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2025's Musical Influences: Zoladz Reflects and Invites Readers

12/23/2025

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In The Amplifier newsletter, Lindsay Zoladz reflects on the music that influenced her in 2025.
She revisits a Lady Gaga classic after attending the singer's concert.
She reinterprets a Beat Happening song through a child's perspective.
She discovers a unique Johnny Cash cover by Wall of Voodoo.
The Amplifier invites readers to share their significant songs from the year with reasons for possible publication in a future newsletter.

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Story summary

In The Amplifier newsletter, Lindsay Zoladz reflects on the music that influenced her in 2025.
She revisits a Lady Gaga classic after attending the singer's concert.
She reinterprets a Beat Happening song through a child's perspective.
She discovers a unique Johnny Cash cover by Wall of Voodoo.
The Amplifier invites readers to share their significant songs from the year with reasons for possible publication in a future newsletter.