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I’m in love/what’s that song

I am responding in a weird way to news of Alex Chilton’s death. It feels like a gut punch, that whoosh of air that I saw certain friends gasp when Kurt Cobain died. When David Foster Wallace died.
Whether performed by Chilton alone or in band or whether covered by Dreampop mega-bands or Cheap Trick, I [...]

The Worrying Way

Try The Worryin’ Way by The Fabulettes
I have lost 10 pounds in less than a week. Admittedly, some of it was steroid bloat (oh, my friend methylprednisolone inspires me to cooking and eating wackiness). But a good deal was worry, hard worry, and its friend, the hospital hike.
My mom was admitted to the hospital from [...]

Who is this Bruce guy?

OK Go cover “Don’t Bring Me Down”
Go for a novelty cover. Stay for the harmony.