo Town House, built in 1988, 1,404 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $290,000

22-A Adelaide Ave. #22A Condo Town House, built in 1978, 1,171 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $257,000

MIDDLETON

1 Dansreau Place #1 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2001, 2,973 square feet, 9 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $612,000

40 Village Road #701 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1977, 1,639 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $395,000

102 East St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1935, 978 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 43,682-square-foot lot. $290,000

NAHANT

41 Gardner Road One-family Contemporary, built in 2018, 768 square feet, 3 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 876-square-foot lot. $617,000

NEWBURY

79 Scotland Road One-family Contemporary, built in 1986, 3,250 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 47,916-square-foot lot. $781,500

90 Main St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1960, 1,775 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 54,886-square-foot lot. $485,000

NEWBURYPORT

40 Washington St. Two-family Family Flat, built in 1900, 2,940 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 1,706-square-foot lot. $879,900

4 Munroe St. One-family Conventional, built in 1850, 1,835 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 4,180-square-foot lot. $878,000

266 Merrimac St. #J Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2016, 2,140 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. $850,000

19 Madison St. One-family Old Style, built in 1850, 1,050 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,610-square-foot lot. $535,000

20 Allen St. Two-family Family Flat, built in 1850, 2,232 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 4,680-square-foot lot. $525,000

52-54 Marlboro St. #1 Condo. $450,000

52-54 Marlboro St. #2 Condo. $380,000

NORTH ANDOVER

149 Main St. BANK, built in 1968, 3,477 square feet, on 25,513-square-foot lot. $1,277,139

50 Sandra Lane One-family Ranch, built in 1977, 2,577 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 32,404-square-foot lot. $725,000

773 Winter St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1979, 2,112 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 48,352-square-foot lot. $610,000

11 Cherise Circle One-family Colonial, built in 1995, 2,080 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 21,780-square-foot lot. $599,999

193 Middlesex St. Two-family, built in 1900, 2,396 square feet, 10 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 6,447-square-foot lot. $550,000

101 Herrick Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 1932, 1,703 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 9,270-square-foot lot. $510,000

148 Main St. #S227 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1994, 1,055 square feet, 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $324,900

NORTH READING

211 Swan Pond Road One-family Colonial, built in 2007, 3,836 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 25,700-square-foot lot. $816,000

3 Mentus Farm Lane One-family Colonial, built in 2005, 2,231 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 76,230-square-foot lot. $755,000

200 Martins Lndg #412 Condo Town House, 1,475 square feet. $488,995

PEABODY

13 Leblanc Drive One-family Split Entry, built in 1988, 3,084 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 13,334-square-foot lot. $700,000

1 Naumkeag Road One-family Colonial, built in 1960, 2,702 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 15,242-square-foot lot. $690,000

2 Corey Drive One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 2,128 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 22,259-square-foot lot. $596,000

15 Grandview Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1958, 1,674 square feet, 5 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 8,943-square-foot lot. $540,000

1 Aderene Road One-family Ranch, built in 1960, 1,391 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 15,002-square-foot lot. $537,000

6 Walsh Ave. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1950, 2,292 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 7,867-square-foot lot. $469,000

129 Lowell St. #1 Condo Townhse-End, built in 1985, 1,088 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $336,000

75 Walnut St. #301 Condo, built in 2004, 1,130 square feet, 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $318,000

2 Blaney Ave. #1 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1928, 791 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $300,001

READING

21 Hunt St. One-family, on 12,416-square-foot lot. $765,000

215 Bancroft Ave. One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1920, 942 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 11,338-square-foot lot. $415,500

605 Summer Ave. #3-26 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1970, 1,095 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $360,000

REVERE

96 Proctor Ave. Three-family Mlti-Unt Blg, built in 1920, 2,666 square feet, 12 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 5,040-square-foot lot. $563,500

34 Grand View Ave. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1960, 1,732 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 3,755-square-foot lot. $455,000

1 Carey Circle #407 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1986, 1,205 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $384,900

623 Beach St. #2 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1985, 377 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $190,000

ROCKPORT

182 Granite St. #5 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1850, 488 square feet, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $249,000

ROWLEY

21 Rowley Country Club Road #21 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2013, 2,705 square feet, 8 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $728,000

SALEM

38 Chestnut St. One-family Federalist, built in 1850, 6,113 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 3,851-square-foot lot. $1,265,000

20 Cavendish Circle #20 Condo Town House, built in 1999, 2,165 square feet, 6 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $469,500

3 Eclipse Lane #3 Condo Town House, built in 1999, 2,240 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $467,000

28 Federal St. #2 Condo Town House, built in 1980, 1,488 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $465,000

81 Barstow St. One-family Old Style, built in 1938, 1,821 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 5,915-square-foot lot. $450,000

9 Wall St. One-family Old Style, built in 1905, 1,779 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,193-square-foot lot. $439,000

90 Washington Sq #90 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 1,218 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $429,000

34 Forrester St. #3 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1900, 1,057 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 2,309-square-foot lot. $310,000

20 Central St. #309 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1980, 688 square feet, 3 rooms, 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $280,000

13 March St. #5 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1870, 683 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 3,960-square-foot lot. $240,000

SALISBURY

15 Ferry Road #A Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1890, 1,614 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $425,000

1 Washington St. #4 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2019, 1,492 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $342,900

SAUGUS

10 Lynn Fells Pkwy One-family Colonial, built in 2019, 2,804 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 20,142-square-foot lot. $780,000

4 Blacksmith Way One-family Split Entry, built in 1992, 2,190 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 24,006-square-foot lot. $715,000

35 Wickford St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1940, 2,329 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 8,002-square-foot lot. $600,000

33 Sunnyside Park One-family Cape Cod, built in 1941, 1,298 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 7,200-square-foot lot. $481,500

18 Holden Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1947, 928 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 8,189-square-foot lot. $451,000

15 Carlton St. One-family Old Style, built in 1920, 1,716 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 11,130-square-foot lot. $435,000

SOMERVILLE

102 Beacon St. #1 Condo Two Family, built in 1880, 1,547 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $1,925,000

102 Beacon St. #2 Condo Two Family, built in 1880, 1,313 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $1,925,000

17 Porter St. #1 Condo. $1,675,000

108 Gilman St. One-family Conventional, built in 1820, 1,476 square feet, 8 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 3,793-square-foot lot. $1,377,500

98 Heath St. Three-family Decker, built in 1920, 3,453 square feet, 17 rooms, 9 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 3,127-square-foot lot. $1,220,000

39 Medford St. #PH6 Condo. $1,174,000

9 Medford St. #PH6 Condo Mid-Rise, built in 2015, 1,184 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $1,174,000

32 Jackson Road #A Condo. $1,060,000

17 Indiana Ave. Two-family Decker, built in 1900, 2,418 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 4,067-square-foot lot. $1,050,000

