This is the latest in Aaron Wolfe’s Lines & Notes. To go to the column page, please click here. “It’s All In My Mind” by Teenage Fanclub, performed by Aaron Wolfe * I told a story at the Moth the other day. I do that now and again. Sometimes it feels like the greatest feeling […]
“I Used to Be On the Scene” by Aaron Wolfe
February 10, 2011 by 1 Comment
This is the latest in Aaron Wolfe’s Lines & Notes. To go to the column page, please click here. “Money City Maniacs” by Sloan, performed by Aaron Wolfe * I used to be on the scene. Not the capital “s” but the little one where the beer tasted good and people still gathered in the […]
“My Brother the Communist” by Aaron Wolfe
January 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
This is the latest in Aaron Wolfe’s Lines & Notes. To go to the column page, please click here. “Orphan Song” by Aaron Wolfe * When I was in 6th grade my parents sent me to summer camp for three weeks. Camp Kinderland, the Berkshires’ branch of the Arbeiter Ring — the Workman’s Circle — a Yiddishist […]
“Death Walks and Devil Horns” by Aaron Wolfe
December 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This is the latest in Aaron Wolfe’s Lines & Notes. To go to the column page, please click here. “Strangers” by The Kinks, performed by Aaron Wolfe * Mortality is easy when you’re 18 and the biggest worry is how to scrounge a few cents together to buy an aerogramme so you can send a […]
“A Two-Headed Boy” by Aaron Wolfe
December 9, 2010 by 2 Comments
“Two-Headed Boy” by Neutral Milk Hotel, performed by Aaron Wolfe * I was lucky to know both my grandfathers. BERNIE: a tall man with very little hair, no education, thick hands, and a round belly. A worker in every sense of the word. A New York Jew in every sense of the word. He grew up in […]
