Mommy Loves Cute Rock Boys.
Especially cute rock boys from the south. If they are from Georgia, all the better as far as I’m concerned. The first time I met Butch Walker, he actually replied to something I said to him with an un-ironic “Yes, ma’am.” Southern rock boys look as stylishly dangerous as any band from Brooklyn or London but with none of the contrivance. They will say “please” and “excuse me” and listen patiently as you breathlessly embarrass yourself attempting to offer some interesting points that they’ve never heard before about how awesome their band is because you want them to think you’re clever and maybe ask you out for beers later but then you get all off message and weird and end up saying something stupid about their leather jacket or their haircut and now they’ll never want to make out with you because you’re just like everyone else but with the added bonus of being a dimwit. Still, they will blush a little and say “thank you so much, that really means a lot” and you will feel like they really mean it. When I say you I mean YOU, not me, because I am cool as a cucumber, baby.
Anyhoodles, Stacy is producing this band from Atlanta called The Modern Society and they invited me down to the studio to sing a couple of background bits on their new album. They are totally super-dee-duper. When I listen to their music over and over, alone in my secret room with lit candles, a bottle of scotch and The Modern Society posters as wallpaper I think of J. Mascis fronting Superdrag. If you know me, you will realize that this is high praise indeed.
hi. we’re the modern society. you may swoon now.
A few weeks back I did an interview with Vivian Manning-Schaffel for a parenting blog called Babble.com. I’ve never done an interview that focused on motherhood before, so it was kind of a nice shift of focus from the typical Q&A, which after 20 years has gotten pretty tedious. Thanks for going easy on me my first time out, Vivian. Check out the article here
Okay, then. Have a nice weekend. Bye.
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