Track 34: Sadness as a Gift

EAR•WAX Newsletter 001 | July 2026

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Higher Grounds: audio fiction review

by Rhianna Stephenson In 1993, rock singer Elle Harrison (Katy Yoder) was found dead at the Nashville coffee shop she ran with her three best friends. Thirty years later, a reporter interviews the women left behind to find out what really happened to Elle. This story follows these musicians’ lives,

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Fourth of July - Galaxie 500

It's a national holiday. The national holiday. Independence Day for the United States. And it's never been more obvious that we're living in a corrupt authoritarian state designed only to ensure profit for those in power at the expense of those who aren'

Leaning on the windowsill /You could write me someday, and I think you will /We could see the sadness as a gift and still /Feel too heavy to hold.

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EAR•WAX Newsletter 001 | July 2026

Higher Grounds: audio fiction review

Goodbye Substack, Hello EAR•WAX!

Fourth of July - Galaxie 500

Leaning on the windowsill /
You could write me someday, and I think you will /
We could see the sadness as a gift and still /
Feel too heavy to hold.