September Staff Picks

Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things we’ve been enjoying— especially in quarantine. Here’s to more grounding, self-reflection and education!

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Photograph by Michael Lee

Musicians & Bands

ppcocaine

Erykah Badu

Wallows

ABRA

Gia Margaret

Julian Neel

Lewis Del Mar

Yellow Days

Cannibal Kids

Seafoam Walls

Asobi Seksu

Pale Saints

Khruangbin

Greer

Beach House

Melody’s Echo Chamber

Films

Inception (2010, Netflix)

Flower (2017, Hulu)

Sleeping With Other People (2015, Netflix)

Uncut Gems (2019, Netflix)

Entire Twilight Saga, of course (Amazon Prime)

All About Lily Chou-Chou (2002, Amazon Prime)

Misbehaviour (2020, Amazon Prime)

Waking Life (2001, Amazon Prime)

Asparagus (1979, Amazon Prime)

We the Animals (2018, Netflix)

Guava Island (2019, Amazon Prime)

There Will Be Blood (2007, Netflix)

First Reformed (2017, Amazon Prime)

Ford v Ferrari (2019, Apple TV+)

Zero Dark Thirty (2012, Netflix) 

Jubilee by Derek Jarman (YouTube)

Articles, Essays & Journals

James Baldwin: How to Cool It

Revolution is not a one-time event

Activities & Hobbies

Keeping up to date on resources and doing what you can to educate those around you

Getting into healthy routines and discovering the new “normal” that is best for our mental health and productivity

Saving the USPS!

Teen Dream Stream movie nights

Supporting small BIPOC businesses on Twitter

Embroidery!

Playing Guitar

Other

10 Second Font Builder

Albums

Oncle Jazz by Men I Trust

folklore by Taylor Swift

Isolation by Kali Uchis

Euphoria Original Soundtrack

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Ho, why is you here? by Flo Milli

You Think It’s Like This But Really It’s Like This by Mirah

Malibu by Anderson .Paak

Limbo by Amine

Pool by Porches

From the Leaves of Your Garden by Modern Color

Podcasts

Call Me Daddy

Food 4 Thot 

F**ks Given

On Being 

Bad Gays

TV Shows

Dear White People (Netflix)

Love On The Spectrum (Netflix)

Shameless (new season, Netflix)

Seinfeld (Hulu)

2 Dope Queens (Hulu)

Haikyu!! (Netflix)

Upload (Netflix)

Hollywood (Netflix)

Dark (Netflix)

Community (Stan, Netflix)

Insecure (HBO)

Lost (Stan)

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (Netflix) – CW: Sexual abuse

Schitts Creek (Netflix)

Immigration Nation (Netflix)

I May Destroy You (Hulu)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix)

Books

Demagoguery and Democracy by Patricia Roberts-Miller

On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

I Am Young by M. Dean

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Hot Milk by Deborah Levy

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard

The Hour of The Star by Clarice Lispector

Ban en Banlieue by Bhanu Kapil  

Flux by Orion Carloto

Pillow Thoughts by Courtney Peppernell

Foods & Snacks

Vegetable Quiche

Garlic Chèvre Toast

Grilled peaches with mascarpone and maple syrup

Baked cinnamon roll oats 

Dark chocolate covered almonds

Short Films & Videos

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It feels as if the world has been turned upside down. The sun doesn't shine anymore, it just goes through the motions like a goddamn traffic light. And every day is the same day but with a different name tag and "tomorrow" might as well be next week or next month or next year. Elijah McClain played his violin for stray cats because he wanted to comfort them. I can't help but wonder if those cats are gonna miss him. Or if they'll ask themselves why he doesn't come around anymore, or if they'll feel lonely without him. I wish I had a chance to hear his music. The world is a wretched and miserable piss pot and it feels as if we're barely dipping our toes into just how much pain and suffering there truly is out there. And it's just getting so damn hard to feel hopeful about anything anymore. But I want to. I really do. I see the people in the street and the people doing their best to just do their best and they all give me this cautious feeling that maybe things can get better. Maybe not tomorrow, or next week, or next month. But someday, I hope. Please Support: Black Lives Matter Los Angeles www.blmla.org Mayor's Fund for Los Angeles: COVID-19 Crisis Fund www.mayorsfundla.org/covid19 Picture: Horatio Baltz www.baltzphotographic.com @horatiobaltz Sound: Lord Youth www.lordyouth.bandcamp.com @lord_youth

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Hello, I'm Shelley Duvall, Queen of the Magic Kingdom! Welcome to my YouTube page! If you like me, my stories and all my friends from the forest (Mr. Rabbit,...

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