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  • April’s Holiday Picks: The Lucky 13

    Our Why It Matters hostess with the mostest put together a list of her favorite holiday cuts for you, but somehow she missed those dogs that bark “Jingle Bells.” Well, nobody’s perfect.

  • What are You Doing to Save the Universe?

    This is a fun, quick, easy read about making a difference. Would you like to make a difference? Read it, enjoy it, share it: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-end-of-the-world-is-near-get-to-packing-js/

  • 155. There’s Always Something Happening and it’s Usually Quite Loud

    Our new apartment was the finished attic of an old Victorian on the outskirts of Savannah’s historic district. It was one big open space with a bathroom added just to the left of the front door. This created a little notch on the opposite side of the bathroom that served as a kitchen. A large…

  • From the Stacks: Ian Hunter – Short Back n’ Sides

    Down in the city just Hoople and me. That’s from Queen’s “Now I’m Here,” and it was my introduction to Mott The Hoople. That’s all they were to me as an elementary schooler, an obscure reference in a Queen song — and then I heard the glorious “All the Young Dudes.”

  • Mark Twain Wants You to Write for Free

    Whether to write for free is a divisive question. Some argue that giving your work away not only undermines you but all writers; others argue that we all have to start somewhere. So where does America’s most enduring author come down on the subject? Well, he answers that in the recently released Autobiography of Mark…

  • From the Stacks: Various – Survival Sampler

    This is one of my favorite items from my stacks. The Survival Sampler is a 1984 Warner Brothers compilation that came packaged in a pull-top can.

  • The Stupidity of Rejection Letters

    Some time ago, I sent off a revised version of this story to a small literary magazine. It’s not the greatest story, but it’s very unique: A Holocaust tale told in the form of a narrated children’s story and featuring an M. Night Shamalamadingdong twist at the end starring KISS’s Gene Simmons.

  • Jeff Tweedy, Davis, California 12/11/2013

    Jeff Tweedy’s performance at UC Davis’s Mondavi Center was so delicate that I was afraid I was going to break it  — like fresh snow, so clean and perfect. Every step I took promised to break the magic spell. For one night the big music hall was as intimate and quiet as Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe.

  • April’s Picks: December 2013

    April Moseley, our resident new music expert, is back with her December picks for you. It’s a killer list, and I’m not just saying that because I owe her twenty bucks.

  • 154. Hanging Out by the State Line

    The end of summer neared — time to register for my junior year at SCAD and find a new apartment. Time to find a new job.