I complained a while back about how rancid the latest Big Star album is. What I haven't complained about is some of the other crap I downloaded in the waning days of my emusic subscription, trying in vain to get my money's worth. Most notably, I got the whole album "Punk Girls" by Thee Headcoatees, thus violating my "no stupid band names" rule yet again, and cluttering up my hard drive with a bunch of cynical, charmless English-speaking would-be Shonen Knife-type songs. So what do I do with these now? If I owned the CDs, I would sell them. But just deleting them forever seems kind of harsh. I wouldn't miss them, and I don't really need the hard drive space (yet), but I'm sick of them coming up on the Party Shuffle. What do people do When Downloads Go Bad?
Books By Brendan Halpin
Brendan Halpin: Shutout
Amanda and Lena have been best friends and soccer teammates for years. But when high school starts and Lena makes the varsity, everything changes...Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin: The Half-life of Planets
A boy with Asperger's Syndrome. A girl with a reputation. A shared love of music. An unlikely romance. Quite possibly the perfect summer book.Brendan Halpin: I Can See Clearly Now: A Novel
Sex, drugs, and educational cartoons in 1972. Can four young songwriters and a mentor with mixed motives change the world, or at least Saturday Morning TV? Buy at bn.com Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: Forever Changes
Love, (The emotion and the band), calculus, friendship, gatorade, mentors, parties, doomed crushes, doomed people, and of course, the laughter and tears you've come to expect from the Halpin brand. This book has it all, and I think it's the best one I've ever written. For young adults, but also suitable for older adults who think they can handle it. Buy at bn.com Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: How Ya Like Me Now
My first official young adult novel! It's about how Eddie from the suburbs comes to live with his cousin Alex in the city when his mom goes into rehab. It's about homework, who likes who, and how to build a new life after the old one falls apart. Buy it at bn.com Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: It Takes a Worried Man: A Memoir
Funniest book about cancer ever! Out of Print! Email me if you'd like to get a copy.Brendan Halpin: Losing My Faculties: A Teacher's Story
A funny, profane look at what it's really like to be a teacher. Buy it at bn.com Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: Donorboy: A Novel (Alex Awards (Awards))
After the deaths of her two moms, 14-year-old Rosalind goes to live with her biological father, the sperm donor she never met. Complications ensue. Buy at bn.com. Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: Long Way Back: A Novel
Love, faith, and the amazing healing power of punk rock. Buy it at bn.com. Find it at your local independent bookstore.Brendan Halpin: Dear Catastrophe Waitress: A Novel
A love story about two people who were the subjects of hit breakup songs. Buy at bn.com Find it at your local independent bookstore.
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