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The Time I (Almost) Defined a Generation
In which James Greer, then a music writer at SPIN, moves in mysterious ways. Continue reading
Posted in Music, Popular Culture
Tagged Bob Gucchione Jr., Generation X, Jane's Addiction, Lollapalooza, Nevermind, Nirvana, Perry Ferrell, Slacker, spin, u2
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In Honor of National Pot Smokers’ Day
In which Diana Spechler reminisces about illegally buying liquor, and the Boston College student who sold it to her. Love and drugs at the age of seventeen.
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Posted in Memoir
Tagged 4/20, Boone's Farm, Def Leppard, Grateful Dead, National Pot Smokers' Day, Nirvana, Purple Rain, shoulder-tapping, virginal adolescence, Zima
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