I grew up in a town surrounded by farms. Because of this, every year school gets out for two weeks for potato harvest, so that the kids can go work for the...
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Sometimes you stumble upon a song that matches your mood, matches the moment. For what seemed like months, I was caught in a perpetual state of anger,...
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When I first started hanging out with Indy's friends, they introduced me to this song. For some reason I have to laugh every single time I listen to it....
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Well we're going to, yeah we're going to get it right this timeWe're going to, really going to raise it to the skyPeople are ready to forgive a few...
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It’s been said that we all have a twin out in the world somewhere.   But, in 1986, I truly doubt my twin would be in Medford, Oregon – a mere hour from...
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Oh my friends, How I love thee. I will admitt I will only write about this to laugh about it any other time I get mad very easily over it. So of course I am...
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Life can throw a lot of frustrating situations in your face at multiple times.  We all have different ways to relieve our stress.  Norma Jean is one of...
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I'm not sure exactly of the year that this memory took place, but since I was living in Bristol at the time it had to be the late 90's or in 2000. My brother...
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The songs of Stray cats always remind me of the times when I was so depressed, I have nothing to do but to wait if I ever going to be in school again. My...
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I was going through a rough period of time in my life. I had lost a fiance and a job. Never experiencing anything that remotely resembled failure, I was very...
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When I was a little girl, around age nine or ten, my parents started fighting really badly because my father suddenly became a mean drunk. While all of this...
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There is a skill which certain songwriters have that I wish I possessed.  I would call this skill "angry eloquence".  It usually occurs...
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