I spent most of today recovering from all of yesterday. It involved a light nap, some book reading (The Original 1982), some record listening (“Personal Record“), and some Buffy-watching (the one where John Ritter plays…
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Hypocrisy & The ‘Mats Reunion
In the summer of 1995 I was a twenty-three-year-old bridge-burning sassafrass totally high on the emotions she could incite with her writing. That was the summer I worked at the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram as an…
You Make My Dreams Come True: THE ‘MATS ARE REUNITING
I HAVEN’T STOPPED TYPING IN CAPSLOCK SINCE ABOUT 9:05 P.M. WHEN MY WHOLE WORLD EXPLODED INTO RAINBOWS AND UNICORNS WITH THE NEWS THAT THE REPLACEMENTS WERE REUNITING. When the news hit my computer and phone…
Why I Hate Record Reviews
I’m going to use one review in particular to explain why it is record reviews are so often the very definition of suck. The review I’m using to illustrate my point is Time Out Chicago’s…
With My Whole Entire Heart
If you are smart enough not to follow me on Twitter you really have no idea how annoying I was while listening to the audio version of Heart’s memoir Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of…
& the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
I like to believe my obsession with Edgar Allan Poe & O.Henry began in junior high. That feels right for some reason I can’t explain. But my memory won’t even let me buy into that,…