<p>Nothing wrong with being Bad or SAD - but we’re still looking for something “rad” to complete the trifecta. <a href="https://www.thebadacademy.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bad Academy</a>’s Amanda Kao sat down to talk with us about belonging, burnout as a canon event for community organizers, and taking the leap to build something new.</p><p><br></p><p>Tickets still available to attend SAD Mag’s launch party for issue 38 - <a href="https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sad-magazine-play-issue-launch-party-tickets-1417805377049" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">get ‘em here</a>!</p><p><br></p><p>Local music feature: <a href="https://marinpatenaude.bandcamp.com/track/avalanche" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">“Avalanche”</a> by <a href="https://marinpatenaude.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Marin Patenaude</a></p><p><br></p><p>Marin will be appearing at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival on July 19th, <a href="https://thefestival.bc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">more info here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Theme and interstitial music: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPs2ag4lRGk&pp=ygUYc2FkIGZlbW1lIGNsdWIga2ltbW9ydGFs" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Sad Femme Club⁠</a>” by ⁠<a href="https://kimmortalportal.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠Kimmortal</a></p><p><br></p><p>***</p><p><br></p><p>Know someone we should talk to, or have music we can feature? Reach out to <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">[email protected]</a></p><p><br></p><p>***</p><p><br></p><p>Get more SAD, support local media!</p><p><a href="https://www.sadmag.ca/shop" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SAD Mag</a> // <a href="https://www.sadmag.ca/blog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">SAD Online</a> // <a href="https://www.sadmag.ca/merch" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Merch</a> // <a href="https://www.sadmag.ca/sad-events" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Events</a><br></p>