Hi Darling Ones, Before I begin I have to tell you that by sheer coincidence Paul Simon’s “Me & Julio Down by the Schoolyard” is coming in over the cans as I type. The song is part of an algorithmically-determined Happy Mix playlist. The Happy Mix is one of my standard go-tos when I got a lot of work to do and don’t want to put thought into what is flowing in my ears. The songs on this mix are…
Darling Ones, Olivia Newton-John died. I was surprised at the swiftness of the tears and sadness upon reading the news. Her death has thrown me back into the very early 80s of my mind and my very first rumblings of pop culture awareness. Chronologically, Grease came first (1978) but in my world, “Physical” came first. As far as I was concerned only five songs existed in 1981/1982: “I Love a Rainy Night,” by Eddie Rabbit “Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield…
Hi Darling Ones, This week I read Hanif Abdurraqib’s A Little Devil in America again. For the third time. Since October 2021. I love this book because it makes my synapses feel like they’ve been eating Pop Rocks. This is a smart, beautiful book and every time I read it I feel an eensy bit smarter. It has become one of my comfort books, which is a little bit like my comfort TV shows. Are you familiar with the concept…
Buckle up, Darling Ones, Or maybe ducking is in order? I’m in the midst of weathering a perfect storm of responsible humaning and I’m very cranky about. I usually try to the spread out the bullshit tasks that come with being an adult grown up who wants to function on some level. For instance, I never empty the dishwasher the same day I must fold laundry. Because I excel at procrastination and I’m not above squalor this rarely happens, where…
Hi Darling Ones, I cannot wait any longer. We have to talk about the flagship in the room.* My plan was to wait until I had an actual physical copy of Amanda Shires’ new record Take it Like a Man (TILAM) in my hot little hands. There would have been an arty picture of the record with some lyrics on it for the header. I might have been past this obsessive stage of falling for a new record. Who knows?…
Hello Darling Ones, i think i might have finally caught on to this. color me impressed. That is the entirety of my very first post on this very blog. July 31, 2000. That means today is the 22nd anniversary of I Will Dare dot com. If this blog were anything like me at 22 she would have spent last night getting shit-faced drunk at all the bars on Water St with her high school bestie, Nikki, and friend, Graham. I…
