GL.25.15: Caseysimone Ballestas
GL.25.17: DESA WARNER
GL.25.18: Claren Warner
GL.25.19: Vikram Joseph
GL.25.20: Kevin Wyckoff
GL.25.21: Sidney Southerland
GL.25.22: Jazzmen Williams
GL.25.23: Megan Swidler
GL.25.24: Carl Anderson
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Desa, Kellen, and Katie’s Guest List 2025
It has been difficult for me to sit down to write my Guest List intro this year. I have been so busy at work, my head filled with what is necessary to complete whatever task that is due (or was due two weeks ago…) that even a paragraph’s-worth of my own thoughts feels like it is taking up much needed space. Perhaps it is middle age. Perhaps it is the phase in life that I am in: taking care of my kids and my parents while at an elevated point in my career - responsible for my clients and employees, handling more difficult cases as my experience grows; still paying off the last of my student loans but nervous about saving enough to send the kids to college and retire. The majority of the time I am happy, grateful, and able to maintain my balance. But there are moments when things feel so full, so weighed, so much like I am chasing time. And then there’s the world! When I look up from what is consuming my time and catch the news…well, you all know.
Yet, despite all of this, Katie, Kellen, and my playlist for the year is so joyful, tender, thoughtful, and funny! It comforts me that there are artists out there whose heads have the space for such cleverness and creativity. I collect quotes from books I read and three from this year stand out when I think of our Guest List:
“…how many people go on creating beautiful things even when life is full of pain?” – The Map of Salt and Stars
“Those who shun the whimsy of things will experience rigor mortis before death.” – Still Life with Woodpecker
“Don’t be angry, be productive.” – The Berry Pickers
A thank you to the musicians on our list who channeled their experiences into productivity, who shared the whimsy they found in our world, and who continue to make beautiful things. And a thank you too to my friend Aaron, whose love of music forces me to slow down for an hour each December to make space for my own thoughts.
1. “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” – ROLE MODEL
2. “Sue me” – Audrey Hobert
3. “I Got A New One” – Elizabeth Nichols
4. “Tennis” – Lily Allen
5. “Keep Me Honest” – Michael Marcagi
6. “Betty” – AJR
7. “I’ve seen ur ex” – flowerovlove
8. “Last Girls At The Party” – The Beaches
9. “Shapeshifting on a Saturday Night” – Avery Cochrane
10. “Grudge” – Carter Faith
11. “How Bad Do U Want Me” – Lady Gaga
12. “When Did You Get Hot?” – Sabrina Carpenter
13. “Call Me When You Break Up” – Selena Gomez, benny blanco, Gracie Abrams
14. “So Easy (To Fall In Love)” – Olivia Dean
15. “I Sit In Parks” – Kelsea Ballerini
16. “holy smoke” – Maren Morris
17. “Voices In My Head, Pt. 2” – bby, Betty
18. “Lucy” – Mt. Joy
19. “catch these fists” – Wet Leg
20. “ANXIETY” – Sleepy Hallow, Doechii
21. “WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!” – RAYE
22. “You You You” – Maisie Peters
23. “Tough Luck” – Laufey
24. “back to friends” – sombr
25. “shoreline” – chloe moriondo
26. “Ordinary Creature” – Of Monsters and Men
27. “Baby Steps” – Olivia Dean
28. “twilight zone” – Ariana Grande
29. “Sex and the city” – Audrey Hobert
30. “Saddle Again” – ROLE MODEL
31. “6 Months Later” – Megan Moroney
32. “Anthems For A Seventeen Year-Old Girl” – Maggie Rogers, Sylvan Esso
33. “I Can Change Him” - Jensen McRae
34. “Time With My Sins” – The Head And The Heart
35. “Dollar Store” – Ben Kweller, Waxahatchee
36. “What Was That” – Lorde
37. “Fucking You To Death” - LAUREL
38. “End of the World” – Miley Cyrus
39. “Opalite” – Taylor Swift
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