Teenage Dreams & Barbie

Where whimsy meets lament

When I was a teenager there were a few bands that I really connected with: MxPx, Supertones, and Weezer. Coming from parents that burned their vintage vinyl records in the 70s, in my conservative Christian household Weezer was cautiously approved since they didn’t cuss … much. Their pop-punk sound masked the turmoil and conceptual complexity of their ly…