This entry was completely inspired by my favorite professor, Glenn Gass. Professor Gass brilliantly taught “The History of the Beatles” course at Indiana University, thus cementing his role in obtaining “the best job to have ever been created, ever, in all of time.”
One crisp autumn evening almost five years ago, Gass began a lecture with, [...]
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Jul 28
The Ultimate White Album
Jul 15
Arigato fer NUTHIN’, LADY.
Let me let you in on a little secret regarding sushi in Indianapolis. One of my favorite places to pick up a couple of basic rolls is this little Japanese grocery store/cafe called One World Market in Castleton. It’s nestled in a strip mall next to a now-defunct Linens ‘n Things, but let me tell [...]
Jul 14
Love. Capital Letters. And Flibbertygibbets.
Now that three months have passed since THIS happened, people have been more comfortable asking me how I feel about dating, love, and the like. Here’s the thing. This? This time right now? This is my favorite part. After a handful of broken hearts and a fistful of failed relationships, I’ve come to know that [...]
Jul 06
Do You Remember, Part IV
Then there was Scream. Or I should say Scream Louder, which was a remix. [which I just now realized sampled Sly and the Family Stone. Brillz.] One of my dance teachers choreographed a piece to this that we performed at like 29384234 different events that year…97-98 maybe? The choreography was insane and awesome and it [...]
Jul 06
Do You Remember, Part III
To celebrate our upgrade to Windows 3.1 in the early nineties, my dad bought this karaoke program for the PC. It included a microphone and came loaded with a few random songs, like Yankee Doodle and Dust in the Wind, and then he bought two “expansion” packs - Frank Sinatra, and Michael Jackson. (Do we [...]
Jul 06
Do You Remember, Part II
In the summer of 1989, we were in the process of moving from my parents’ first home on Brookhollow to the house where I’d do the rest of my growing up. The old house was sold and the new house was still a few weeks from being finished, so we lived in a borrowed RV. [...]
Jul 06
Do You Remember, Part I
My first memories regarding Michael Jackson are those I recorded when I was five. I had this Fisher Price cassette player that I lugged around constantly. It had a microphone and recording capability, so I spent a lot of time conducting captivating interviews with my dog and singing loudly to the point of distortion, which, [...]
Jul 06
Michael Jackson, 1958-2009.
I needed to say something, write something down. This would be something my grandkids would ask about, that I might not remember accurately, given that my goal is to be like that wine-soaked grandmother from Spanglish.
Michael Jackson died. I’m still kind of fascinated and sad about it. I don’t feel like most of the people [...]