I can’t quite make the argument yet, because my Twitter Pal @Winnerbowzer suggested I also make sure it investigate 1982, 1989, and 1991, but 1993 was, quite possibly, the best year of music in GenX’s…
Date Archives January 2013
The Words They Say (which include all y’all, poems & parking lot)
There’s this thing I have that is sort of compulsion when it comes to listening to music. There are certain words and sounds that scratch a perfect spot in ear I didn’t realize was metaphorically…
The Angry Hermit’s Observations Upon Leaving the House
One Because I love my nephew, Cade, so much I am willing to do things that I wouldn’t normally do. For instance, awkwardly circle the bolts of novelty fleece with a smoky-smelling business man in…
Reclaiming ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ after 26 years
Late last week I tripped into a musical hole called 1986 (which actually included music from about 1984-1986, and would probably be more accurately called a Junior High Musical Hole) and I’ve had a really…
New Habits I’m Developing, which started in November so they’re not really resolutions
First of all, for those of you who want to know such things I listed my 10 favorite books of 2012 over at MN Reads. Second of all, I started most of these habits back…
Saga is So Good
Brian K. Vaughn is one of those comicbook writers whose name I cannot speak without emitting a dreamy sigh after it. This is similar to the way I said “Fonzie” when I was ten. I…