On toddlers and Nirvana T-shirts

I've been seeing this a lot: A toddler, or little kid, wearing a t-shirt with the iconic Nirvana smiley face. It's bewildering on a few fronts to me, the first one of which is merely temporal. For, assuming that the parents of young kids (younger than, say, five) are not much older than 40, then … Continue reading On toddlers and Nirvana T-shirts →

On how it’s hard to listen to Frightened Rabbit

If you’d asked me my favorite band back in 2017, I’d have probably replied Frightened Rabbit. (Or maybe Drive-By Truckers.) But following the suicide of leader Scott Hutchison in 2018, I found it hard to listen to their work. If you don’t know Frightened Rabbit, think of a miserablist Arcade Fire, purveyors of anthemic indie … Continue reading On how it’s hard to listen to Frightened Rabbit →