As I cull through my songs on iTunes to get rid of duplicates (they’re everywhere, I swear), I find myself becoming reacquainted with some gems I had completely forgotten existed. Well, when my iPod only holds about 26,000 songs and my iTunes has 10 times that number inevitably a few artists/songs get left out when … Continue reading All This Noise
“It isn’t you. Isn’t me. Search for things that you can’t see. Going blind. Out of reach. Somewhere in the vasoline.” ~Stone Temple Pilots I first heard his voice in 1994, the phenomenon known as Scott Weiland, and I was instantly hooked. It was summer, and I was in Huntsville, Alabama, enjoying my recent high … Continue reading The Big Empty
She always judges his musical choices, but she can’t seem to help herself. He just happens to pick such dumb bands, and then he sings their pitiful lyrics at high volume, and apparently on repeat, until she can’t handle it anymore and flies into a rage. It’s a rage aimed more at his choice than … Continue reading The Trouble With Skrillex
“Tonight’s the night. It’s gonna be alright. ‘Cuz I love you, girl. Ain’t nobody gonna stop us now.” ~Rod Stewart Rod Stewart had the number 1 song in America during the week I was born in late 1976. That was back when he was singing songs that were produced specifically for him, not singing the … Continue reading Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
“Write about a song and the memories or feelings it evokes in you.” Here’s Where the Story Ends. The Sundays. For ages I thought I would never know who sang this song, but it kept haunting me as I would play it over and over again, hoping for some hidden clue. See, I used to … Continue reading 300 Writing Prompts: #101
“There’s got to be something better than in the middle. But me and Cinderella, we put it all together. We can drive it home with one headlight” ~The Wallflowers It was spring, 1997, and I was working hard at the campus library, even though I was on academic probation. None of the other workers knew … Continue reading One Headlight
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