You know Britta Phillips from the bands Luna and Dean & Britta, but now she has a debut solo album, Luck Or Magic. The record features five Phillips originals alongside covers of songs by the Cars, Evie Sands, Fleetwood Mac, Dennis Wilson and ABBA’s Agnatha Fältskog. Phillips will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week.
Phillips: I accompanied my 16-year-old stepson to the #OccupyCNN peaceful sit-in to protest the media bias/lack of Bernie coverage. He’d mentioned it at dinner the night before—another kid in his class had told him about it. Its hard not to be cynical these days, but it was pretty exciting. I’m too busy to involve myself as much as I did back in 2008, but I’ve got to do something … I really hate calling people, but I don’t mind knocking on doors as much, even though the first few are terrifying (I’m actually quite a shy person). But it ended up being one of the most edifying and humanizing experiences of my life. If the person who opened the door had different views, then I just tried to represent a good and normal person who had other/opposing views because there has to be a real dialogue. And that must begin with respect and listening. We’re getting further and further away from that, but I’m not giving up. Then there’s always driving people to the polls; that’s pretty easy, but its important.
