I don’t think of Rilo Kiley as my favorite band, but given that songs by RK, [lead singer] Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins and Jenny Lewis by herself keep showing up in my 100-most-listened-to tracks on the iPod/iPhone every year, I guess they must be.
Here’s the first single of theirs that made me love the band, from the all-you-can-eat buffet that is MTV Music:
So the 10-day vacation is over. I had several days at home with James, which was great, (mostly) cleared out the TiVo, did some laundry, played World of Warcraft, had Thanksgiving at the in-laws’ and we ended the week taking James to Disneyland for the first time. A good time was had by all.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 10:59
Section: Journalism
It looks like a second story of mine is going to get the People Magazine treatment.
The first was the Delgadillo family, who got sort of engulfed in a media wave in early 2007, following my story on them in December 2006. It was compelling stuff, with one child taking care of the rest of her family while both parents were in Iraq, but there were numerous TV shows, People Magazine and who knows what else that came calling, and I suspect they may have gotten a bit overwhelmed with all the attention.
People Magazine called the office Monday, looking for contacts related to another story of mine. People’s year-end issue is doing a special article on fallen heroes, and they want to talk to the family of the late Sgt. James K. Healy about his story. I certainly found his story compelling, and I think he’s a good subject for this sort of piece. Too often, fallen soldiers are forgotten about after a single news cycle, and I think it’s nice when that doesn’t happen.
