
ONLY NOISEDavid Bowie's Death Revived My Inner Rebel
Phoebe Smolin

Phoebe Smolin, born, raised, and currently based in Los Angeles, is what many call as a professional band mom - she spends every waking minute working to grow artists and help them navigate the often-prohibitive music industry, creating inclusive musical spaces and developing paradigm-shifting musical narratives and collaborations via her creative publicity/marketing/management/curation firm Locamotive.

ONLY NOISE explores music fandom with poignant personal essays that examine the ways we’re shaped by our chosen soundtrack. This week, Phoebe Smolin recalls how justifying tears for an idol she'd never known helped her end an abusive relationship. David Bowie was, at age 12, the first person...