Photo by Timothy Lloyd.
An entire wall in my parents’ living room is devoted to my dad’s record collection. Yes, records, what The Kids These Days call “vinyl”–not CDs, although he has those by the hundreds too, a collection constantly in flux. He orders new CDs, makes room in tucked-away boxes for those he likes, sells [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘family’
May 22, 2009
Oh, That’s Good/No, That’s Bad: a Musical Retrospective
March 10, 2009
Happy Birthday, Barbie
(Photo of 1959 Barbie by luisvilla.)
In case you missed it, Barbie turned fifty yesterday. On March 9, 1959, the first Barbara Millicent Roberts doll was unveiled, clad in a black & white striped swimsuit, ponytail and cat’s eye sunglasses. According to her backstory, she was an aspiring fashion model from Willows, Wisconsin, who moved to [...]
