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Massachusetts
journal from 1986
Party "War Cry"
When I was younger, I had a job working second shift at a local hospital. Second shifters have a unique lifestyle, especially those who are single with no major responsibilities. There were about...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2007
Leaving the country
The old dilapidated high school I went to was known for incredibly small class sizes (I graduated with only 52 kids…) So it was surprising to all of us how many exchange students we would have...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2008
A sweet summer's night on the break wall
I’ve never been away from home for the Fourth of July except for this summer. Living in a small apartment with some close friends has proven to be one of the best and worst summers though:...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2007
Let's stop here
Our road trip for Spring Break was coming along nicely. We were forty minutes in, leaving campus around 11.00, when the sun disappeared and was blotted out by a pure white wall. Leave it to...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2008
We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives
It was a week before I had to start the job I had lined up for summer work – which in of itself is a pretty big downer, but this job in particular called for me to live up what little free...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2008
Why we're outside
Summer lately has been unpredictable. It seems that all of the cloudy and cool days save themselves for when I want to go out and go swimming and the nice weather is reserved for the hours while...
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2006
The best 1/8 of college
It’s difficult to try and go back and remember how exactly I met most of the friends I have now. In the case of Carolyn, I remember every little thing. I had just arrived into the dorm for my...
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Malvern, PA
journal from 2007
kylie's best
Why does nobody know this song?? My best friend introduced me to this song while I was in college and it's the perfect pop dance song. So many other 80's songs have been imortialized in history,...
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Malvern, PA
journal from 2007
amazing.
Listening to this song immediently brings me back to the semester I was syudying abroad in London. This was the it club song at the time . It reminds me of amazing sweaty nights spent dancing long...
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Massachusetts
journal from 2002
Eddie Van Halen's cigarette
When I think of great party songs, one of the best was Runnin' With the Devil. I was photographing Van Halen at a concert at Great Woods. My husband and I enjoyed Kenny Wayne Shepherd's opening...
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Massachusetts
journal from 1998
Cheap Trick Guitar Picks
My friend and I had seen Cheap Trick at least a dozen times over the years, but they came back around in the late 90s on a club tour. I was able to secure a photo pass and pushed my way to the...
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Massachusetts
journal from 2005
Ski Trip Soiree
At our annual "company ski trip" (not an official company event, just the party folks chipping in...) we always rent 4 or 5 condos for a long weekend and designate one as The Party...
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Syosset, NY
journal from 2008
Eurotrash
Hundreds of Post-its. 5 New York Times'. 7 hours of decorating. $40 worth of mocktails, pitchers, and plastic martini glasses. 3 weeks spent compiling the most awesome dance music. The...
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Massachusetts
journal from 1988
Slapped on the Dance Floor...
Despite a very strange incident, I will always consider this tune one of my favorite party songs. I was a single white girl out for a night in the clubs with my roommate, also my best friend at...
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Phoenix, AZ
journal from 2003
So Many Memories Across The Years
I first encountered this song when I was fresh out of high school, and I loved it. I had burned it onto my "car mix" CD and would jam out to it on my way to class during those long...
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Phoenix, AZ
journal from 1998
Coordinated Moves and All
When I was a wee little seventh grader, this as our absolute favorite song ever. And I mean ever. We would request it at all the dances, and by the end of the year, we had our own coordinated...
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Palo Alto, CA
journal from 2007
Dreams of Sincerity and Insincerity
People get starstruck all the time. If they're hipsters, they pretend that they're not dewy-eyed and fucked up over the prospect of meeting the band or breathing the same air they do. They get...
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Berkeley, CA
journal from 2007
New Year's Eve
I was visiting my friend who was studying abroad in Lyon, France for the year, so naturally since I had a month off for winter break I decided the best time to visit her would be then and for NEW...
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Blacksburg, VA
journal from 2008
"Studyi ng" for finals
Studying for finals during the spring 08 semester turned into late night karaoke nights among friends. The study lounge was our's from 11 until the early hours of the morning. We would reminisce...
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Hattiesburg, MS
journal from 1999
Y2K
This entire album kept me movin & groovin.....in a time where everyone was antsy pantsy about the y2k scare.. I had my fingers crossed that all my data would be lost... 2008 and I am still in...
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Canada
journal from 2008
Awkward Prom Party
I was at this post-prom party, with a friend. So, i was sitting on the floor next to my friend, and then this song started playing, and me and this other girl were singing along with the chorus....
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Plattsburgh, NY
journal from 2007
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party
My friend's apartment is known as the "Dudeseum" and also known for throwing outrageous themed parties. Of course, before we all left for winter holidays for a month long break from...
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San Francisco, CA
journal from 2001
underware and karaoke
I sang this song with a pair of panties on my head on a karaoke machine at a house party. Two other people sang beside me. I think my first college boyfriend was probably watching me at the time .
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Saint Augustine, FL
journal from 2006
Gypsys, Tramps, and Thieves!
I did some time as a DJ at Backstreets in downtown St. Augustine and we had a rather colorful lot of gypsys, pirates, poets, thieves, surfers, skaters, bicycle kids, reformed goths, punks, drunks,...
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Des Moines, IA
journal from 2006
of montreal cover
A beautiful way to end a wonderful evening of music: of Montreal playing to a sold out crowd after a great set by opening act/local hero's Poison Control Center. they capped their night of...
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Parkersburg, WV
journal from 2007
Letting Go, Going Out
During my short time in Nashville, there were a couple things that I grew to love. Grimey's Record Store, Bongo Java coffee and dance parties at The House. The House was close to campus and owned...
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Canada
journal from 1990
University parties...
Whenever there was a party at their place, and there were quite a few parties too, this song would be played multiple times and every single time it was, everybody in the place would get up and...
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New York, NY
journal from 1992
First Time Hearing The Iconic Song
Everybody remembers where they were the very first time they heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit". Well for me, I was at a house party in Boston, freshman year of college early 1992. There...
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Houston, TX
journal from 2006
The night I fell in love
I have always had a soft spot (and a hard spot) for female singers. This fact of my life has has meant that I have loved the likes of Lucinda Williams, Mary J. Blige, Carol King, Aretha Franklin,...
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Valencia
journal from 2003
When in Spain...
Ok...it's not the most original party song. In fact, it's down right obvious, but I have some great..no, correct that...unforgettable memories dancing to this song in Barcelona with my friends. It...
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