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There is Nothing Metal About Crying

December 5, 2009 | I Have Issues, Music, Parenting, Proof of My Immaturity, Signs of the Apocalypse, Son of a..., Speak Up Sonny. I can't hear you., The Pink One

Yesterday I told Twitter that Claudia loved grindcore.

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I wasn’t just making it up either. We were making her a Pandora playlist. She wanted to thumbs up Children of Bodom and Amon Amarth.

When I told Gabe this story he said that those bands weren’t grindcore, maybe death core or black metal, but not grindcore.

At this point in the story I need to back up a few weeks. Gabe and I were having an argument about which one of us was more metal.

In our defense we had just been to three wine tastings, so it wasn’t like we just talk about this all of the time. Well, okay, maybe we do, but in this particular case we had been in Napa all day drinking wine.

We called the children and had a family vote. The vote was ‘Who in this family is the most metal?”

Gabe voted for Gabe.

Ian voted for Ian.

I voted for myself.

Claudia voted for Ian, Claudia and Daddy.

This vote would make Gabe and Ian tied for the most metal and me and the girl who has both Barbies and Polly Pockets on her Christmas list tied for least metal.

I skipped my Sophomore homecoming dance to go to a Sepultura show. I sang on an Iced Earth album. I’ve been to Morbid Angel’s house. I grew up in Tampa! How could I possibly be the least metal person in any family?

But as I found myself reading the wiki for grindcore I kind of wanted to cry because a truly metal person wouldn’t need to google a wiki (which would be a fantastic name for a disco band) to distinguish between grindcore and deathcore. Would they?

And there is nothing metal about crying.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 11:08 am | 15 Comments  

Like Mother, Like Daughter

November 17, 2009 | I Have Issues, Music, The Pink One, kindergarten

It says “I love metal.”

Like Mother, Like Daughter

The apple really doesn’t fall too far from the tree, does it?

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 8:24 am | 8 Comments  

What Day is It?

August 26, 2009 | Music, The Goon Squad

That’s right. You heard her.

Death Metal Wednesday.

You heard it here first.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 7:47 pm | 21 Comments  

Sesame Street Slayer

July 6, 2009 | Music, Now I've Seen Everything, TV

Thanks to The Kaiser and the genius at Metal Injection I bring you Sesame Street Slayer.

I’m not sure who loves this more – me or my kids.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 2:46 pm | 8 Comments  

It Came to Me in a Dream (People Just Liked it Better that Way)

June 2, 2009 | Music

Three days ago I was doing a crossword puzzle and I totally blanked on the old name for New York.

This afternoon I took a nap. When I woke up this song was stuck in my head.

They Might Be Giants-Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

“Even old New York was once New Amsterdam Why they changed it I can’t say. People just liked it better that way.”

Again, thank you They Might Be Giants. You guys are awesome.

Posted by Goon Squad Sarah @ 5:16 pm | 17 Comments  
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