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Music is, without question, my first love. I loved music before I loved boys. I loved music before I had a best girl friend. I loved music before I came to terms with God. There nothing that comes closer to reflecting the depths of me than certain songs, albums, and artists. Tonight a friend in New York [...] I grew up on my older brother’s musical tastes. Those tastes did not, by any means, include country music. So much so that when I purchased a Garth Brooks album as a pre-teen, he ensured that it disappeared, undoubtedly to the depths of the fire pit that we used to burn our trash. (We’re country kids, [...] Vintage Vinyl, photo by smalltowngirl In the days before the internet, when a small town girl was forced to drive 70 miles to buy any album that wasn’t mainstream, Vintage Vinyl was where I went. In 2009, when a small town girl who’s heart is a Brooklynite is aching for a sense of connection to St. Louis and [...] I spent most of my day yesterday in Soulard, a neighborhood just east of I-55 and south of downtown, St. Louis. The area reminds me of a mix between Brooklyn and New Orleans, with red brick, two- and three-story rowhouses along red brick sidewalks. Black rod-iron railings line the second and third floor balconies of buildings, and [...] Disclosure: My best friend works for one of the artists on this album, so my opinion is probably influenced by her talking this album up, pre-release. Last night, I downloaded “Dark Was the Night”, the newly released album produced by Aaron and Bryce Dessner from one of my favorite bands, The National, as an AIDS and HIV [...] Nothing will fry insired writing or kill the high found in watching a Panamanian drum corps rehearse in the park or keep new drumsticks in their packaging unused as well as television will. I’ve been home for several hours now, and except for a really productive discussion with my roommates and making myself dinner, I’ve been entirely [...] |
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