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JULIANA
IE : I hate to say it , but when this whole pandemic thing went down , I already loved being on my own , staying indoors , reading books , and watching tons of movies . something the other day that 100 million Americans have Amazon Prime accounts , which was completely horrifying — that ’ s like a third of the population . So a third of the population is contributing to the decline of society , in just the way that Amazon is eating up everything , monopolizing everything . And people don ’ t care . People are like , “ Oh , yeah — I just want stuff delivered quickly and for free .” And they don ’ t care about anything else that ’ s involved . So it was shocking to me that many people were signed up because I ’ m actively not ordering from Amazon because I ’ m taking a stand . I don ’ t want to contribute to the mobster . So why don ’ t more people think like that ? I don ’ t get it . Is convenience
Juliana Hatfield Three , Circa 1992
06 • 2021
JH : I know . I hate all the suffering , but I kind of love it . I ’ m reading a lot , I ’ m being very productive . I ’ m doing these live streams now , which are great .
IE : And it ’ s interesting to note that book sales never flatlined during lockdown — they stayed high . JH : I know ! And I bought a ton of books from my local indie place , and it ’ s been great . I ’ m trying not to use Amazon anymore . I read more important than anything ? Apparently , it is , I think .
Juliana Hatfield ' s album Blood is out now on American Laundromat Records
Tom Lanham
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