When I’m a parent I imagine myself driving down the road, playing Fallout Boy, Panic! at the Disco, and The Academy Is albums (from the mid-2000s) for my kids. When I was a kid, my mom did this with 80s music. I’m not an huge fan of the general style but I feel like the…
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The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1970s
Welcome back! I know I literally JUST said I wasn’t going to be around much but this collaboration with Alexandra (and the Show Us Your Books link-up next week) requires my attention 🙂 This week we’re exploring the 1970s. On the first Tuesday of the month, February through November, we’re highlighting books & films from/about…
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1960s
Welcome to the Sixties, friends. This is an era that gives me total anxiety. For being the birth of the whole “peace & love” movement, it’s an incredibly violent decade. War and anti-war riots, violent sexual diseases and rampant drug use, Helter Skelter, the JFK assassination, etc. That’s A LOT to take in a 10…
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1950s
Hello! Fair warning- you will not find Grease on my list of recommendations. Welcome to the 1950s! While girls and boys were sipping on shakes in the malt shop the rest of the world was fighting in the Korean War, racing to space, and whispering behind closed doors about communism and capitalism. On the first…
The Roaring Swinging Fabulous Groovy Blog Collaboration | The 1940s
Ahhh. My favorite era! I love the music and fashion of the 1940s. I know the 40s are often associated with World War II and the Holocaust- especially the first half. I tried to offer a mix but many of my suggestions circle around those themes. On the first Tuesday of the month, February through…
Life as Louise 