82 Sacramento St. Three-family Family Flat, built in 1910, 2,072 square feet, 9 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 2,415-square-foot lot. $1,050,000

65 Flint St. #1 Condo. $1,026,000

5 Douglas Ave. Two-family Decker, built in 1920, 2,260 square feet, 11 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 6,160-square-foot lot. $970,000

1188 Broadway #305 Condo Low-Rise, built in 2007, 1,300 square feet, 4 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $918,000

9 Medford St. #508 Condo Mid-Rise, built in 2015, 1,140 square feet, 3 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $918,000

5 Glendale Ave. Two-family Two Family, built in 1900, 2,249 square feet, 11 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 2,475-square-foot lot. $850,000

24 Main St. #1 Condo Conventional, built in 1920, 1,000 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $650,000

STONEHAM

21 Hillside Ave. One-family Colonial, built in 1946, 1,549 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 5,000-square-foot lot. $640,000

222 Green St. One-family Ranch, built in 1962, 1,843 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 29,000-square-foot lot. $605,000

36 Stevens St. One-family Split Entry, built in 1983, 2,925 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,055-square-foot lot. $500,556

2 Webster Court One-family Old Style, built in 1900, 984 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 2,504-square-foot lot. $454,000

SWAMPSCOTT

19 Buena Vista St. #A Condo Town House, built in 2012, 2,691 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 11,800-square-foot lot. $605,000

85 Walker Road One-family Bngl/Cottage, built in 1925, 1,031 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 3,900-square-foot lot. $464,000

406 Paradise Road #2Q Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1975, 1,294 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $395,000

19 Buena Vista St. #A Condo Town House, built in 2012, 2,691 square feet, 7 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 11,800-square-foot lot. $393,000

18 Bristol Ave. One-family Colonial, built in 1953, 1,122 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 4,929-square-foot lot. $360,000

TEWKSBURY

669 East St. One-family Colonial, built in 1988, 1,664 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 15,116-square-foot lot. $582,000

175 Pringle St. One-family Ranch, built in 1965, 1,711 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 47,480-square-foot lot. $564,000

31 Sheffield Road One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1983, 1,300 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 43,560-square-foot lot. $515,000

139 Jennies Way One-family Colonial, built in 1999, 1,984 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 21,315-square-foot lot. $450,000

185 Merrimack Meadows Lane #185 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 1989, 1,557 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 100-square-foot lot. $365,000

1313 Emerald Court #1313 Condo Condo/Apt, built in 2006, 1,112 square feet, 1 bedroom, 1.5 baths, on 100-square-foot lot. $349,900

128 Pine St. One-family Conventional, built in 1943, 1,634 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 43,560-square-foot lot. $340,000

80 Algonquin Drive Two-family Two Family, built in 1952, 1,904 square feet, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 17,030-square-foot lot. $200,000

TOPSFIELD

12 Boston St. #3 Condo Town House, built in 2011, 2,590 square feet, 7 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $800,000

280 Rowley Bridge Road #8 Condo. $350,000

WAKEFIELD

3 Goodwin St. One-family Colonial, built in 2017, 1,826 square feet, 2 baths, on 12,558-square-foot lot. $821,000

31 Hancock Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 2001, 1,743 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 9,609-square-foot lot. $685,000

WENHAM

10 Onion River Road One-family Colonial, built in 2000, 4,034 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 40,249-square-foot lot. $1,135,000

32 Parsons Hill Road One-family Colonial, built in 2000, 3,606 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 20,216-square-foot lot. $1,045,000

10 Patch Ave. Three-family Colonial, built in 1860, 3,756 square feet, 16 rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3 baths, on 82,253-square-foot lot. $785,000

WESTFORD

14 Jarvis Way One-family Colonial, built in 1992, 2,084 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 21,346-square-foot lot. $740,000

30 Fir Road One-family Colonial, built in 1900, 1,672 square feet, 5 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,019-square-foot lot. $491,000

10 Lucille Ave. One-family Ranch, built in 1957, 1,874 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 37,505-square-foot lot. $462,000

34 E Prescott St. One-family Cape Cod, built in 1923, 1,274 square feet, 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 6,534-square-foot lot. $350,000

96 Nutting Road #3 Condo. $275,000

WEST NEWBURY

5 Hanover Lane One-family Colonial, built in 1985, 3,340 square feet, 9 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 51,401-square-foot lot. $849,000

WILMINGTON

10 Silverhurst Ave. One-family Colonial, built in 2014, 2,100 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 10,740-square-foot lot. $710,000

24 Swain Road One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1978, 1,206 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, on 10,436-square-foot lot. $551,200

7 Wisser St. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1972, 1,320 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, on 10,000-square-foot lot. $510,000

WINCHESTER

16 Fenwick Road One-family Colonial, built in 2019, 4,242 square feet, 10 rooms, 5 bedrooms, 5 baths, on 10,132-square-foot lot. $2,310,000

15 Sheffield Road One-family Victorian, built in 1900, 3,780 square feet, 12 rooms, 7 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 15,080-square-foot lot. $2,245,000

14 Harrison St. One-family Revival, built in 1905, 3,465 square feet, 7 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, on 18,962-square-foot lot. $2,100,000

7 Sheffield Road One-family Revival, built in 1902, 5,201 square feet, 13 rooms, 8 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 19,323-square-foot lot. $1,862,500

45 Allen Road One-family Cape Cod, built in 1951, 3,452 square feet, 9 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, on 12,502-square-foot lot. $1,470,000

46 Cabot St. One-family Colonial, built in 1926, 3,179 square feet, 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, on 11,561-square-foot lot. $1,449,000

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12 Main St. #12 Condo. $525,000

856 Main St. One-family Raised Ranch, built in 1975, 1,282 square feet, 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 12,028-square-foot lot. $450,000

87 Winn St. #1 Condo Town House, built in 1800, 1,064 square feet, 5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, on 6,600-square-foot lot. $435,000

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Playlist for Saturday, December 2, 2017

Matt Pond PA - “Union Square” Fleed Foxes - “Crack-Up” Mappe Of - “Cavern’s Dark” Fatherson - “I Like Not Knowing” Incubus - “Sick Sad Little World” Bob Dylan - “Maggie’s Farm” Manchester Orchestra - “The Mistake” Liam Gallagher - “Chinatown” The Velveteins - “Don’t Yah Feel Better?” Frightened Rabbit - “Rained On” George Harrison - “True Love” Counting Crows - “God of Ocean Tides” AA Bondy - “World Without End” Jeremy Enigk - “Onaroll” Flogging Molly - “There’s Nothing Left, Pt 1″ The War on Drugs - “Pain” The Districts - “Why Would I Wanna Be” Glassjaw - “Strange Hours” I Am the Avalanche - “Clean Up” Saves the Day - “Handsome Boy” Hot Rod Circuit - “Radiation Suit” Iron and Wine - “Right for Sky” Pinegrove - “Sunday” Kevin Morby - “Crybaby” Aretha Franklin - “Let it Be” (The Beatles cover) Gomez - “Getting Better” (The Beatles cover) xo - b.

