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I’m going to a concert this afternoon. It’s a super secret concert for super secret bands (at least, I assume that’s why I haven’t heard of them, it could just be due to that whole not-an-American thing). This song has nothing to do with that. It’s just next up in the playlist. A girl can […]
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Press Here
August 7, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
I was wandering down State Street in Los Altos last week (mostly because there’s a diner there called Rick’s Cafe). Part of the street is closed at the moment, which the city seems to have taken as a cue to turn it into a playground with fake grass and toys and chalk for drawing on […]
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Do You Have the Time to Listen to Me Whine?
August 1, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
Heading into the SCBWI Conference this week I feel it’s apropos that this particular song is next in the playlist. Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I’m cracking up.
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Maid, Mother, Crone
July 30, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
I want to ask your opinion on something: What freight, if any, do the words ‘girl’, ‘young woman’ and ‘woman’ have for you — in relation to both the person referred to and the person speaking? For instance, if someone (say a person in their early twenties) referred to a person whose name they didn’t […]
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The Group W Bench
July 26, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
This one is not in the playlist, but as I went to Alice’s restaurant at the weekend, I thought I’d share this very important song with you. He said, “What were you arrested for, kid?” And I said, “Littering.” And they all moved away from me on the bench there, and the hairy eyeball and […]
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Bubble wrap! Padded rooms! Donuts!
July 25, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
Okay, so let me just say: Psycho Donuts. I have, and will continue to wax lyrical about the freshly made donuts at Lola in Seattle* but Psycho Donuts come at the whole donut issue from a totally different (totally brilliant) direction. They said to themselves, You know what’s missing from the donut scene? Total lunacy. […]
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Delete. Remove. Expunge. Excise. Eradicate. Cut.
July 24, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
Me: Ugh. I’ve reached a chapter that has four decisions in it. Four! Arkem: Are they yes/no decisions? Because I could help. Me: Somehow I don’t think your help would be properly informed. Arkem: That’s never stopped me before. I’m up to the point in this draft where it’s all about making the hard calls. […]
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My NEXT Vacation
July 23, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
P.S. Click through for more of Steve Thomas’ travel suggestions. They’re kinda awesome.
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To Everyone He Meets He Stays a Stranger
July 19, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
I’ve paired these two songs together because it makes me laugh. Which is an excellent reason for doing almost anything. I found a bunch of different versions of ‘Sharp Dressed Man’ when I went looking. I expected James Bond (which would have been entirely appropriate in this context), and I also found Cary Grant and the original video clip (which is […]
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Paul McLaughlan
platform thing 
August 9, 2013
by Kandace Mavrick
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