Sounds Of Saturday – Oingo Boingo/Dead Man's Party
Today’s Sounds of Saturday is the brilliant Oingo Boingo with “Dead Man’s Party”. I’m a little embarrassed that I haven’t yet featured Oingo Boingo on this series yet. I had two fish in college, Oingo and Boingo – no joke.
Danny Elfman’s been a little busy scoring films since […]
Remembering on Memorial Day
Image: Loving Earth
While this is the day to remember the veterans who serve our country, I ask you to remember those affected by the many tragedies that seem to have befallen in the United States […]
Sounds Of Saturday – Ink And Paper By Modern English
In honor of reviewing and buying the hard copy of the MTV book, VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV’s First Wave, today’s Sounds of Saturday is one of the lesser known Modern English songs, “Ink And Paper”.
It’s a great song but the video does […]
Have You Heard About The Suspended Coffees Movement?
As part of my commitment to 13 goals in 2013, I have been doing random acts of kindness inspired by the awful tragedy at the school in Sandy Hook, CT. I have given out $5 gift cards to Target, Starbucks and Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf […]
Why Celebrating Mother's Day Scares Me
Mother’s Day is one of the scariest days of the year to me. It shines a humongous spotlight on what kind of responsibility it is to raise a child. It is also a reminder that Mother’s Day is really a one-sided holiday for me.
Like countless other people, I had less than an ideal childhood. I was a child of contentiously divorced parents who lived on opposite ends of the country. I was was shuttled back and forth during summers and holidays originally because my parents were sharing custody of their children but later because my mother has paranoid schizophrenia. […]