Friday, March 18, 2011

The modern multi-media family

Room 1: the nine-year-old and her friend are playing the Beatles’ “Let it Be” at high volume and singing along in preparation for their school concert. Possibly contains dancing.

Room 2: the seven year-old is watching the DVD of Barbie as Thumbelina at high volume.

Room 3: their father is listening to Frank Zappa’s “Hog Heaven” from Shut Up ’n Play Yer Guitar, a 2-CD set of guitar solos and nothing but guitar solos, at high volume. 

Each of us in the house is, in our own way, in Hog Heaven.

2 comments:

  1. Ther Nucular Fambily for the noo millennium. Bless.

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  2. There is a worrying tendency towards the Hannah Montana end of the musical spectrum. Peer pressure is a terrible thing, but we are fighting it. Twenty minutes of Stockhausen a day - that'll do the trick, surely.

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