HeyJaredI WRITE GOOD
An admittedly self-flagellating exercise exploring the free-range musings of my cobwebbed brain A) while I can still do so and B) in the efforts to monetize this gibberish and C) hopefully entertain YOU, the gracious subscriber.
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College kids today (opens the original)
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Hold the onions! (opens the original)
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Stop me if I’ve bored you with this one before (opens the original)
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Rick Koster, Song Doctor to the Stars (opens the original)
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When I was 14 years old, I didn’t play a musical instrument. Not then, anyway. But I listened to music constantly across the rock spectrum like any young person for whom the Beatles’ appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show was an epiphanic moment. And what I figured out early on is that I had an acumen for coming up with interesting riffs and melodies and even lyrics despite any actual hands-on prowess.It’s also true I was a shy kid and the only time I interacted with classmates or other children on
In praise of paper restaurant placemats (opens the original)
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My wife Eileen and I enjoyed lunch last week in a small family restaurant. And we were surprised and delighted that, on the tables, were those old-fashioned but, I suppose, not-yet-extinct paper placemats. You remember: they feature “business card” advertising laid out around the perimeter so diners, as they wait on their food, can peruse and ponder businesses and products they might not have been aware of or thought much about.Thanks for reading I WRITE GOOD! Subscribe for free to
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