Blog: 30 Days Out

When I was in 7th grade, our bus driver was one of the only ones who had speakers in the bus. He always had it tuned to WLS-AM in Chicago, which I still think was still one of the greatest rock and roll stations of all time. Anyway, I remember it was a cold November day when I first heard the tune "I Wish." I was hooked immediately. The bass line was cool, and being as white as can be in central Illinois I didn't know what the term "nappy headed boy" meant, but I thought it was funny. [...]