Paulina Pachel
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I am an intricate mix of flavors and you'll get a taste of them through my writing pieces; versatility and vulnerability go together like a fresh-baked croissant+coffee.
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Get A Clue: House Music is FRISSON traveling at 120bpm ~^~^~ the soundwave of heartbeats
I suffer from a pretty unique emotional stimuli: frisson. It's a really interesting and complicated emotion...one that is particularly common among live music aficionados.
By Paulina Pachelabout a month ago in Beat
Musical Digest: Hilary Duff "Mature"
This year is full of surprises--equally good and bad. Musically we didn't get a summer song. We witnessed a feud between two pop queens having to choose between le showgirl et le 365 party girl. We also did not see any hip hop entries on the Billboard Top 40...
By Paulina Pachel2 months ago in Beat
Musical Digest: Taylor Swift "The Life of a Showgirl"
A beautiful, fiery orange album joins the wonderful world of Taylor Swift's discography and it is as captivating as ever. "The Life of a Showgirl" is an album that has been in the making during Taylor's most successful tour to date; it is a fusion of personal renditions of what was happening behind the crimson curtain of the show as well as a peak into the personal life of Ms. Swift herself...
By Paulina Pachel3 months ago in Beat
Jazzy at Prysm Nightclub - Chicago
When it comes to house music, topographically we do not usually think of "Dublin" as the first city that comes to mind. Chicago, New York and of course Berlin would be my personal primary associations, but who would have thought that a Dublin native is able to bring forth such a powerful sound?
By Paulina Pachel3 months ago in Beat
Cheap Leather Friends...
“Maybe I should just let my phone die…” I thought to myself as I made my way across the foyer of my apartment. Exhausted, slightly burnt out, slightly irritated because it only takes one fucking idiot to fuck the entire course of traffic up. It usually takes a special kinda idiot. It’s exactly 8:37PM as I have finally…finally entered my home.
By Paulina Pachel5 months ago in Beat
Röyksopp "True Electric" takes over the Metro - Chicago
Norwegian spelling: Röyksopp In 2006, at the height of my pre-teen mind and self-discovery, I was acclimating fully and diving headfirst into early 2000s pop culture. At the time, nothing was more important than keeping up to date with the latest technology…flipping that hot pink Razr for all of the others to gawk at and strapping it to the side of your hot pink Juicy Couture jumpsuit. It was also a time where every single girl had to keep up with the pop princesses of the times…my favorite one after the Olsen twins had announced their official retirement from acting in 2004 was Lindsay Lohan. In 2006, she starred alongside Chris Pine in a romantic comedy, Just My Luck, whose soundtrack introduced me to the likes of Norwegian electronic duo, Röyksopp.
By Paulina Pachel8 months ago in Beat
Empire of the Sun electrify Radius Chicago - Ask That God Tour
Thursday night at Chicago’s very own Radius transported us to an electric, subtronic and technicolored kind of night under the strobe lights for the coveted Ask That God tour featuring Empire of the Sun with the support of Roi Turbo.
By Paulina Pachel9 months ago in Beat
Novulent at the Cobra Lounge, Chicago
Novulent is a name I came across while doom scrolling social media. I’ve heard their melodies and lyrical innovation before, but it wasn’t until stumbling across “2002” where I started to dive into a deeper hole of who Novulent is.
By Paulina Pachel12 months ago in Beat
The Painful Art of Becoming an Author...
My trek from poverty to success has not been paved with gold debris and rose petals. I’d compare it to being paved as a highly intense, messy, muddy and confusing obstacle course…oftentimes not necessarily riddled with physical cobblestone challenges, but rather criticism, devastation, lack of motivation, and the overwhelming doubt and worry whether anyone is actually listening. Like any artist trying to make a mark in this world with their own perception and overall outlook on life, I wish to make my mark with my words and my blue fountain pen.
By Paulina Pachel12 months ago in Motivation