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UTS 10/16/18

Me and Zoloft Get Along Just Fine- Dance Gavin Dance

Uneasy Hearts Weigh The Most- Dance Gavin Dance

NJ Falls into the Atlantic- Senses Fail

Stairs- Joyce Mannor

The Scope Of All This- The Hotelier

Trenton Garage- Swordfish

Old Friends- Pinegrove

Eleanor- Chumped

Pink Snot- Say Anything

Bury Your Flame- La Dispute

Headfirst For Halos- My Chemical Roamnce

Washington Square Park- The Wonder Years

Hallowed Out- Bellmont

Paralyzed- The Used

Black Rain- Creeper

Out of Range- Brand New

I am a Nightmare- Brand New

Fork and Knife- Brand New 

Red Clouds- The World Alive

Sticks and Bricks- A Day To Remember

Death’s Hand- The Amity Affliction 

A Midwestern state of emergency- Silverstein 

Hey baby, here’s that song you wanted- Blessthefall

Expensive Mistakes- Fall Out Boy

Dizzy on the comedown- turnover

You’ll Be Fine- Palaye Royale 

Midnight Zone- Balance and Composure

Most of the time-turnover

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Reckoning With Pinegrove | Pitchfork

Reckoning With Pinegrove | Pitchfork

Share on Twitter Open share drawer On a muggy July night in 2017, Pinegrove guitarist Nick Levine was stabbing a hot needle of indeterminate origin into my flesh. I was getting my first stick-and-poke tattoo. The design was a single square. Sitting next to us on the hardwood floor of a bedroom in Kinderhook, New York—a small, sleepy country town a few hours north of Manhattan—was Evan Stephens Hall, the band’s frontman and primary songwriter. We were at the spacious, light-filled house where the members of Pinegrove had been living and recording. Hall was giving himself a much poorer version of the same tattoo. The unassuming shape is a loaded one for Hall. “It’s very hyper-aware of narrative layers,” he said, delineating the logic of the square, or frame, in between spiritedly mumble-singing along to the Spice Girls’ “Say You’ll Be There.” Technically, these were not Pinegrove tattoos. A Pinegrove tattoo is two intersected squares, like a cubic Venn diagram; the band’s iconography also includes an ampersand, and both symbols are inked to Hall’s inner bicep. They are meant to indicate an ethic of tolerance and coexisting perspectives. The squares featured prominently on the cover of Pinegrove’s 2016 breakthrough, Cardinal , and in that album’s wake, the band began retweeting dizzying numbers of kids with identical Pinegrove tattoos. They retweeted quoted lyrics and fan art and endless bedroom-recorded covers of their earnest songs. At least one fan wrote a high school English paper analyzing Pinegrove lyrics. These young people called themselves Pinenuts. In their honor, Hall put a line about Pinegrove tattoos into a new song called “Rings”: “I draw a line in my skin,” he sings, “I’m pinning down inchoate meaning.” Though Pinegrove’s sound hews closest to alt-country-flecked indie rock, it is sometimes labeled emo, and this affiliation makes sense: Their music is open-hearted, communal, earnest, lyrical, with a discernible ease, and Cardinal was released on the emo-aligned Boston label Run for Cover. It bears the influence of Gillian Welch’s gleaming twang and the angularity of early Death Cab for Cutie. If you are someone who grew up on emo before getting into supposedly more “sophisticated” artists, you could hear your whole musical coming-of-age packed into a Pinegrove track. Their signature song peaks with a line about calling your parents and telling your friends that you love them. But the rabid obsessiveness of Pinegrove’s youthful fanbase was the most emo quality of all. Those tattoos felt cultish and symbolic—of empathy, of aliveness, of artmaking in general—as if denoting a more tender but no less radical update on the Black Flag bars, as if each square sung that timeless mantra: Our band could be your life . Once, I admit, I considered searing those two squares into my skin. Pinegrove’s songwriting had come to represent, to me, a positive force within our ever-awakening music world. Where the pop-punk subculture of my youth could be hostile to young women, I saw something like true progression at Pinegrove shows and in their Twitter stream. They defied the all-white-male image of so many emo-adjacent bands and pushed progressive politics; by January 2017, they had donated over $21,000 in Bandcamp sales to Planned Parenthood and released an album, Elsewhere , to benefit the Southern Poverty Law Center, the civil rights advocacy nonprofit. Whether emo or indie, Pinegrove were compellingly thoughtful; they pointed in a better direction. I had gone to Kinderhook in 2017 to report what I thought would be a fairly triumphant profile of Pinegrove as they worked on their new album, Skylight . The band had already fulfilled the promise of DIY self-manifestation, having formed in 2010 around two lifelong friends, Hall and drummer Zack Levine, in their suburban hometown of Montclair, New Jersey. They had played music together since childhood and spent years roughing it on self-booked tours, playing to no one, subsisting on personal convictions. In Kinderhook, I paced across some springy fields with Hall while he philosophized about the practice of “peripatetic discourse” (that is, walking and talking at the same ti me). I list ened to him muse on the genius of Elena Ferrante. We caught sight of monarch butterflies and deer. I sat around while the band—Hall and Zack Levine, plus a rotating cast of Nick Levine, Nandi Rose Plunkett, Adan Carlo Feliciano, Sam Skinner, and Josh Marre—recorded music and made tacos. I observed while they scrolled through drafts of Hall’s semi-surrealist tweets and decided which to publish to the band’s account. From the time Hall picked me up from the train, with Loretta Lynn on the speakers, he had also been excitedly confessing about a musician he had recently met and become infatuated with. They had just spent several days hanging out—even duetting on his favorite song of all time, Aretha Franklin’s “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”—and Hall had stayed up all night writing a song about her, which he played for me and his bandmates. He said he ought to be honest: She would no doubt be occupying his mind throughout the duration of my trip. Hall was an open book, an intellectual chatterbox, a compelling storyteller. His personality met the honesty and high-wire energy of his songs. I still went for just the one square on that July night. Perhaps it was my own ingrained skepticism, but even in the summer of 2017, true Pinenut ink already felt too daring for comfort. I knew not to put that much faith in a male public figure, even if his songs have saved you. On November 21, 2017—at the height of the watershed #MeToo movement—Hall wrote a strikingly long, puzzlingly vague message on Pinegrove’s Facebook page acknowledging that he had been “accused of sexual coercion.” The statement described a “short but intense” relationship with an unnamed woman, and it carried an apologetic but defensive tone—not least of all when Hall attempted to rationalize his behavior by noting, “i believed all of our decisions to be based in love.” Following his opaque chronicle of the relationship, he also wrote that he had once said he “could sense who from the crowd would be interested in sleeping with me based on how they watched me perform.” The statement ended earnestly—“i have never felt remorse like this before”—but it raised a monumental number of troubling questions and answered few. After posting the statement, Hall did not deflect responsibility. In accordance with the alleged victim’s wishes, which were communicated to Pinegrove via a mediator, the band began a year-long hiatus from touring. Hall entered therapy. Skylight was shelved. A band who once prioritized clear and open communication went completely silent. The mediator clarified to me that, in this case, the alleged sexual coercion took the form of “verbal and contextual pressure” and that “the accusation is not of a physical nature at all.” The alleged victim requested that she remain anonymous in public discourse and declined to speak with me on the record for this piece. Hall’s statement was only the beginning of a story that has persisted, this year, in finding new ways to unravel. As an April report by SPIN revealed, the statement and ensuing fallout was instigated by a series of emails from the Philadelphia-based organization Punk Talks, which purports to connect touring musicians and music industry workers with free therapy. Their motto: “You don’t have to be sad to make great music.” Sheridan Allen, 27, founded Punk Talks in 2015, after she received bachelor’s degrees in social work and sociology from Northern Kentucky University, where she also completed graduate courses involving intimate partner violence and forensic interviewing as part of a child welfare program. On November 14, 2017, Allen emailed Pinegrove’s label, Run for Cover, and the promoters of a Cleveland, Ohio