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Deric Hollings
Sep 24, 20245 min read
Happy Place
[ DISCLAIMER ] I recently came across a video of Alison Wonderland performing at Electric Daisy Carnival —an electronic dance music...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 22, 20249 min read
Connie
[ DISCLAIMER ] If memory serves it was during my sophomore year at Amarillo High School (AHS) that I was introduced to Connie, a speech...
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Deric Hollings
Sep 20, 20247 min read
Holding Church
[ DISCLAIMER ] For a brief period of time, my late mom was affiliated with a Texas-based outlaw motorcycle club (MC). To state it...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 24, 20249 min read
Elements of the Past
[ DISCLAIMER ] Although I’m uncertain, I think the above photo of my sisters and I was taken in or around 1979. Unless I’m mistaken, I...
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Deric Hollings
Aug 6, 20246 min read
Believer
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use During my second year in Okinawa, Japan, a crime comedy film by the name of Go was released. I...
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Deric Hollings
Jul 21, 20245 min read
A Spring of Hope
[DISCLAIMER] Considering political turmoil over the past couple weeks, and having written a number of blogposts related to issues which...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 15, 20244 min read
Innocente (Falling in Love)
[DISCLAIMER] In 2001, electronic dance music (EDM) duo Delerium released a track entitled “Innocente (Falling in Love)” that featured the...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 15, 20246 min read
Turn It Around
[DISCLAIMER] I can’t recall exactly when I first heard it or the precise version to which I was initially introduced, though at some...
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Deric Hollings
Jun 11, 20246 min read
Back to Life
[DISCLAIMER] When musical collective Soul II Soul released their album Club Classics Vol. One in 1989, I maintained some pretty wacky...
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Deric Hollings
May 27, 20246 min read
Confusion
[DISCLAIMER] Working as military police (MP) for my first year in Okinawa, Japan in 1997, I wrote many traffic citations, participated in...
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Deric Hollings
May 20, 20245 min read
Enjoy the Silence
[DISCLAIMER] When residing in a children’s home in 1991, I recall frequently hearing electronic dance music (EDM) group Depeche Mode’s...
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Deric Hollings
May 16, 20246 min read
King of My Castle
[DISCLAIMER] I find interesting the number of people who fantasize about belonging to a monarchal system of governance, referring to...
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Deric Hollings
May 8, 20246 min read
At What Point is it Just Getting High?
[DISCLAIMER] Years ago when collecting hours for clinical licensure, my supervisor wrote a blogpost on his site in reference to...
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Deric Hollings
May 4, 20249 min read
Turtles All the Way Down
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In the film The Master of Disguise (2002), secret agent Pistachio absurdly believes that the Turtle...
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Deric Hollings
May 2, 20244 min read
Inside Out
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use When living in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, I used to enjoy watching people practice capoeira on...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 30, 20247 min read
Bulletproof
[DISCLAIMER] The year 2009 was a transitional period in my life, one in which I now consider the personal separating distinction between...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 21, 20245 min read
Sensation
[DISCLAIMER] How does one adequately describe the sensation of being at a live electronic dance music (EDM) event to a degree whereby the...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20244 min read
We Don't See Things the Same Way
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use In graduate school for counseling, students in my cohort were offered extra credit for attending a...
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Deric Hollings
Apr 18, 20246 min read
Homework
[DISCLAIMER] Fellow military police (MP) buddies “D” and “Tooth” introduced me to the music of Daft Punk when I was stationed in Okinawa,...
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Deric Hollings
Mar 24, 20245 min read
O Fortuna
[DISCLAIMER] I was on military leave, visiting friends and family members in Bomb City during the late ‘90s, when I first heard...
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