At the risk of sounding sentimental … Last month I returned to Columbia, Missouri. That town was my home for eight years (1991-1999). Five of those years were spent in college. The rest were spent working for said college. I’ve always done a decent job of balancing my nostalgia with the reality of those years. …
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My Only Comfort is the Night Gone Black
Posted on April 19, 2013
Garbage, “Only Happy When it Rains,” 1996 Last Tuesday night I saw one of my favorite bands of my 20s, Garbage. I’m generally skeptical of seeing bands past their heyday unless I’ve kept up with their music. I haven’t done that with Garbage. Their 2005 album “Bleed Like Me” was a bit off …
She’s Overboard and Self-Assured
Posted on April 8, 2013
(Every Friday, look for “Seen Your Video.” I’ll toss out a song that meant enough to me way back when to remain lodged in my head today and pick it apart. It’ll be flashbacky fun.) Nirvana, “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” 1991 Kurt Cobain died 19 years ago last week, so I guess that means …
There Doesn’t Seem to Be Anyone Around.
Posted on March 22, 2013
(Every Friday, look for “Seen Your Video.” I’ll toss out a song that meant enough to me way back when to remain lodged in my head today and pick it apart. It’ll be flashbacky fun.) Tiffany, “I Think We’re Alone Now,” 1987 There’s no way this week’s song wasn’t going to be something awful. I spent …
Steubenville Needs Riot Grrrls.
Posted on March 19, 2013
Twenty years, and where are we? We’re mired in the Steubenville rape case, and I’m wondering how the hell this is still possible. How does our culture still exist when there are kids who don’t know rape when they see it? How have we not devoured our own tail when we still have women bemoaning …
Why Should it Matter to Us if They Don’t Approve?
Posted on March 15, 2013
(Every Friday, look for “Seen Your Video.” I’ll toss out a song that meant enough to me way back when to remain lodged in my head today and pick it apart. It’ll be flashbacky fun.) Tracy Ullman “They Don’t Know,” 1983 Before “The Tracey Ullman Show” that birthed “The Simpsons,” Brit Tracey Ullman first …
Where the Mom Left Off
Posted on March 8, 2013
I had a blog. I had a blog that led to the writing career I started dreaming about when I was nine years old. You might have read that blog, Poppymom.com. It was around for a long time – about a month shy of eight years. It started when my daughter CJ was three months …
