I had my motivation handed to me this evening as soon as I got a microphone on my hand. A lovely song was all I needed to hear. Sadly, it was first sung by someone I hadn’t thought about in years, and who I’d only learned a day or so ago had passed away quite recently. What would that leave? An opening, empty space, and one of many things left behind to revisit.

A view from a booth at The Golden Bull, a venerable downtown bar and live music venue, on Sunday, November 27, 2022 in Oakland, California, where two people stand on a stage with microphones and sing the Tool song Stinkfist to open the latest of renowned karaoke jockey Dana Morrigan's twice monthly queeraoke events as Morrigan looks on

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