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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 16, 2023, 09:50:51 pm ---I was surprised and delighted to find a book titled Through The Children's Gate: A Home in New York--by Adam Gopnik! :D
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I think he wrote about his family's time living in Paris too, right? Maybe this is about their returning to North America?
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 20, 2023, 08:42:49 am ---What rock star has the name Ed anyway?
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Well, would you count Eddie Vedder, one of rock's most popular and enduring stars? I've seen people call him Ed.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 20, 2023, 12:29:21 pm ---Well, would you count Eddie Vedder, one of rock's most popular and enduring stars? I've seen people call him Ed.
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I'm only dimly aware of him. I thought he was in the band Van Halen but, looking it up, I see he's in the band Pearl Jam, or was, and now he's on his own.
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on August 20, 2023, 12:26:10 pm ---I think he wrote about his family's time living in Paris too, right? Maybe this is about their returning to North America?
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That would be a yes and a yes.
This is by now a very old book--copyright 2006. They moved back to NYC just in time for 9/11.
Front-Ranger:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on August 20, 2023, 08:42:49 am ---It seems Ed Sheeran played to a sold-out Empower (Mile-High) Stadium last night here. I can't understand the appeal. What rock star has the name Ed anyway? Now if it were Hauser...
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So apparently 12,000 more people attended the Ed concert than came to the Taylor concert last month! I don't really see the appeal of either of them. I haven't heard a song by either of them either.
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