festival called Snowed In, which the band was set to play on November 25. In the email, which was obtained and reviewed by Pitchfork, Allen wrote that she was moved to reach out after speaking with an alleged victim of Hall’s, with whom she had connected via social media. “In the wave of people in influence being called out for dangerous behaviors,” she wrote, “I was approached today concerning Pinegrove.” Allen proceeded to describe Hall’s “predatory and manipulative behavior toward women attending Pinegrove shows and women he has been sexually involved with.” She stated that the alleged victim was “NOT THE FIRST” (emphasis hers) to tell her as much. She shared her belief, “as a mental health professional,” that Hall should “step away from music to receive intensive treatment.” She noted that the cancellation of Pinegrove’s tour and album release would be “nearly impossible to do without making a public statement,” though she did not specify who ought to write such a statement. Allen offered to speak with Hall herself and also suggested that Punk Talks could offer him “rehabilitation services.” She copied one of the organization’s licensed therapists on the email for “further guidance or clinical direction.” But even by sending that initial instigating email to Pinegrove’s label and promoters, Allen was possibly overstepping her boundaries. If Allen’s mission was to facilitate mental health treatment, then, as one licensed therapist told me, it would be unusual “to offer that service and then also be engaging in these unofficial accountability processes.” Mental health support is a markedly different resource than a community-based accountability process. “It would be incongruent with the mission [of a mental health provider] to approach this person and say, ‘You’re a perpetuator,’” the therapist told me. “If a therapist is going to engage in reparative accountability work, that would be extremely confidential. Everyone would be consenting to engaging in that.” Two days after Allen’s email, in an internal update sent to the Punk Talks team, she wrote that if Pinegrove did not step away from playing so that Hall could enter therapy, “the original victim and another identified victim plan to speak publicly, which we support 10000%.” She added, “I hope you will stand with me on this, it has not been an easy time working directly to take down the biggest band in indie right now and I am very tired.” (Five months later, Allen walked back those comments on Twitter, writing that Punk Talks “are not and will never be in the business of ‘taking down’ bands; this was a poor choice of words on my part and not an indication of the work we do.”) Allen had been approaching her effort from a few angles. According to Snowed In promoter Cory Hajde, Allen first contacted him to vaguely say that someone came to her “outing Evan as an abuser.” He considered removing Pinegrove from the festival, but without concrete details, Hajde said, he was “legally obligated” to keep the band on because they were in a contract. Allen pressed on. Hajde said she then proposed the idea of telling the opening bands on Pinegrove’s upcoming tour, Adult Mom and Saintseneca, about the allegations in an effort to cancel the shows. Hajde declined to intervene. “I think she felt like she had something to gain, which was very bizarre,” Hajde told me. “I felt bullied by the way she was talking to me throughout the whole process.” Steph Knipe, who performs as Adult Mom, is a trusted queer feminist voice in underground music. Knipe told me they received a text from Allen a week before their scheduled tour with Pinegrove, warning them about an issue with the tour but offering few details. “She put me in a weird position,” Knipe said. “A lot of people, myself included, don’t have the tools to know how to deal with situations like this. I was under the impression that Sheridan was a licensed therapist or social worker or counselor. Sheridan—coming from [Punk Talks], saying, ‘I’m trained to deal with this’—was basically abusing that safety, which made it doubly confusing and hard. When I got that text, I was like, ‘Oh thank god, this is exactly what we need in a situation like this—this will be handled really well!’ And it wasn’t.” Knipe said Adult Mom ultimately decided to cancel their dates with Pinegrove after they spoke with the alleged victim directly. Fellow opening act Saintseneca arrived at their decision similarly, according to band leader Zac Little. The same alleged victim, who knew a member of Saintseneca, contacted the group to say she had been sexually coerced by Hall. “We took this account seriously and decided to withdraw from the tour,” Little told me. The morning after Adult Mom and Saintseneca dropped off—just a week after Allen’s first email—Hall posted his statement; Pinegrove canceled the tour. But the alleged victim, it turned out, did not want her allegation to be made public. “Sheridan Allen did many things without my knowledge, support or permission involving the Pinegrove situation, even after I had already asked her to remove herself entirely from the situation,” she wrote in a statement to SPIN earlier this year. “I never asked for her to request or demand any type of statement from Pinegrove or Run for Cover. I’ve never said or implied to Sheridan that I wanted to ‘take down’ Pinegrove.” Allen inserted herself in many ways, she continued, “without my knowledge or consent.” When I reached Allen via email—she declined to be interviewed by phone—she said she knew of the victim’s wish for the situation to remain private, which is why she emailed band affiliates “rather than putting Evan or Pinegrove ‘on blast’” via social media. She denied asking Pinegrove to make a statement. “There was no motivation other than to help a survivor move forward from their trauma,” she wrote. In her email to Punk Talks staff, Allen mentioned a second “identified victim” of Hall’s. That person was—in Allen’s mind—Autumn Lavis, a Phoenix-based organizer and educator who has helped run an organization called Safer Scenes, which traveled on Warped Tour teaching bystander intervention to bands, crew, and fans. “I have been a victim of sexual assault and I have spent years working to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else,” Lavis told me. “But my involvement with Evan wasn’t like that.” Lavis and Hall first met in the summer of 2016. They had a brief, intimate relationship that, Lavis said, ended when Hall got back together with an ex-girlfriend. “The aftermath made me feel bad about myself,” Lavis said. “But I never felt that he was abusive towards me at all. If someone did have a negative experience, I want to validate that, but mine was consensual.” When the hurt of their relationship was still fresh, Lavis said she vented to Allen, who was her friend at the time. In the fall of 2017, Allen contacted Lavis to discuss Hall again. “She kind of made me feel worse about the situation,” said Lavis, who grew concerned when she saw a screenshot of Allen’s internal Punk Talks email circulating. “I asked Sheridan if she was referring to me [as a victim], because I had a strong feeling, and she said yes. I told her that I felt like I was misrepresented. She was apologetic. But it didn’t fix the situation.” (Allen confirmed to me that Lavis “was absolutely misrepresented in this email,” adding that she “misunderstood their interactions” and takes “full responsibility” for the error.) “I felt it was invalidating,” Lavis said, “not only towards me as someone who has been sexually assaulted, but to other people who have as well.” Lavis is in school to be a teacher, where she studies restorative justice—the idea that a perpetuator can reconcile with the community. “In that email, Sheridan was talking about ‘taking down Pinegrove,’” she said. “Restorative justice doesn’t look like that. It’s not a vendetta.” Before they became entangled in turmoil, Allen and Hall had actually been mutually supportive of one another. They met in April 2016 at a Pinegrove show in Columbus. Pinegrove were reaching the end of a nearly two-month tour; they made $100 per night and drove themselves around in a Ford Windstar. According to Hall, Allen told him about Punk Talks and said, “If you ever feel like you want somebody to talk to, you can talk to me.” Hall was unaware that Allen was not a licensed therapist. “I was like, ‘Awesome—being at the end of a seven-week tour, I could really use someone right now, if you have a minute,’” Hall recalled to me this year. “She said, ‘sure.’” According to Hall, they then went to the Pinegrove van; he sat in the driver’s seat, Allen in the passenger’s seat. “I confirmed confidentiality, and she said, ‘Of course, only if you’re a harm to yourself or planning harm to others would I say anything,’” Hall said. “Which is of course invoking a therapeutic context. I understood us to be having a session.” (Allen did not recall the specifics of their conversation.) Allen later checked up on Hall via text, and