Hey Darling Ones, This blog will be twenty-one years old in six days. Send me bourbon. I’m having a lot of feelings and thoughts about this event that I’m hoping will coalesce into something I…
Posts tagged The Replacements
Sometimes My Brain is a Real Jerk
Dear Darling Ones, I am frustrated. I’m nearly 50* and not only do I still get crushes on men, I still get all sad and stuff when those crushes start seeing women who are not…
Everyday Replacements
Hello Darling Ones, Recently I made a joke on Twitter about how Paul Westerberg owns about 27% of my brain. His lyrics live in my synapses and they fire off without warning all the time….
The COVID Diaries: Answering The Googlers’ Music Questions
Hi Darling Ones, Recently I had a few people ask me about you, the readers of I Will Dare. How many of you are there? Where are you coming from? Are you as intelligent and…
The COVID Diaries: Ladies Cursed With Insight*
Dear Darling Ones, When I say I am obsessed with the Sylvia Plath biography Red Comet I’m not using hyperbole for comic effect. This book is all I’ve done and thought about for at least…
The COVID Diaries: So Long Sweet Valley, Hello Hootenanny in E
Hi Darling Ones, When I was 18 I read A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving for the first time and it changed my life. After that, I quickly read every book by John…
Paul Westerberg’s 13 Best Songs of Love & Longing: A Valentine For You
Happy Valentine’s Day, Darling Ones, I made you a mixtape. On it you will find Paul Westerberg’s 13 best songs of love & longing. The topic has to include the longing because Westerberg didn’t write…
The COVID Diaries: A Heart Full of Pop Rocks
Hi Darling Ones, I recently re-read for maybe the twelfth time Geek Love by Katherine Dunn. It is one of my very favorite books. When I told my friends I just read Geek Love I…
The COVID Diaries: I ain’t Very Good, but. . .
Ugh Darling Ones, Today my plan to escape the infinite sadness involved listening to all The Replacements’ records in chronological order until the sadness went away. This was a brilliant plan and it worked for…
The COVID Diaries: Would Paul Westerberg text ‘I Miss You’ to your Smartphone Device?
So Darling Ones, I’ve had the song “Answering Machine” on my mind quite a bit lately. This, of course, makes perfect sense being that it’s a thirty-six-year-old song about outdated technology. Why wouldn’t I be…