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Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #44
I used to be pretty sure that my generation got screwed. The way I figured it, for as long as I can remember, the world was concentrated on the Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers. Every day Tom Brokaw would greet us during his 6:30 newscast with another story about how fabulous the generation that fought World War II was, how much their sacrifice and honor meant to the world, how we must never forget what they went through. How […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #43
I used to have a theory that the more remote controls you have the higher in social status and class you probably were. Now, don’t get me wrong, in my theory these remote controls had to be for quality audio/video products. My old GPX compact disc player came with a remote control but no matter how many of those you threw into a pile no one was confusing me for upper class. But—you toss a remote that controlled a home […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #42–A New York State of Mind
The first time I visited New York it still had parts of it that I had read about in beat novels and saw on the television and in the movies. It was still grimy and dirty and had a certain edge to it. I loved every minute of it. I couldn’t wait to see all of the places I had read about or seen, the locations that for the last 3 or 4 years had been peppering my dreams and […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #41
As I’ve mentioned in this column before, I’m going to be turning 40 this year. This is a significant age in my estimation, one that marks the passage of youth. At 40 no one is ever referred to as the young guy or kid. At 40 our bodies are now beginning to accelerate in their decay. At 40 you’ve become what you are, no one talks about when they grow up or when they get older. So 40 is a […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #40
There are a lot of events that change you as you grow into a fully formed adult—your first job, buying your first home, getting married to name just a few nothing though changes you more rapidly and in ways you were never ready for more than becoming a parent. My son was born seven years ago this week so I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Since I’ve become a father I’ve at times felt more energized, more exhausted, smarter, […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #39
I saw an interesting article the other day about 50 albums turning 40 this year. The list is astounding—one look and you see masterpiece after masterpiece, all released in the same year. You also see something that never happens anymore, bands releasing more than one album in the same year. It used to be commonplace, bands like The Eagles, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and so many others regularly released multiple albums in the same year and they all […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #38
It’s dawned on me that you’ve been reading this column for the past 38 weeks now and while I’ve given up a lot about myself there are still a lot of things you don’t know about me. Don’t excited you aren’t going to find out any deep secrets, but I thought maybe I’d take this week and discuss some of my influences which might give you a little more insight into what informs my opinions. Consider this your primer on […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #37
A funny thing has happened on the way to the forum recently, more than once in the last few weeks different people in different walks of life have either asked me for advice or looked to me like an elder who was able to offer teachable moments or impart some form of advice. Now, if you know me at all you know that I look damn good on the outside but on the inside I’m a hot mess that only […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #36
We’re in an odd position, members of my generation, made to feel nostalgic about items that were never meant to have nostalgia attached to them. Almost every item from our youth was made cheaper, faster and with faster planned and unplanned obsolescence than our parents and grandparents’ generation. Even those items that were originally manufactured as part of an earlier generation were cheapened when they made their way into my time. This cycle has continued into the next generation. My […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #35
I think I’m missing quiet moments in my life. It’s not the fault of my wife or son, they live for quiet moments, they share quiet moments, they relish quiet moments. Me though I’m a different story. If the TV takes too long between commercial and television show and there’s that pause where the screen goes black I’m on my feet swearing and screaming “boring!” I don’t want you to misunderstand, I can handle quiet, I can sit and read […]
Dave Rullo Presents: Aging Hip Replacement #34
Kurt Cobain would have turned 45 this week. Does he still represent my generation? Did he ever represent my generation? Jack Kerouac wrote in On the Road “the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across […]