When I started iwilldare.com Bill Clinton was president. Of all the things that used to be in 2000, when I started this website, that’s the one that makes it feel the most aged. When I…
Date Archives July 2015
I Saw Lydia Loveless Last Week & was Transported to Somewhere Else
There was some weirdness at the end of Lydia Loveless’ set last week at the Turf Club. Apparently the weirdness happened right around the moment I snapped this pic as the band finished the show…
No Joy in Wonderland
Women writing about rock & roll is just about my favorite thing on the planet. It’s one of my eternal quests, to find and read all the books written by women about rock and roll,…
Misunderstood
After I finished Mislaid by Nell Zink, I read nearly every review I could find trying to discern why this novel was being lauded because I couldn’t figure it out myself. Maybe starting this book…
The Unsettling Amy Winehouse Documentary
Left to my own devices, I’d have seen “Amy” once it hit Netflix. However, when your seventeen-year-old music-loving niece texts you and says, “Want to see the Amy Winehouse documentary at 10:30 with me?” The…
Joan Jett, Rape & The Social Media Trauma Experts
Yesterday, Sister #2 had a party for friends and family so that she could see a whole bunch of people all at once before she returns to Portland. One of the party attendees was my…
How I Spend My Time Lately
Procrastinating. There has been no writing of any kind. Not blogging. Not book reviewing. Not replying to emails. Definitely not working on Book #2. Nope. Pondering. I’m pondering a lot. 98% of this pondering is…