Hall referred a friend to Allen. Hall claims that Allen represented herself as a therapist and used confidential information from their session in her original instigating email, which he felt “violated” by. Hall comes from a family that valued therapy, he said; his mother was once a social worker and the director of a women’s shelter. Allen denies offering Hall therapy. “I did not at any point act as Evan’s therapist,” Allen wrote, calling their initial conversation only “personal in nature.” But others besides Hall told me that Allen represented herself as a therapist, and Allen referred to herself as a “professional therapist” on Twitter this April. When asked whether she ever represented herself as a therapist through her work with Punk Talks, Allen responded, “I have referred to myself as a therapist because, at that time, I was working as a therapist under the supervision of an individually licensed professional. I tried my best to make it clear to everyone that interacted with [Punk Talks] that our therapists are individually licensed and that I am not licensed to practice therapy independently.” Allen, who’s currently working to earn master’s degrees in social work and nonprofit management, acknowledged that, “I made egregious errors and mistakes throughout this situation. I was acting without any guidance or a board and I have done absolutely everything I can now and in the future to ensure adequate checks and balances, as well as ensuring this will never happen again.” Punk Talks has since assembled a board of directors, which Allen says she formed because she felt “unprepared” to handle the Pinegrove situation. Punk Talks and Pinegrove are now equally embroiled in a story that has no doubt perpetuated harm from both sides. It has become an almost gross magnification of the cultural moment we are living through, in which social media call-outs stand in for real resolution, when situations that ought to be accounted for in private are haphazardly made public, when definitions of consent are only flimsily and selectively applied, when what we believe as right or wrong feels impossibly far from what we might ever know as true or false . It is our inclination to cancel people, to nullify them. This makes some sense, particularly when considering that this burdensome question — What do we do with people who cause harm ? — so often falls onto people who have themselves been harmed. “I know that casting people off is not a permanent solution. It doesn’t really fix anything,” Adult Mom’s Knipe told me. “But the way to heal is to get this person out of your sight.” In some sense, I related. After reading Hall’s perplexing statement, it was my instinct to abandon this Pinegrove piece. But to ignore the story ultimately felt like a denial—of nuance, of truth, of the complications of the world we live in now, where these stories are objectively not all the same. “Everyone is capable of hurting other people… it’s just very ingrained in our behavior,” Knipe said. “And that’s why talking about it and accountability processes are so important.” In the wake of these newly public traumas, the conversation—the forum, the hearing, the entangling narrative threads—is profoundly crucial. It might be all we have. A year after my initial visit, I went back to Kinderhook this summer. The house was more lived in: Records were on the shelves, studio soundproofing had been built out, and Hall showed me a sizable plant named Orlando, after the Virginia Woolf novel. In a dining room, the stuffed toy monkey that once served as the band’s mascot on tour sat on a shelf presiding over the table where Hall, Zack Levine, and I talked for four hours. The year has been still for them and it showed. Hall’s demeanor has calmed; he’s grown his hair out. Since late 2017, both the band and the alleged victim have focused on coming to a private resolution via a trusted mediator. Until that resolution was reached, Hall said, “there was really no way for us to offer any clarification” to their fans. It was the alleged victim’s request that Pinegrove take a year off from touring and that Hall enter therapy. “We wanted to honor that,” Hall said. “She recognized that we’ve honored it, and has since approved our plan to release an album and play some shows later on this year.” (Their mediator confirmed this.) The uncertain extent to which Hall was being accused of abuse has now loomed over Pinegrove for nearly a year. That uncertainty is due to the absence of the alleged victim’s voice as well as the fact that sexual coercion, the term Hall used in his statement, can take many forms. T he mediator elaborated on the alleged victim’s account: “She and Evan had a brief relationship, and she was in a relationship when it started. She felt that he coerced her into cheating on her partner with him, and she felt that she said no to him several times… and he continued to pursue her.” Hall maintained that their relationship progressed mutually but acknowledged the alleged victim’s “right to describe her experience however feels true to her.” He added, “I definitely could have conducted myself better.” Hall has spent the year reflecting, reading, taking walks. He started skateboarding at a nearby park. He said he has been listening to “Kacey Musgraves and drone music exclusively.” He is attending therapy weekly in Montclair and has generally tried to slow down. He said he has been thinking about how consent applies to all relationships, about how to “live more democratically” among peers . “This situation has demanded a full re-inventorying of myself,” Hall added. “I’ve tried to approach that with humility and with focus.” H e said the band never considered breaking up. Being off the road has been crucial since, as Hall put it, “Touring a lot prevents you from dealing with your emotional ecosystem because it’s so demanding and decentralizing.” Hall has been reading Canadian novelist Rachel Cusk, more Ferrante, and the intersectional feminist writer bell hooks’ 2000 classic All About Love —a book that has been especially helpful in the #MeToo era as we collectively search for answers in the wake of so much public trauma. hooks promotes living by a “love ethic” over a “power ethic,” and emphasizes the necessity of open and clear communication in achieving that. When I asked Hall what he has learned from it, he mentioned hooks’ definition of love as “actions that nurture the soul of another person or yourself,” the fact that “patriarchy promotes dishonesty,” that “love is incompatible with abuse.” I asked Hall about how his perspective has changed since the day he posted his statement to Facebook last November. “At first, I felt defensiv e. I was trying to understand what the accusation was. It really didn’t jive with my memory of what had happened,” h e said. “I take consent seriously. All of our encounters were verbally consensual. But, OK, certainly this isn’t from nowhere. If she came away feeling bad about our encounter, feeling like she couldn’t express how she was feeling honestly at the time, that’s a huge problem. So I have been reflecting a lot about how a relationship that promotes honesty is an active process, and that maybe there are conversations we should have had that we didn’t, or maybe there’s something else I could have done to make her feel like she could have said how she was feeling. I’ve been thinking about that all the time.” Of his chosen language in the statement, Hall said, “A lot of people took issue with the phrase ‘sexual coercion,’ because they understood it was evasive, like I was obscuring a more serious accusation. But I included that phrase because that was the language used by the person I was involved with. It was meant as a symbol of respect to have her dictate the language of the conversation. In the context of our relationship, she felt that I had sometimes pressured her into having sex—not physically, but verbally and contextually.” Hall characterized the statement as a direct response to what he calls the “elevated and inflammatory language” of Allen’s email, which he said “felt like a threat.” For Hall, the notion of an alleged second victim “contributed to me kind of spiraling out, like, ‘Holy shit, if there are multiple women who have complaints about me, maybe I’ve been completely delusional.’ I was really trying to address that possibility.” It put him in a headspace of “paranoia and fear.” “I was responding very specifically to one person,” Hall said, referring to Allen. “I wanted to appease them. I don’t know. I was not thinking clearly, and I said some things that I can’t totally stand behind.” Hall spent three days mulling over the statement, with one day and night of focused writing. He said he has “probably 100 drafts” of thoughts in his phone. Hall and Levine enlisted the guidance of trusted friends and people on their team, but the statement was ultimately their doing, or as Hall put it, “something we really need to own.” No one tried to stop them. “I mean, I remember my mom being like, ‘Are you sure you have to do this?’” Hall recalled. “And I was like, ‘No. I don’t know if I have to do this. But a lot of people are telling me that I do. And I think I do. I wanna do the right thing. I’m not sure what it is.’” Hall said he included the part of the statement about how he “could sense who from the crowd would be interested in sleeping with me based on how they watched me perform” because it was mentioned in Allen’s email, and he felt compelled to address everything brought up against him. According to Hall, that line was based on something he told the alleged victim once in private. “I was noticing people act towards me in a certain way, from the audience,” Hall said. “And then those same people would sometimes approach me at the merch table or in person after the set, and be very directly solicitous, or proposition me. This was an observation based on a correlation. I was not objectifying people from the stage.” I told Hall that, when I read the statement in November, it seemed to insinuate that he had sexualized fans in the crowd. He clarified, “I categorically do not target fans for sex. Nevertheless, I understand why reading what I wrote would make people reflect on their experiences at our concerts through an uncomfortable lens. And I’m so sorry to anybody who read that and felt uncomfortabl e. When I really think back about the statement, the language is just so dissonant and horrible. It’s not ever what I’ve meant to convey. W e have always prioritized the safety of fans at our concerts, and we always will prioritize the safety of fans at our concerts.” If he could do it all over again, Hall said, he would make the statement shorter. “I’ve gotten into all sorts of trouble throughout my life just not knowing when to stop, verbally,” he continued. “Being honest in situations when I’m not supposed to be.” He murmured, “Honest to a fault, I guess.” For a long time, after posting the message, Hall didn’t look at the internet. When he did, he was destroyed by “the emotional impact of seeing people calling me a rapist, which is not even what I’m being accused of, with such authority,” he said. “Or even seeing people call for my death on Twitter.” While reflecting on his attempts to not internalize it all, he began to cry. Even so, Pinegrove have not appreciated uncritical support, either. “If the band defended ourselves, it would have required us to basically be representing ‘the accused,’” Levine reasoned. “We’re not looking to defend that group of people.” “We don’t want listeners who are like, ‘We don’t care about this sort of thing,’” Hall added. “ We care about this sort of thing. I’m way more sympathetic to people who are like, ‘I don’t understand this situation, it seems fucked up, fuck this band,’ than people who are like, ‘I don’t understand this situation, fuck this situation, I love this band.’ We are thoroughly in favor of the dismantling of patriarchal structures, and the movement right now to elevate survivors and victims of abuse. And we are not interested in a listenership that doesn’t care about that.” As the only woman in Pinegrove, Nandi Rose Plunkett had a singular perspective on Hall’s situation. (A multi-instrumentalist, she left the group’s full-time lineup at the end of 2016 to pursue her own project, Half Waif, though she still performed on Skylight ; she is currently engaged to Pinegrove’s Zack Levine.) Plunkett made her support of her bandmate clear: “I do not think Evan is at all a threat to young women attending shows,” she wrote via email. Plunkett added that she has had “many productive conversations privately” about the allegations against Hall, but said it has felt “daunting” to speak in public. “Still, I’m hopeful that the space is beginning to open up for these challenging conversations,” she said. “ I want any young female fans and fellow musicians to know that I’m fighting for them. I’ve dealt with a lot of challenges as a multiracial woman and I’ve been thrust now into the middle of a situation that I never imagined I’d be a part of. But I’m learning a lot from it, having tough conversations and pushing myself and those around me to dismantle the structures of privilege that have built and bound us. In order to grow into a more loving and understanding community, we have to work towards healing through sensitive and open communication. And that’s what we’re trying to do.” Pinegrove plan to release Skylight on September 28, though they will be putting it out themselves. The band was not dropped from Run for Cover, according to label head Jeff Casazza. But according to Hall, there was “some discomfort expressed” from other artists on the label about Skylight ’s release, spurring the mutual decision. (Pinegrove plan to work with a different label in the future.) The band will donate all proceeds from Bandcamp sales of Skylight to three charities: the Voting Rights Project , the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention , and Musicares , which offers mental health resources to musicians among other services. The album’s cover features a pale blue square inside of a navy one. Hall said Skylight has not changed in any significant way since it was recorded in mid-2017, which gives it an eerie prescience. Its opening lines find Hall committing, “I draw a line in my life/Singing this is the new way I behave now.” And then there is the ecstatic “Intrepid,” which wonders about “what type of world we wanna live in” and what might happen “if we learned to love ourselves better.” Skylight ’s stark centerpiece, “Thanksgiving,” is perhaps most uncanny of all considering how closely the fallout overlapped with that holiday a year ago: “Warm night before Thanksgiving/What do I have to be nervous for?” On the album’s closer, the pedal-steel weeper “Light On,” Hall pleads, “I wanna do much better.” That same sentiment echoed throughout Hall’s Facebook statement, and I was so befuddled that the song was completely written before the public Pinegrove reckoning—as all of the lyrics on Skylight were—that Hall had to remind me, “The same person who wrote the statement wrote that song.” Pinegrove made its name on a song called “Old Friends.” The Cardinal opener is, in its three and a half minutes, a song about ambition, defeat, introversion, autonomy, happiness, humility, love (platonic, romantic, familial), and the complex familiarity of home. Its central lines, however, are purely a matter of life and death. They form what Hall calls “a summary of what we’re about… the logical conclusion.” I saw Leah on the bus a few months ago I saw some old friends at her funeral My steps keep splitting my grief Through these solipsistic moods I should call my parents when I think of them Should tell my friends when I love them It sets a mood: vulnerability, introspection, compassion, severity. “It’s about saying what you mean and having the confidence to say it,” Hall explained to me in July 2017, sitting on the floor of his Kinderhook bedroom. “There was someone who was an acquaintance—a friend of a friend, really—that died in a very sudden and tragic way. It was an accident. I had always sort of distantly had a crush on her, but I had never taken the time to really get to know her. We don’t have much time. So why do we withhold our true feelings? Why are we playing it cool?” “Old Friends” reminded Hall of his dim, dusty bedroom in Montclair, where he would spend long, lonely afternoons in his mid-20s, without direction or purpose, smoking weed and staring at the mess on his floor. “I was coming from a pretty dark place,” he said. “This moment shook me out of that. Eventually I imagined my way out. I was just writing a song that I needed.” In 2016, I needed it, too. I was already obsessed with Cardinal by that fall, when I learned that an old friend of mine had died. The friend and I had been on uncertain terms for many years, and I was devastated by the realization that we would never fully reconcile. I listened to “Old Friends” as a reminder to never let that happen again. It really was one of the only things that helped. I was mourning a deeply complicated relationship. It had ended, mostly, with an instance of sexual harm that nauseates me to mention; with me cutting him off, him getting help, and surfacing, years later, to apologize. I really felt he had changed. I half-heartedly accepted the apology, and carried on with my life. The relationship ultimately made me see and feel—with a gravity that has staked itself into my heart—the entanglements of mental illness, addiction, predation, and depression. We bring ourselves to music; it’s the only way. The song is there, but so are we, processing it in tandem with our personal inventories, the rolodexes of pain and trauma and fortitude and joy that make us the people we are. When clarity is in short supply, we still have the agency to think our way through. Our experiences dictate what we are comfortable with, what we can possibly forgive, and what we cannot accept.

