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by ray

Other five-year-olds listen to Raffi.

Today, mine requested proto-punk rock band The Stooges.

I should note (through no real failing of my own) I don’t typically listen to punk and I’m pretty sure I don’t have any songs by The Stooges on the ol’ iPod. But today as we were about to get out of the car, Fresh Air was on NPR, playing a short tribute to Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton, who passed away today. I turned off the car to get us all out, but Reed cried in alarm “Why can’t we listen to that?”

So I put the key back in the ignition and there we were, having a driveway moment, with my son rocking out to “Search and Destroy.”

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