Big week in our house, as our 12-year-old daughter just had her first official press. Cleveland's Scene Magazine interviewed her for this week's cover story, on Cleveland-area cover bands.
Needless to say, she was pretty jazzed about the whole experience.
And, she impressed the hell out of me:
Each new generation is also embracing classic rock—and some are even taking an open-minded perspective on the sonic opportunities afforded by cover bands. "People like seeing them because it's music that they can relate to that they've heard before," says Norah Hyman, the 12-year-old vocalist for Fake ID…. And, perhaps unsurprisingly given Hyman's generous perspective, Fake ID are putting their own spin on things.
"We tend to change in the songs to make it more difficult for us," Hyman says. "A lot of the vocal stuff, [my bandmates] let me decide what I want to do with it." Such freedom has helped improve her vocal technique, namely by showing her she doesn't have to add "grit" to her singing voice. "Now I'm able to put my own touch on the songs instead of copying them."
You can read the entire story here.
Here's what else I read this week:
Discrimination
- Another court greenlights discrimination claims for a medical marijuana user fired for failing a drug test — via Eric Meyer's The Employer Handbook Blog
- Supreme Court Allows Trump To Discriminate Against Transgender People Willing To Die For Stupid Country — via Above the Law
- EEOC & DOJ Tag Teaming Employers on Harassment – Especially State and Local Governments — via AlabamaAtWork
HR & Employee Relations
- What Are You Going to Do? — via Kate Bischoff's tHRive Law & Consulting Blog
- Managing Employee Absenteeism the Best Way — via Evil HR Lady
- I Was Ghosting Jobs Back When Ghosting Wasn’t Cool — via Fistful of Talent
- What to Do When a Work Friendship Becomes Emotionally Draining — via Harvard Business Review
- Work/Life Balance: Desirable Ideal or Dangerous Distraction? — via HR Hero Line
Technology
- What the Covington Catholic debacle tells us about the internet today — via The Verge
- Will 2019 Be Work Comp’s “Year of the Robot”? — via Minnesota Employment Law Report
- Top 3 Cybersecurity Training Tips to Reduce Data Breach Risks in 2019 — via HR Hero Line
- In the Age of Cyber Criminals, Compliance Has Limitations — via In House
Wage & Hour
- Unlimited Vacation - Wave of the Future or Potential Liability? — via Wage & Hour Insights
- Don’t Be Snake Bit. Make Sure the COBRA Notices You Use Are Correct. — via BeLabor The Point
Labor
- What You Need to Know About Decertifying a Union — via Laurie Ruettimann
- NLRB GC Advises that Employers Need Not Bargain With Union Before Restricting Third-Parties’ Ability to Hire Unit Employees — via Labor Relations Today
- Labor Law & Post Graduate Medical Education — via The L•E•Jer
- What the NLRB Can Teach You About Documenting Employee Misconduct — via Trade Secret / Noncompete Blog
- The Joint-Employer Dance Continues: the NLRB’s Most-Recent Twist to the Judiciary’s Less-Recent Turn — via Labor & Employment Law Navigator
OSHA & Safety
- Reminder to Employers to Post and Electronically File 300A Forms — via OSHA Law Blog
- Mugno Nomination for OSHA Administrator Again Back Before the Senate — via Workplace Safety and Environmental Law Alert Blog