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On Concerts, My Teenage Daughter & My Teenage Self

Once upon a time, I was obsessive about music.  So were my friends. We stood in line for hours, often through the night (oh, how times were different), at our local record shop in order to snag concert tickets.  We were eclectic in our tastes and as long as the artists met our discerning standards for what constituted “cool,” we managed to find a way to see them perform live. Bruce Springsteen, U2, Rolling Stones, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Depeche Mode, Billy Idol, Billy Joel, Elvis Costello, Tracy Chapman, Steve Winwood, The Police, Suzanne Vega, to name but a few.  Music defined our teenage years.

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Looking Back as Another School Year Comes to an End

It’s been a momentous school year.  The girls had a successful term at school, academically and socially. They worked hard, learned a lot and made new friends.  Here are some developments in their young lives that I think they’d like to remember when they’re my age:

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They’re British?!?!?!

We’ve been watching the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer Olympics, which has an act that serves as a fantastic tutorial in the history of modern (i.e., the last 50 years or so) British music.

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