Hello & Welcome
Hi, my name is Alynda Mariposa Segarra, I've been writing and performing songs under the moniker Hurray for the Riff Raff for close to two decades. I'm originally from NYC, but started my band in New Orleans after a stint of vagabonding my way around the U.S.
I released my latest record, The Past is Still Alive in Feb 2024. It's my 10th record and probably my most tender. It's a memory box in an album, and my documentation of the beginning of my journey with grief. Though I've been at this for a while now, I feel like I'm at the beginning of a new chapter artistically and personally.
Resist Psychic Death
Social media platforms hurt my soul. I want to be able to communicate with you in a way that is direct and more honest, a way that is less harmful for the both of us.
We are not in competition with each other to have the most perfect life, perfect body, perfect skin and bank account. I want to connect as a real person, going through shit and trying to create something beautiful along the way.
Resist Psychic Death is the name of one of my favorite Bikini Kill songs, a song that changed me on a cellular level when I was a kid. I chose this name because it says perfectly what I want to build here.
I'll resist with every inch and every breath
I'll resist this psychic death
These lyrics have stayed with me all these years later because they are a public commitment. It beckons us to join. It’s difficult in our society to live a radical life. It’s difficult to live of intention, beauty, romance, aliveness, and empathy. As time goes on, I find it more and more challenging and the road ahead of me becomes more & more unpaved and wild.
Sundays are for reading
So this is a space I will be carving out for myself. To gather all that keeps my spirit lifted and reminds me what is most important to me. Most social media only leads me further away from what I care about. I end up in a doom scroll that leaves me feeling terrible about myself. So let’s try something different.
Every Sunday you will receive notes from the road and travel writings, deep dives into my songs and the stories behind them.
Thoughts on Grief, love, change, spiritual connection in the slow/fast decline of late stage capitalism.
Also what I'm most recently obsessed with in film, music and the latest book I'm reading in the van.
Why pay for this?
Paid subscription will get you the good stuff no one gets to hear.
Demo versions of songs, covers, playlists and other treats from my vault.
Thank you for supporting me in my work not just with writing but on the road and in my music. Receiving support is a beautiful vulnerable experience.
Please share with friends far & wide.
xo - alynda
