I made a 1999 playlist.

Take a 20th century soundbath

It’s Labor Day weekend — do you know where your potato buns are?

I woke up feelin’ like a flashback, so I made a playlist of songs from 1999. I make no apologies for including Bush, excluding Britney and cooling it down with some couples-skate classics from Tom Petty and Sigur Rós.

Listen while you grill that corn:

Speaking of flashbacks, Winona Ryder pops up in a new Criterion video to recommend her fave films while wearing a Down by Law shirt:

Also, Michael Stipe is doing a livestream Q&A with Stacey D’Erasmo on Oct. 7 to talk about creativity.

I’ll be at Baltimore Comic Con from Sept. 20-22! Come say hello.

And finally, thanks to everyone who sent me kind notes in advance of my first colonoscopy! It went well, and I am VERY glad it’s over.

on with the show,
katherine helmond
a scribble | a self-portrait | a hello

P.S. Sept. 6 is National Read a Book Day. Don’t be caught unprepared — grab TRUDY SELLOUT and my 2023 diary comics while supplies last.