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Songs for the Dumped: Volume Eleven

Jeff Vrabel February 11, 2008 6

Some love stories are full of hideous terror, but some can teach us things, such as that for a not-insignificant portion of the populace, there is apparently something called a “Sexy Canadian thing.” Who

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Ten

Jeff Vrabel February 10, 2008 4

There are a few cold, hard truths in this world: you can’t run for president on the GOP ticket if you’re a thrice-married cross-dresser, the Cubs aren’t going to win this year either, and

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Nine

Jeff Vrabel February 9, 2008 12

We’ve been doing “Songs for the Dumped” for awhile now, and if we’ve learned anything it’s that: 1. People are at heart mean and vindictive, and 2. Apparently nobody had a good time in

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Eight

Jeff Vrabel February 8, 2008 3

You know who’s good for breakups? Bruce Springsteen. He’s also good for budding romances, weddings, funerals, long walks on the beach, calculus tests, trips to the jungle gym, pretty much anything. But as Matthew

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Seven

Jeff Vrabel February 7, 2008 25

David Medsker takes us on a mad, dark journey into a land most of us are probably familiar with — the Land of the Co-Dependent Relationship That Will Not Die, No Matter How Much

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Six

Jeff Vrabel February 6, 2008 5

Timing, the New Testament tells us, is everything, and it takes a startlingly few number of works to turn a glorious, magnificent, rainbows-and-puppies kind of day into one of hideous terror, especially when that

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Five

Jeff Vrabel February 5, 2008 8

We’ve been having a lot of fun here at Songs for the Dumped, but let us not forget that these are stories of heartache, woe, ache and heartwoe, and that most of this good-hearted

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Four

Jeff Vrabel February 4, 2008 5

The great thing about breakup songs is that you have absolutely no control over what they are; they just happen to be playing in the background, clamped into the CD player or turntable by

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Three

Jeff Vrabel February 3, 2008 4

A lot of people are going to tell you that adolescent regression is an unhealthy thing, but few among us are the people who, if given the chance, wouldn’t jump at the opportunity to

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