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‘I’m so blessed’

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So help me, Jesus

I don’t remember how I heard about them but I was in high school, trying to scavenge for what bits of cool I could (I wore Walmart knockoffs of Airwalks until I could weasel my way into a real pair) when I heard about the Toadies. One day I found myself with my grandmother at the Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, in Camelot Music (which is now FYE, I think), with Rubberneck in hand, heading…

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‘Measuring time in blooms’

Sometimes I wish I could get back the outlook on life I had when this album was spinning nonstop in my car in high school. I thought I had things figured out. That was a long, long time before I realized that I will never have much of anything figured out. Anything.

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‘Shut your eyes, love me too’

I’m having another Hum attack. I am always bewildered by how many people my age have never heard of this band. My high school years ticked along mostly to a soundtrack of Hum, Radiohead, and Pearl Jam. And, foreshadowingly enough, Al Green.

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