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...lock the liquor cabinet when he turned 40. Gore may have lost his sister to cancer and almost lost his son to a car accident, but he rarely comes across as vulnerable. He's still the hard-working student once trotted out by his parents to please the grownup guests. It's harder to identify with the good son than with the black sheep, even though Gore's lack of affect may be the most genuine thing about...
Still, even the most patient parents may not be automatically rewarded with the liberation of their closets or garages. A decade after their childhood room has become a study, grownup kids in their 30s or 40s may lovingly rummage through their old belongings but still refuse to take them from their resting place...
...still occasionally noodle around playing Elizabethan ballads on my soprano recorder. But I do this in private because the recorder hasn't really been a "party" instrument since about 1685--hence my renewed interest in the piano. Just as every sociable grownup should be able to cook at least one tried-and-true meal, shouldn't she be able to play at least one song from memory, just in case she bumps into a baby grand...
...lock the liquor cabinet when he turned 40. Gore may have lost his sister to cancer and almost lost his son to a car accident, but he rarely comes across as vulnerable. He's still the hard-working student once trotted out by his parents to please the grownup guests. It's harder to identify with the good son than with the black sheep, even though Gore's lack of affect may be the most genuine thing about...
...supposed to be feeling those gonadal guitar jolts for the first time, he was standing backstage during a concert, riding the band bus, eliciting sexual confessions from rock Rimbauds. This was a kid's dream. But to live it--to survive it--Crowe had to be a premature grownup...