Dear Ape,
I’ve asked many silly questions to lighten the mood in the Single Ape world, but now I have a more serious question. Let’s just say I got out of a relationship with a girl I was very serious with about 2.5 months ago. Unfortunately, she wasn’t that serious with me. Somewhere in the middle of the relationship, she decided to put an ultimatum on the relationship because she was leaving for another country for six months. Somehow, she thought this was a good idea. This decision put me through …

Today gets a nope. Not the whole thing, it was actually really great. But the part where I left the house for sure and a few characters in particular. So here’s the story. Steven’s Song, if you will:
Somewhere around the middle of the day I had to make a run to get some ski socks. I know, it sounds weird, but it had to happen. (Long story that’s boring and kind of gross.) Being Los Angeles the ski shop is far, and lame. But I remembered that there is a …

I’ve always said that working the service industry should be like military conscription in Germany or Israel, one year mandatory. Anyone who has never had the displeasure of serving others their food and coffee just thought “why the hell would you think that?” while those fortunate souls who have just belted out a “HALLELUJAH, BROTHER! SIng it LOUD!!”. I personally have done about five or six years in the trenches and it isn’t pretty. if you don’t know why a year of mandatory service industry would be a good thing, …

I’d start by saying I wrote the book on preppy, but I most definitely didn’t. I know this because it was The Preppy Handbook that first blew my mind in the summer after 5th grade. I remember, specifically, being in my sisters room and asking her what it was.
her: It’s a handbook about preppy style
me: What’s preppy style?
her: It’s a style.
me: What’s a style?
her: It’s just, like.. a way to dress.
me: What do you mean? (I asked an insane amount of questions as a kid.)
her: (getting annoyed) It, I …

Through all the mix making, there ended up being a pile of just “hits”. Songs I loved that didn’t really have a spot, so that became their spot. Starting with the Eric Donaldson’s version of “love of the common people” and going into Al Capone’s DJ version of it. There is some Johnny Clarke, Dennis Brown and Barington Levy on here and a bunch of other crooners with great voices. All off crackly 45s. What’s not to love? Runnnn chune apey ape!
…singers
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