The Adam Becker Experience

Back together again: Five bands we can't live without

Not a lot of people know this, but when Bob Dylan infamously declared "I don't know anybody who's made a record that sounds decent in the past 20 years, really," he wasn't referencing the changing sound of music as it entered the digital age, like is widely believed.

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The day the music was reborn

In the spring of 2003, the final semester of my senior year in high school, my music tastes differed slightly from what it is today. Bands like Seether, Linkin Park and -- I'm afraid to say -- System of a Down got regular playing time in my CD player.

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The new homophobia - not that there's anything wrong with that

So I'm sitting around a table, playing card games at a party with some friends recently, when the conversation took a sudden, unexpected (to me) turn: So ... do you think George (name changed for the sake of anonymity) is gay? He's got to be, right? But let me back up.

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Meat of the matter: Kicking the habit

Note: This is the second part in an occasional series tracking my switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle. In this series I will explore reasons to go vegan, as well as dilemmas and decisions facing people new to veganism. Let me get this out of the way: I'm an addict.

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Meat of the matter: Going vegan

Note: This is the first part in an occasional series tracking my switch to a vegan diet and lifestyle. In this series I will explore reasons to go vegan, as well as dilemmas and decisions facing people new to veganism. My decision to go vegan didn't happen overnight.

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About Adam Becker

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A 23-year-old copy editor at a daily newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, Adam Becker has worked for newspapers in various capacities since he was …