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 Heart, Soul, and Rock & Roll, lucky for you I will recreate that annoyingness right here for you in more …
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, because I’m pretty sure I didn’t read Poe until 10th grade English class. I’m getting a distinct 10th grade vibe …
“What was that band you were really into in like 2006? 2007?” Wolfdogg asked me at a not-very-long-ago bookclub. “The Eels? The Shins? Ted Leo?” “No. They were European or something.” “Sondre Lerche? Tallest Man on Earth? Peter Bjorn & John?” “No. You really loved them they might have been Scottish. Kind of poppy.” “The …
I was gonna celebrate Liz Phair’s birthday by being all ‘voice of my generation’ and declaring her the sound of Gen X’s sexuality, specifically the women of my generation. Then I thought about it for twelve more seconds and realized that would be a shitty, heteronormative thing to do. Besides, what do I know about …
First a small, important update/warning: From now until I finish the ridiculously addictive and brain consuming Heart memoir, all my posts will start “So I was listening to the Heart memoir and it made me thing about. . . ” If you don’t like that you are free to close this tab and go read …
So the aforementioned Stevie Nicks thing is still in full force. However, some of the shine is starting to rub off Heart because I am in love with Ann Wilson due to the memoir. It’s real love because she even dissed on Johnny Cougar hardcore and I still love her. And, as I was telling …
Because the main character in the longish fiction piece I’m working on is a female rockstar, I’ve spent a lot of time trying to listen to women who sing. Now, I like a lot of female singers. Love a lot of them, even. But my ear’s internal bias seems to be toward the male voice, …
First before I get to your assignment I need to share with you my new favorite song. It’s called “Little Numbers” by BOY and I listened to it about 20 times yesterday. The Current dropped this song in my life at a perfect time in my writing life where my main character is going to …
So this long piece of fiction I’ve been working on (I refuse to call it a book or a novel because that just makes me feel like an asshole) involves a woman who is making a greatest hits compilation that spans her entire singing career. As an exercise in procrastination I decided to make a …
