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Greg Volk is a freelance writer whose TV credits include Cash Cab and Pawn Stars. He desperately clings to his own youth while living and writing in Brooklyn. Likes include history and things that are awesome. Dislikes include chores and being told what to do. Follow his 140-character rebellion @kidsthosedays. MORE→
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Category Archives: Music
KTD pick some sweet-ass banjo
I can’t see too good. Is that Steve Martin over there? Nope. Just 8-year-old Jonny Mizzone of the Sleepy Man Banjo Boys going to town on “Flint Hill Special.” Second to that awesome, stuffed red fox in the background, Jonny’s … Continue reading
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Tagged CBS News, Flint Hill Special, Jonny Mizzone, Sleepy Man Banjo Boys
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KTD afraid of cheesy stage theatrics
This is not your creepy uncle/walking corpse Alice Cooper’s Rock and Roll. He allegedly had the following to say to Music-News.com (which is a web site that apparently exists) about today’s young musicians. I think they’re afraid to rock, I … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, blood, Dockers, Gap, Gene Simmons, Gwar, rock and roll, stage theatrics
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The kids don’t know the Beatles!
Stereogum has hard evidence that the kids don’t know who the Beatles are. [Insert four-part harmony gasp here.] The video was put together by the people at I Hate Young People (I can’t tell if they do or they don’t). … Continue reading
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Hey kids, do you like to play music?
Yesterday Johnny Rebs and Yanks alike commemorated the 150th anniversary of the first shots fired in the Civil War. Over at Visit-Gettysburg.com, they’re encouraging the kids to join the fun by trying on the same clothes that children wore during … Continue reading
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Tagged 1861, Chickamauga, Civil War, Disney, drummer boy, Fort Sumter, Johnny Clem, Johnny Shiloh
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No Alternative but to make bold statements, benefit albums
As President Obama held a town-hall meeting with workers at a wind turbine factory this week, HuffPo’s Sebastian Copeland asks if an oil spill and earthquake-induced nuclear meltdown will be enough to finally prompt the (real) push for clean energy … Continue reading