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  • A 22-year-old artist and the era of no attention spans

    When I’m in between work days, trying to let myself relax, I get antsy. I like to be working on something, and when I’m not, I feel like I’m wasting time. I’m not exactly sure why I’m like this, aside from the fact that it is how I’m wired; I thrive off a “job well…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Olivia’s interview with Maddie

    Hellooo, Carousel Thirteen! My name is Olivia Sipla and I’ve been a fellow admirer of Maddie’s work for years. I am currently in my third year attending The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design as a Fine Art/New Studio Practice major. During my fall semester I was given an assignment to conduct an interview with…

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    Olivia Sipla

  • New year, new things

    It is 20 days into 2026 and I already feel like I have done more this year than any of the previous 5 years of my life combined. This is hyperbolic, but seriously it is off to a crazy start. In a good way. An amazing way, even.  To end off 2025, I had a…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Fangs Up, Cobra Style!

    Hello I am here to share my love for Cobra Starship. You probably know a few of their songs already: “You Make Me Feel… (feat. Sabi)”) and the iconic “Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester)” !!! Aside from those, I wanted to talk about my own personal favorite tracks and recommendations. Thanks to my…

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    Gracie Kansier

  • Maddie and Gracie love Interpol

    I love Interpol. So does Gracie. This is something that has already made itself clear on this blog, as I wrote pretty heavily about my introduction to them here, but I felt it would be unfair to myself not to write a post entirely dedicated to them. Since I have spoken about them already though,…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Maddie’s favorite music videos

    One of mine and Allison’s favorite leisure activities, especially when we have company over, is to go down a music video rabbit hole. These are usually the same videos again and again, until we find one we maybe haven’t seen before for a song we both love. In seventh grade, I’d come home and watch…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Like new

    This weekend, I finished my seasonal job working for The Parade Company in Detroit, where we build America’s Thanksgiving Parade. I work on the paper mache “Big Heads” and am a painter for float stuff. The season, for me, started back at the end of May, right when I had finished college and graduation and…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Don’t Delete The Kisses

    I am sitting at a coffee shop right now, outdoors, and somehow too warm in just a long-sleeved shirt and jeans even though it is mid-October in Michigan. I wish I was wearing my coat. I love my coat. It’s a vintage, pink and yellow and green plaid wool Pendleton coat. The wind feels cold…

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    Maddie Duda

  • Anthems for a 22-year-old girl

    You know when you just want to do a million things all at once? All those cool ideas you have, and goals to accomplish? But there’s work, and household chores, laundry, meal prepping, rugs to vacuum, sinks to clean, clothes to mend, clothes to purge, grocery shopping, more work, and more work. But you have…

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    Maddie Duda

  • I think my heart yearns to be a rock star

    For my birthday, I asked my sister for a copy of the book Meet Me in the Bathroom by Lizzy Goodman. Named after a song by The Strokes, this book covers the 2000s NYC rock revival scene. AKA probably my favorite era in music. Since around June-ish, I’ve become super obsessed with the band Interpol,…

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    Maddie Duda

Check out our playlists!

Between summer and fall

New Friends – Pinegrove Trucker’s Atlas – Sun Kil Moon Girl Sailor – The Shins Fakin’ It -…

Mary-Kate and Ashley

Helicopter – Bloc Party Banquet – Bloc Party She’s Hearing Voices – Bloc Party Reptilia – The Strokes…

polkadot

Sister Kate – The Ditty Bops Wishful Thinking – The Ditty Bops Short Stacks – The Ditty Bops…

I have a pair of Converse

Untitled – Interpol Obstacle 1 – Interpol PDA – Interpol Say Hello to the Angels – Interpol Roland…

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