Stephanie Klein's Greek Tragedy

how to raise yourself on a diet of broadway

On the mornings I drive the beans to school, Wednesday & Thursdays, we listen to showtunes. Except, of course, during November, when we’re getting a head start on holiday music. We have time for three songs, and they…

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dry humping nashville

"Cherry vodka, sprite, splash of grenadine, now guess." My new friend Brandy (the classy way to spell it) wanted me to guess the name of the drink she and her friends had created. "You’ll never guess," she said. And…

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moose: a memoir… the soundtrack

The Soundtracks of Our Summers We’re all living our little lives, with our little earbuds, hoping to live out loud, writing the soundtracks to our lives, as they happen. We all must think it sometimes: that our lives are…

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thriller

An Amazing Loss I was in my kitchen when I heard the news. I’d turned off the TV earlier, and the only music we heard was from the bite-sized voices in the living room: my children. Phil was out,…

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playing the part

When I was a little girl–and perhaps it’s because I’m a redhead–all I wanted to be when I grew up was Annie. I used to sing songs from the musical on my front lawn, at 7am–belted "Maybe"…

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formulaic empowerment

  I was thinking today about empowering moments in my life, underdog moments, rising above it, I don’t give a shit what you think moments. They come down to being told "no," and doing it anyway. They’re defiant moments. …

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i’m a meredith brooks song

I’ve been listening to Meredith Brooks’s "Bitch" on repeat today. It’s not that I think I’m a bitch or that I’m one of those women who takes some kind of pride and power in calling herself a bitch, as…

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gossip in the grain

My life has changed–not so much that it’s unrecognizable, even if I am now in Texas, where they let us rock the vote early (which I just did). But it’s changed. I no longer find time to buy music…

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the L.A. song

Man I gotta get out of this town, Man I gotta get out of this pain. Man I gotta get out of this town, Out of this town, and out of LA. –Beth Hart I love…

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breakup songs for your wedding day

I’m thinking of you today as I sort through myPod. It’s in hideous disarray; you would not approve. "Clean this shite up, Stephanie!" you’d say shaking your head. Then you’d put in a request for a song they play…

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