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!
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)
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
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