Author Archives: Brock Shelley

Book #5 of 2017: The Diary of a Teenage Girl

6 word reaction: coming of age, graphic novel mash-up

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Tape Deck part 8: Slide No More

Why at eleven years old did I own the tape of a 1970’s female reggae singer? Because this album had the hottest dance track (if you were middle aged and attending a lot of weddings) of the early nineties: the Electric Slide. I too … Continue reading

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Book #4 of 2017: Rule of the Bone

6 word reaction: Homeless loner runs off to Jamaica

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Book #3 of 2017: Lives We Carry With Us

6 word reaction: Few knew courage like Ruby Bridges .

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Hamilton is awful.

If the show over comes to Denver this guy won’t be in the room where it happens.

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Book #2 of 2017: Brooklyn, Burning

6 word reaction: punk kids in Brooklyn find love

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Book #1 of 2017: How Music Works

6 word reaction: Answer: basically just vibrations and timing

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Yearbook Scrawlings part 6: Adolescence Archetype

I was 8 when The Wonder Years first premiered on television and became an instruction manual for my teenage years. It was and remains my favorite show, and in my young mind the main character, Kevin Arnold was a glimpse … Continue reading

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Book #20 of 2016: Make Something Up

6 word reaction: Stories with lots of bodily fluids.

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Book #19 of 2016: Walden

6 word reaction: Thoreau: The Original Tiny House Hunter

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