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Basement Songs: Coldplay, “Fix You”
It's springtime again, and Scott Malchus is reflecting on baseball, family and the search for a cure to cystic fibrosis in this week's Basement Songs
Read More »Basement Songs: Aaron Copland, “Appalachian Spring”
For the final two miles of my half marathon, I’ll have Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring play in its entirety to help push me through to the end. I figure that if I need
Read More »Basement Songs: Journey, “Only the Young”
In the fall of 1984, the Make A Wish Foundation contacted the band Journey. A 16-year old fan from Cleveland named Kenny Sykaluk was in the final days of his lifelong battle with cystic
Read More »Basement Songs: Thomas Newman, “Finding Nemo: Main Title”
People do this all the time: they neglect to ask about my daughter Sophie. They don’t mean to, especially when they receive so many updates about her brother Jacob’s health and our efforts to
Read More »Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “The Rising”
I had a dream about Bruce Springsteen and he told me what to write. You’re thinking, “Again? Come on, Malchus, all you ever write about is Springsteen. And Journey. All you write about are
Read More »Basement Songs: Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys, “Empire State of Mind”
The email came on a Thursday morning, as I sat at my desk, waking up. My friend, Nancy, was running the Santa Monica half marathon in three days and she wanted to know if
Read More »Basement Songs: Death Cab for Cutie, “Grapevine Fires”
Southern California resident Scott Malchus has fire on his mind this week -- and memories of listening to this song from Death Cab for Cutie's Narrow StairsRead More »
Basement Songs: Bruce Springsteen, “Working on a Dream”
Each spring when Great Strides rolls around and we begin fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Julie and I do our best to write a letter that grabs people’s attentions and hopefully inspires them
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