“I'm like, 'Would you be the person in the room that would boo when Dylan went electric? I know I wouldn't. Or are you the person that left The Beatles after 'She Loves You,' or 'Drive My Car?' You weren't on board for 'Revolution 9' or 'Day In The Life,' were you?'” KnowsPersonsLeftRoomsLove YouCarRevolutionBoardsElectricDylan Author:Regina Spektor
“I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.” KnowsNextRoomsBrotherMovedGuitarPassionateMy BrotherElectricBassAssemblyAcousticsRecordersPlaying Bass Author:Ellie Goulding
“One of the most essential and mundane of human activities - taking care of children - requires high levels of anxious vigilance. ... [Parents] dare not risk assuming that the sudden quiet from the toddlers' room means they are studying with Baby Einstein. Visualize fratricidal stranglings and electric outlets stabbed with forks: this is how we have reproduced our genomes.” HumansMeanChildrenCareParentLevelsRoomsStudyRiskBabyActivityQuietEssentialsAssumingDareAnxiousElectricOutletsMundaneForksHigh LevelHuman ActivityVigilanceToddlerGenomeStrangling Author:Barbara Ehrenreich
“Life was so much simpler in pre-video days when everyone refused invitations because the 'Forsyte Saga' was on. Now we all just have a long list of unwatched shows, all of which, it seems, our friends are raving about. I feel as outdated as if I wore a Fair Isle sweater, ate Pot Noodle and had a two-bar electric fire in the sitting room.” IfsFeelsLongTwoShowsSeemsRoomsFireSittingFairsListsBarsVideoPotElectricInvitationsSweatersSagaOutdatedIsleNoodles Author:Simon Hoggart