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WHY TODAY'S KIDS ARE COOKED | THEY CAN'T READ AND ITS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT, KAREN

I dated a woman who put her son in front of a tablet or Xbox while she ran out to the club all night. She couldn't even wait until it was their dad's weekend to have them. She would just straight up sit her son in front of a tablet, run off to the Los Angeles nightclubs until 4AM, and then consider herself a primary candidate for "Mother of the Year." Her son was in middle-school and still couldn't even fucking read. The poor kid was neglected.  Both of her children from her past relationship were in special needs classes because they were not stimulated or educated at home. What the fuck did you think was going to happen when you put a device aimed at adults (a computer) in front a child with unrestricted and unregulated access. You only have yourself to blame for your own piss-poor parenting skills, or lack-thereof. Child neglect. Google it. Meanwhile, I was reading Michael Crichton books when I was in jr high. My sister taught me how to read before I even start...
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ALBUM REVIEW: WINONA AVENUE by WINONA AVENUE

 Album: Winona Avenue

Artist: Winona Avenue

Social Media: Band Website / YouTube / Spotify / Twitter / Instagram / Facebook

For Fans Of: Taking Back Sunday, Amber Pacific, Reliant K, MxPx

Review: A famous movie narrator / inmate at Shawshank Penitentiary once said; "Hope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane." A fork in the road can be a tough decision, does one continue down a path that is clearly visible but has also not been working out? Or do we walk the unknown road of uncertainty with no guarantee that it will lead somewhere more suitable?

"I didn't believe it was right for me / I was so afraid that everything would fall away," sings Daniel Deputy, who forms the Winona Avenue duo with his brother David. The following is pulled directly from the band's press release;

"Winona Avenue can be thought of as a route that is traveled throughout a lifetime. “The decisions you make, the way in which you deal with circumstances, and who you choose to follow can determine where you will go,” says David. The band further explains that the band name can be a reminder that there is always hope for a new beginning. “Even if you feel like you are at the end of the road, or that you have nowhere left to turn, we believe in the opportunity to start over and begin again,” says Daniel."

"I thought I knew it all... knew everything / But now I've come to realize I was lost in the melody,"sings Daniel on "Future Me," a song about reminiscing on one's past decisions. But rather than regretting the choices one has made we actually find ourselves in a much better situation where we are able to look back and laugh at our past trepidation. "When I trusted the unseen, it was clear to me." Sometimes all a person can do is put their faith in a higher power and hope that things will fall in place along the way.

Themes of discovery and redemption carry throughout the album's 12 tracks and nearly 40 minutes of length. "I'm breaking out of this repetitive dream" is the message on one of the album's multiple singles "Dancing In The Pouring Rain." If you haven't caught on by now, Winona Avenue is a Christian rock album, but it is also an album that could appeal to those who might not normally consider themselves as the traditionally religious type because the messages don't necessarily beat you over the head or pass judgement upon you for not "believing." The songwriters merely offer their own Prodigal-type stories as an example that venturing out into the cold, gray fog doesn't always have to lead to a place like Silent Hill. A message that can be true for anyone and everyone.

"Hope is a good thing, and maybe the best of things / Hope can set you free." - Andy Duphrense; The Shawshank Redemption

Rating: 8.5/10 - A solid pop-rock album with intelligent lyrics and positive messages of redemption and new beginnings.

"Future Me"


"December Night"

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