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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

Songs for the Dumped: Volume Two

Jeff Vrabel February 2, 2008 6

In most cases, a breakup song is whatever happens to be playing in the background, but on rare, special occasions, it’s as though the DJ has temporarily set up shop inside your brain, ready

Songs for the Dumped: Volume One

Jeff Vrabel February 1, 2008 7

Everything is worse in high school: your hair, your taste in music, your grasp of how bad you have it, your ability to have a meaningful conversation with a girl that does not revolve

Songs for the Dumped: The Prelude

Jeff Vrabel January 31, 2008 3

The poet Emily Dickinson once wrote that “Valentine’s Day sucks rocks,” and it’s easy to see why: Dickinson was known for her use of filthy geological metaphor, as well as for totally hating romance