Is Mary Boone a Bloodsucker?: PTSD Flashbacks Induced by a New Vampire Weekend Song
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Is Mary Boone a Bloodsucker?: PTSD Flashbacks Induced by a New Vampire Weekend Song

Millennial band Vampire Weekend’s song “Mary Boone,” the eighth track off their recently released album Only God Was Above Us, has me reveling in nostalgia for and reliving the trauma of the ‘80s in New York. It’s surprising, considering that band members Ezra Koenig, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson were only born in the mid-‘80s. … Continue reading