Music

A Moment with Tom Petty

When Tom Petty died I was suddenly 19 again, wearing headphones and slumped in the backseat of a rented minivan.

Ants Marching: How an Anthem of My Youth Foreshadowed the Quandaries of Adulthood

It’s becoming…

(357) Things I Overheard Because Kids Have Zero Stealth

a light and easy post for my aching beloveds who maybe need a verbal hug. I see you.

Indie rock band Portugal. The Man is letting local kids soundcheck with them

In St. Petersburg, Florida, kids fromNoisemakers and Operation Coexist will play P. T M’s new single, “Feel It Still”

(281) Class Rules

There is a teacher that often happens to be doing paperwork on the opposite end of my classroom at one of the schools where I…

My Grandpa came to my African Dance recital

“You know, when I was your age, I loved to dance too,” my grandpa, Deda, told me as…

Essay Test: What Languages Do You Speak: Jazz, English, Google?

(217) Interlude

I wasn’t sure where to weigh in tonight, mostly because in the last hour I have somehow spiked a small fever and acquired a sore…