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* Ameraican indie pop musician 3) Pinegrove - they are american indie pop musician, they don’t have many music videos, but it’s unique their visual concept is ‘square’, and they uses that squares in their album and other goods

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mis playlists

chill mood

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/3U0uykvsYobpavWCFyqwU7?si=vDn724fGRwOkIawkvZv4Mw

 Nancy From Now On - Father John Misty

 Downtown - Triathalon

 What We Want - Chef P

 Rillo Talk - Wild Child

 Strip - Indica

 Searching the Blue - The Arcs

 Keep in Touch - Yuki

 So Good At Being in Trouble - Unknown Mortal Orchestra

 Good Morning - Ralph Castelli

 Macabre - Land Of Talk

 I Like You - dandelion hands

 Postcards Holiday - Boys Age

 Group Thang - Demo - DRAM

 Oceans V2 - Felly

 Holding Out For You - Pond 

 ZZZ - Milkavelli

 norf side long beach - afternoon

 Long Gone - Phum Viphurit

 Shalala - Moses Gunn Collective

happy mood

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/69p82JiQm4riG1LbwqHJWt?si=vfJNuqfXToqlyjhX1uoxFg

 Come Home - CHAPPO

 Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes

 Caring Is Creepy - The Shins

 My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

 Swim - Her

 Put a Light On - Generationals

 Blue Bayou - Roy Orbison

 Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

 Alien Days - MGMT

 Weekend - Last Dinosaurs

 rob a rewelry store - pinkcaravan!

 Daisy Chains - Will Joseph Cook

 Droopy - Vibrations

 love - Dean

 LSD - Jamila Woods

 Season 2 Episode 3 - Glass Animals

 Crua Chan - Sumo

 C & C - The Frights

 Rough Soul - GoldLink

 Palm Trees - GoldLink

 Anita - Smino

 Kill - Lupe Fiasco

 Black Chapstick - Chicano Batman

 Medusa - Kailee Morgue

 Lovers Rock - TV Girl 

 Bad Sun - The Bravery

 Teen Age Riot (Album Version) - Sonic Youth

angry mood

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/42muuCDBnkdWQFLqSpGCNg?si=G4eqGQg1Q-mSjRyHC9s6mw

 Nocturnal Me - Ecko & the Bunnymen

 On Your Way Down - The Jungle Giants

 Trust Issues - HTHAZE

 Pale Rose - theMIND

 Marceline - Vista Kicks

 Human Sadness - The Voidz

 Paracetamol - Declan McKenna

 Sasquatch .22 - Bay Faction

 I Saw Your Eyes Close - Local Natives

 Daydream / Wetdream / Nightmare - Saint Motel

rap songs

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/5Z5Nig2jkPs3wWXkxDVZkp?si=TtbTq9TBT567m1a0bUo2lg

Crew - GoldLink

Analog 2 - Odd Future

Hit the Ceiling - LION BABE

Human Gods - Twelve'len

Rosé - WELL$

Loki - tyler coolidge

Jawbreaker - The Last Artful, Dodgr

Northstar - Malcolm London

Where Do We Go from Here - Pool Cosby

Luvin U - Houdinne

Heavenly Father - Isaiah Rashad 

Tame Cab - Kevin Abstract

romantic mood

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/6YONbaIRmWB3RaDkQqDGpr?si=oqBgzCfKT0a2heh2oc9RDg

 Incomplete Kisses - Sampha

 I'm Ready - Skizzy Marz

 Blue October - Pick Pateck 

 Sleepyhead - Burns Twins

 Late Nights - Hiko Momoji

 Love Is Only a Feeling - Joey Bada$$

 Sincerely, Yours - Sophie Meiers

 Make It Happen - Herrick & Hooley

 Flowerchild (Riverbank) - Jay Squared 

sad mood

https://open.spotify.com/user/valenleg/playlist/0uu8WOafnfQklAaB1Dqpko?si=39Xkn-qNQtqESM21Fqw60A

Won´t Live Here - Daniel Caesar

Give It Up - Goldensuns

Namesake - Warren Wolfe

Naruto Themed Sexting - Panucci's Pizza

Hunnie Pie - Zella Day

Worry - Isaac Lewis

Aphasia - Pinegrove

I´m A Fool to Want You - Frank Sinatra

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News RoundUp • Pitchfork Fest Announces Chicago Talent, CPS Students Pen Open Letter to Chance The Rapper & More

Winter decided to pop back in for one last go around as much of the city's artist class escaped down to Texas for the annual South by Southwest retreat. While the cold definitely put a damper on the regular movement in and around Chicago, the news kept churning and, true to form lately, Chance found himself in the center of things with additional donations to CPS and plenty of praise for it. Meanwhile, Pitchfork unveiled their full lineup which includes several locals again, the city offered up some jobs for teens and much more on our latest News Round Up. 

