Author Jennifer Anderson is on deck for RNRHS, to which she says, “Thank you for having me on today. I love these questions! Music. Dancing. Love! Love! Love!” I heartily endorse Jennifer’s use of exclamation points here and below, especially when discussing the finer points of Vanilla Ice and NKOTB. The thing I adore most about her post is the mention of plastering her bedroom walls with photos from teen mags. I was waaaay into those magazines when I was in high school. I saved up babysitting money…
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The always awesome Casey Daniel from 7Mary3 is at the helm of Rock ‘n’ Roll High School today. I love hearing about what musicians were into in high school, at a time when tastes are becoming fully formed but are still very much subject to the influence of peers. The sway that the other kids at school can have is an interesting one–a band could lose all points with the cool kids if too many people started to like them. I know I was guilty of abandoning certain…
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