(Via Stereogum) When you were thirteen, what were you doing? Me, I listened to a lot of R.E.M., had poofy hair and braces and wrote angsty, depressed journal entries about how terrible my life was and how Spanish class sucked. But kids these days -- man, they're just so sophisticated. Take Jeff Tweedy's son Spencer, who has a polished, put-together blog that details vacation fun in New Zealand, or how he celebrated his birthday at Madison Square Garden, where he drummed on "The Late Greats" with
Wikimedia CommonsIt seems it will always be John F. Kennedy's deathday in Dallas -- not his birthday -- that we will observe, and that which, even now, almost 46 years later, still fills a dark, anguished corner in the national psyche. JFK, the most famous initials of our lifetime. Strange that Lincoln's deathday goes by with barely a whisper.
But today is Kennedy's birthday, born 92 years ago at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts. Can you imagine, a 92-year-old Jack Kenne
Every Monday A to Z publishes the best-selling releases from area independent record stores from the preceding week. An asterisk after an album name indicates that the act is coming to town. And so without further ado:
Vintage Vinyl
1. K-JON---I Get Around
2. MAXWELL---BLACKsummers'night*
3. MICHAEL JACKSON---Thriller
4. MICHAEL JACKSON---Off The Wall
5. MODEST MOUSE---No One's First, And You're Next
6. DJ CD---Hard On The Streets
7. DEAD WEATHER---Horehound
8. MICHAEL JACKSON---Vol. 1: Greates