CPS Students Pen Open Letter to Chance The Rapper

Over the course of the last few weeks, Chance The Rapper has emerged as perhaps the biggest and most visible proponent for the Chicago Public School system. Between sparring with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, donating $1 million to the public school system and announcing a subsequent $10,000 for nine additional schools, Chance has proven to be a catalyst for the positivity our city sorely needs. It seems as though his efforts aren't going unnoticed by those he has aimed to affect, either, as the students in CPS have been quick to show their gratitude in the form of drawings, thank you letters and plenty of high-fives and hugs. Three Lakeview students however decided to pen their thoughts, taking time to underline just how important the 23-year-old Grammy winners actions have been to them personally. Check the whole thing out below.

"First and foremost, we as Chicago Public School students would like to thank you for the supportive donation to our schools. As we all know, CPS has been struggling financially, and your donation has really given us a push to get to where we need to be and possibly motivate others to give back to the community as well. This is only one of the many things that you have done to improve our Chicago.

After you gave CPS the push that was needed to help give us students what we deserve, you encouraged other celebrities such as Derrick Rose to do so as well. If this goes on, CPS could be saved and our schools could receive the best educational experience we are worthy of. You are one of the reasons this can be made possible.

All of the things that you do for our city never go unnoticed. All of the free concerts you host and all the time you spend here in the city really show you care. We notice it. We look up to you because the fame usually takes humility away from artists, but it hasn’t changed you.

There are many big celebrities from Chicago, but you are one of the few that really give back. It is evident that you sincerely care for the youth here. This is why you are an inspiration to us. We appreciate you for not only representing us through your music, but also through your actions.

In Chicago, a person is shot every 2 hours and 48 minutes. A person is murdered every 14 hours and 27 minutes, and you helped stop gun violence in Chicago for 42 hours with the help of your Twitter account and various Chicago radio stations. Even though this was three years ago, the fact you had such a tremendous impact on Chicago shows how much the people of this city look up to you.

You're more than just an artist to us, you are a way of life. You make music that we can relate to on many levels, because you know what living in Chicago is like, and you want to make changes in the city. We may not be from the same side but we come from the same city. We just want to thank you for not forgetting where you came from and helping the city of Chicago in more ways than just being an inspirational rapper. You’re using your fame for good and not just to look good. You gave $1 million dollars of your personal money to Chicago schools and that's something no one has done for us.

We thank you for supporting Chicago's minority youth when not many others have put time to think about the kids. As minority students we feel ignored and as though we don’t have enough support from bigger influences like you. Being born and raised in Chicago is not easy at all. There are so many stereotypes and restrictions we have as teenagers due to the frequent violence and crimes. Your music puts some at ease because we know that someone cares and someone has experienced these daily struggles too. You and your music have taught us that you can be true to yourself and still be successful, still be self-made.

Once again, thank you for aiding us and giving something back to the city we know and love, Chicago. "

Sincerely, Alex Rojas, Alondra Cerros, and Annelisse Betancourt Lake View High School Students Chicago, Illinois

Pitchfork Selects A Handful of Chicagoans to Perform In Their Own Backyard

Pitchfork has officially announced their full festival lineup after announcing headliners A Tribe Called Quest, Solange and LCD Soundsystem last week. Additional acts include Danny Brown, Vince Staples, Kamaiyah, Isiah Rashad, Frances and the Lights, Madlib on the hip-hop side. Pinegrove, Dirty Projectors, Angel Olsen, Nicolas Jaar, and the Avalanches round off other genres. In good tradition, Pitchfork has a handful of Chicago talents featured throughout the lineup like rapper Joey Purp, singer Jamila Woods, rock band NE-HI and house legend Derrick Carter. The festival itself is held at Union Park, home to other festivals like North Coast Music Festival in the fall.

The full line-up can be found at Pitchfork.com/festival/chicago. Tickets and 3-day passes are on-sale now! Single day passes are $75 and 3-day passes are $175.

One Summer Chicago Offers Summer Jobs for Chicago Teens

While the snow outside might now have one's mind squarely on the summer months just yet, the city of Chicago is looking to fill some positions ahead of the annual thawing and has roughly 30,000 positions for seasonal work available to Chicago teens. The jobs are currently being offered as part of the city's "One Summer Chicago' intiative. Teens and young adults ages 14-24 can apply online at onesummerchicago.org by May 15, officials said. 

If you're looking to follow suit of recent Chicagoans like Chance above, the city is also allowing residents to donate to the Robert R. McCormick Foundation to expand the opportunities for the teens and young adults which began in 2011 offering 700 jobs. 

While the evolution of the program is certainly a positive for the city, Mayor Rahm Emanuel has been frustrated by the lack of federal and state funding put forward. While the jobs are widely available to teens and young adults, roughly 2,000 will be set aside for the city's "most at-risk teens and young adults" who will also receive ""intensive mentoring and cognitive therapy" as part of an effort designed to reduce crime."

"Every year, One Summer Chicago opens the doorway of opportunity to a valuable work experience and a summer paycheck today, leading our children to realize their full potential and a brighter future tomorrow," Mayor Rahm Emanuel said. "The federal government and the state government [are] A.W.O.L. on supporting our kids."

According to DNAInfo, "Also on Tuesday, Emanuel endorsed an effort by Thrive Chicago, a non-profit group, to help 10,000 16- to 24-year-old Chicagoans find work or go back to school by 2020."

Wormhole Coffee Coming to Logan Square

As Logan Square quickly transforms into a semblance of Wicker Park, it seems the staples from one neighborhood are quickly bleeding into another as the iconic Wormhole Coffeeshop in Wicker announced that it would be opening a new location, its second, just northwest on Milwaukee ave.

According to DNAInfo, "Travis Schaffner was issued a city permit to convert a medical office at 3431 W. Fullerton Ave. into a coffee shop/cafe with on-site bean roasting. The cost of construction was listed at $215,000, according to the permit."

The new location will contain a new concept and not be a furtherance of the 80's video game-themed decor of the location at 1462 N. Milwaukee Ave. 

"The Logan Square project is a cafe/roasterie with very, VERY new and fancy equipment which I am hesitant to discuss but it's going to create quite a serious windfall of goodness for the quality of our beans," Schaffner wrote in an email.

The move is the latest in a series of migrations to the newly-minted hipster-enclave that has changed dramatically over the course of the last five years. Recently, the Double Door and American Apparel joined a quickly-rising list of longtime commercial residents that have since left the neighborhood, which is quickly becoming overrun by over-priced condos and chic new moms with baby carriages.