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Category Archives: Music
Friday Five: Musical loves I owe to my friend Honey
My friend Honey turns a year older tomorrow. In my teens she introduced me to some of the musical artists who have spoken to and for me so, so many times in my life. Happy birthday, Honey. The world’s better with you in … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Culture, Top Tuesdays / Friday Five
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On healing rain, The Smiths, and still being emo at 30
I was curled on my side on my bed, the lights off, the covers over my head. It was five in the afternoon on a dismal Friday a couple weeks ago, and I had just gotten home from work. My … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Music, Parenting, The Adventure of Life
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Songs for Driving
One year ago this weekend Lyndie and I bought our first car ever that has a CD player. Ever. I know that might be amazing to some of you, but we are cheapskates. We had had her Geo Metro from high school for … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Pop Culture
Tagged Arcade Fire, Metric, Music, She and Him, The National
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Would you rather Buzz or Sprawl?
This Friday my wife and I and a couple friends get to see The National and Arcade Fire in Chicago. I am quite excited. Just for kicks I thought I would ask who you would be more excited about seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Outtings, Pop Culture, The Adventure of Life, Travel and vacation
Tagged Arcade Fire, Chicago, High Violet, Music, The National, The Suburbs
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Top Five Tuesday: Underappreciated 80s and 90s Rock Bands
The title explains itself, so I’m just going to lay down some ground rules. First of all, the band has to be worthy of greater praise than they received, either then or now. This eliminates fantastic bands like The Cure, … Continue reading
Top Five Tuesday: Yosi’s Favorite Grown-Up Music Videos
As any parent can tell you, one of the best things about having kids is indoctrinating them with your own tastes amd interests. Some people consider it manipulation, but I like to think I’m just instilling in my daughter a … Continue reading
Top Fifteen Tuesday: Role Models for Girls
Last week in this post about combatting the false standard of beauty presented in the media I mentioned that one of the best ways to send a better message to my daughter without cutting her off from pop culture entirely is … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Diversity and Race, Education, Movies, Music, Parenting, Politics, Top Tuesdays / Friday Five
Tagged Children, Education, Movies, Music, Parenting
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Unmasking Megan
Few things can tie a father’s stomach into knots like thinking about the self-esteem gauntlet his daughter(s) is going to have to navigate from, say, now, till, say, she dies an old woman. We think our little girls are beautiful, and we’re terrified they’ll stop believing … Continue reading
Snow Angel
My three year old daughter’s favorite song is about death and war. I’m not sure how it happened, but somehow my daughter fell in love with Over the Rhine’s Snow Angel off their Christmas album of the same name. Every … Continue reading
Posted in Adventures in Parenting, Education, Holidays, Music, Parenting
Tagged Children, Music, Parenting
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