katie allison granju

ben folds - practically perfect pop song o’ the day August 31, 2007

I love this song. There aren’t many pop songs about parenting (and that’s Ben Folds’ real son, Louis, in the video).

I met Ben Folds at Bonnaroo in 2006. I got his autograph for my daughter, J. It was all she wanted from Bonnaroo that year, and I hit him up for it after a press conference. He couldn’t have been nicer.

For some reason, this song always makes me think of my brother, Robert, and his relationship with my nephew, Jones.