This is a re-post of Celia Rivenbark’s hilarious Rock ‘n’ Roll High School post from last spring. Since then, her incredible 6th book, “You Don’t Swear Much For a Fat Girl” has come out and rocked the NYT Bestseller list. She will be doing a reading and signing this Saturday, September 24th at 11AM at McIntyre’s Books at Fearrington Village between Chapel Hill and Pittsboro. If you’ve never been to one of her readings and like to laugh, you best get your behind there and do it on…
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Looking at music through the lens of youth is a funny thing. Whatever you liked can make you seem like a goof or a genius, depending on the band, and a lot of that comes down to sheer luck. Like everything that may or may not have gone your way as a kid, you can blame it on your parents if you want. My parents played me The Beatles and The Stones and Cheap Trick when I was a kid and I loved it all. Very cool. But…
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