Song honoring Gramps and Grannies wins Grammys

Song honoring Gramps and Grannies wins Grammys
You heard it here first! When this blog was launched in mid-2013 its first post featured a song called Thrift Shop. My New Old Self had noticed that rap duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis were singing about “granddad’s clothes” and confessed to dressing in “old women’s fur jackets”. Six months later this song snagged two ...

Thrifty is Nifty 2

Thrifty is Nifty
This codger in his previously-worn attire is styling in a hit video called Thrift Shop. Now that’s a place My New Old Self can relate to. Who knew that a song about a thrift shop was the 29th most watched video on YouTube, with 372 million views as of mid-2013? The song’s popularity is even ...