by Jaime Davis
The Fixer at Moviejawn

My parents were in their early 20's when they had me, so I grew up with a mom and dad who were always pretty hip to what was going on in pop culture. It was not unusual for my dad to come home with a new cassingle, or later, a new CD, of some band he thought was really cool that he thought I would like. And 99.98765% of the time, he was right. That shit was cool. And I actually liked it. He turned me on to The Posies, The Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield, Belly, and introduced me to bands I was too young to remember when they came out, like XTC and New Order and Joy Division. I stole his INXS CD’s, never to be returned, because INXS is just really that good. He teased me when I bought a Digable Planets CD, only to buy me Arrested Development instead. Guys, I have a Cool Dad™. Don’t be jealous.