Now that my hair is fixed (I swear to Ellen Willis that’s the last time I will mention it and if you got to the homepage of I Will Dare you can see it), I’m…
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Finding My Religion
I’m lit from within with the beatific joy that comes when you discovery your deity of choice. My deity is called Ellen Willis and she was a writer who worked as the first popular music…
The sound of being 26 in 1998: Dylan Hicks & Neutral Milk Hotel
What is it that links certain periods of time in your head with certain albums and not others? For instance, the soundtrack to my 26th year will forever and always be Dylan Hicks’ “Poughkeepsie” and…
Re-evaluating Personal Artifacts: Suzanne Vega’s ‘Solitude Standing’
I think it was my next-door neighbor and childhood best friend Jenni who gave me the 45 for Suzanne Vega’s “Luka.” It was either that or a 45 of Jack Wagner’s “Weatherman Says.” Those two…
How do you enjoy something ironically? My love for Journey is sincere
This is a sincere and genuine question, how do you enjoy something ironically? Perhaps, because I’m an aging GenXer I will never quite understand the ironic enjoyment of “bad” things. Is the fact that I…
Sweet Relief: An Appreciation
I woke up this morning singing Soul Aslyum’s cover of Victoria Williams’ “Summer of the Drugs” which got me thinking about how fantastic the Sweet Relief compilation is. Do they still do this, get a…