Author Archives: Brock Shelley

Book #5 of 2017: The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: coming of age, graphic novel mash-up

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Tape Deck part 8: Slide No More

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Brock Shelley

Why at eleven years old did I own the tape of a 1970’s female reggae singer? Because this album had the hottest dance track (if you were middle aged and attending a lot of weddings) of the early nineties: the Electric Slide. I too … Continue reading →

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Book #4 of 2017: Rule of the Bone

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: Homeless loner runs off to Jamaica

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Book #3 of 2017: Lives We Carry With Us

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: Few knew courage like Ruby Bridges .

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Hamilton is awful.

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Brock Shelley

If the show over comes to Denver this guy won’t be in the room where it happens.

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Book #2 of 2017: Brooklyn, Burning

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: punk kids in Brooklyn find love

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Book #1 of 2017: How Music Works

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: Answer: basically just vibrations and timing

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Yearbook Scrawlings part 6: Adolescence Archetype

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Brock Shelley

I was 8 when The Wonder Years first premiered on television and became an instruction manual for my teenage years. It was and remains my favorite show, and in my young mind the main character, Kevin Arnold was a glimpse … Continue reading →

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Book #20 of 2016: Make Something Up

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: Stories with lots of bodily fluids.

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Book #19 of 2016: Walden

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Brock Shelley

6 word reaction: Thoreau: The Original Tiny House Hunter

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