I’ve been noticing a trend among my friends lately: claiming a cool, avant-garde artist as your first concert, only to sheepishly admit it was REALLY…oh, I don’t know. New Kids on the Block.
I’m just as guilty as the next 90s kid. For years, I claimed Peter Murphy as my first. Oh, Bauhaus, with all your [...]

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I woke up yesterday morning and found a lovely Award in my comments, from the wonderful Mary at Now Entering Momville. Thanks so much, Mary, you seriously made my day.

The cool thing about Awards is you get to pass ‘em on.
Here are the rules:*Pick 5 Bloggers that you feel are Kick Ass Bloggers* Let em’ [...]

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Stephanie Kuehnert’s Website
When I saw this book, staring at me from the Barnes and Noble table, I knew I had to read it.
Exhibit A: Combat Boots on the front.
Exhibit B: Sleater-Kinney song for title. SOLD.
Luckily for me, the writing lives up to the cover. Debut novelist Stephanie Kuehnert delivers a raw, pitch perfect story of [...]

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Last night, as the extremely rock and roll Amanda Kleinman was preparing to rock the 9:30 club, I was in my kitchen with a book marketing conference call muted, trying to get my kids ready for bed while tuning in enough to learn something. You can imagine how well THAT went. Actually, I did glean [...]

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So by now, you’ve probably heard Sara Bareilles…at least, if you’ve turned on your radio in the last three months. You may not know her name, but if you’ve heard the whole “I’m not gonna WRITE you a love song…cause you assssskkkked for it…” thing, you’ve heard her. And maybe her song got stuck in [...]

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