So You Want to Be a Lesbian? by Liz Tracey

I also ran into Tori near Spring Garden Road and Robie St. My memory is normally dismal, but I haven't forgotten her impact on me. I'd be delighted to scrounge up as many details as I can recollect about these and other memories for you anytime. She also candidly taught me about the theory of relativity down at the dock one day. I loved finding opportunities to incorporate her smarts into my lessons I know physics in relation to sailing to an extent, but she seemed to have a much more thorough knowledge of and passion for the world of physics than I, at the age of 13 and 14! I asked her to come up front and help me teach some sail theory more than once. Tori stuck out among all my sailor students - she still is one of the most memorable youth I've ever taught in my 13 years of coaching the sport of sailing. Email me anytime at Tori knew me as Maddy, as I taught her sailing (CANSail 3 and/or 4) and met and interacted with she and Taryn between the years of 2012-2014. I wanted to send a more detailed message through email but didn't have contact information. For my delay in reaching out, and for the loss of her I am sincerely sorry. Her death over 3 years ago really rocked me, and I never have found the words to share or to send to the family. To be honest, I find myself thinking of Tori very, very often. “Deserts don’t miss rain.Thinking of the amazing Victoria and the Martin family today on Transgender Day of Remembrance. “People argue whether it’s a clever or stupid lyric,” she says, smiling.

It always seemed like Thorn could see things that were invisible to the naked eye, but her impressionistic tales of emotional turbulence could be cut with a self-deprecating wit-an attitude she takes today when discussing “Missing,” the ’90s pop smash that made the duo unexpected dancefloor darlings. With Thorn’s dusky and soulful voice, the duo created a sound that was not quite for the rave but solitary moments of introspection after. The electronic pop outfit have an ear for frequencies that others might pass over as interference, as exemplified by their synthesis of emergent UK genres like breakbeat, downtempo, trip-hop with quiet storm and folk on their classic ’90s albums Amplified Heart and Walking Wounded. The mercurial duo of Thorn and Ben Watt have learned not to question a bolt from the blue. “Stuff bubbles up from your unconscious,” she tells me in a goldfish bowl of a meeting room at Virgin Records’ London office. Before she knew it, a St Augustine catechism was sharing space with her own forthright views on sanctimony. As disconnected thoughts and sentiments began to surface, she would think, I’m not sure where that came from, but I’m going to go with it. While working on lyrics for Everything But the Girl’s triumphant new album Fuse, Tracey Thorn was struck by a familiar sensation.

So You Want to Be a Lesbian? by Liz Tracey