Fast & Loose

The Pavement movie has a real trailer and I have a new emotional support album

plus new Turnstile, new Waterboys, and my tiny violin

Apr 8 • 

Yasi Salek

December 2024

also finally started the Fast & Loose chat

get in there

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

2024 Festive Fifty Playlist (Yasi's version)

plus my top films and (non music) books of the year

Dec 31, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

The Fast & Loose Gift Guide

better late than never?

Dec 12, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

Introducing Fast & Loose

a music & culture letter

Dec 6, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

November 2024

Homesick for a place that no longer exists

on the naked vulnerability of music video YouTube comments

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

What's the Tea...

not so much of a correction as a clarification (innit)

Nov 17, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

I sent for juice, you give me poison

You used to speak the truth, but now you're clever

Nov 8, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

Robert Smith you crazy for this one b

oh we're CRYING crying this weekend

Nov 2, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

September 2024

she hath risen...

It occurred to me the other day that I haven’t sent out a missive in a while and while I did start this as a monument to the dissolution of my own…

Sep 27, 2024 • 

Yasi Salek

December 2023

yasi-core (a holiday gift guide)

Hello and welcome to the first annual yasi-core holiday gift guide.

Dec 10, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

August 2023

yasipedia #12: I'm just an animal looking for a home

Well well well…is how I’ve been starting my morning pages lately because it’s been a hell of a well, well, well time lately wouldn’t you say?

Aug 25, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

July 2023

yasipedia #11: my thoughts do be sending me on a carousel

And so we meet again.

Jul 28, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

June 2023

yasipedia #10 Chuffed Innit b/w Bonj

I’m on a train for the next few hours waving goodbye to London.

Jun 26, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #9: It's you and me in the summertime...

Here’s the thing: it’s exhausting being the LA girl at the London after party.

Jun 19, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

May 2023

yasipedia #8: I'm coming WALTZING back bitch, it's my birthday, and David Matthews Band part 1

It’s come to my attention that it’s been a few weeks since my last yasipedia and aside from the fact that I do not believe in linear time please see…

May 19, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

April 2023

yasipedia #7: Harry Bosch, things enchanted, and No Doubt

Welcome back to yasipedia to everyone but especially the paid subscribers who make it possible for me to order Sugarfish after a 12 hour day in the…

Apr 23, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #6: my journey to becoming a TikTok girlie, playlists 4 u, and the Bandsplain Draft of 2002

I avoided it as long as I could but what can I say that algo finally clicked into place and gave me what I really want to see: beautiful bimbos with…

Apr 14, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #5: I love Blondshell, Gahan's goatee, Depeche Mode part 2, and more

I'm in Woodstock on the kind of retreat they used to send women away on to "take the fresh air" and "stfu" so I won't spend too much time on my little…

Apr 7, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

March 2023

yasipedia #4: tripping at the Taylor Swift concert, Depechay Mode, and more

We’re back babe and I am tired so we’ll keep this brief.

Mar 31, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #3: the spirituality of fake nails, Joy Division, and more

Sending this out Friday afternoon because

Mar 25, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #2: RIP Lewis Largent, The Cure Part 2, and more

A lot to get into this week babe…I am between menty Bs long enough to put pen to paper (figuratively) and deliver this gorgeous newsletter to you.

Mar 16, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

yasipedia #1: The Cure Part 1 & more

Here is the very first edition of yasipedia for those of you who want a little more.…a little more of what?

Mar 9, 2023 • 

Yasi Salek

February 2023