“Do I look fat in this?”
“No, you look fantastic”
“Right answer”
“What, you mean the truth?”
“That’s even better”
Kind of a reversal of deny, deny, deny.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Jamey Johnson "The Guitar Song"
The songs on Jamey Johnson’s “The Guitar Song” are so textured and well-written that I’ll be listening to them over and over for a while.
Its a wonderful collection of music for so many reasons. One in particular, the songs don’t end where you think they should, there’s some little riff or noise or laughing/talking at the very end (Hawaii 5-0 violin riff at end of “By the Seat of Your Pants”).
Its a wonderful collection of music for so many reasons. One in particular, the songs don’t end where you think they should, there’s some little riff or noise or laughing/talking at the very end (Hawaii 5-0 violin riff at end of “By the Seat of Your Pants”).
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Music Summer of 2010
Can’t resist listing and commenting on some of my favorite new music this summer:
1) “Messenger” by Joe Pug – can listen to this again and again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14VInJLnTU
2) “Texas” by Sons of Bill – excellent country rocker; excited and hopeful for the growth of this VA band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafltOGRfJY
3) “Mano Negra” by The Famous – hard to pick one song off awesome new CD (July 2010) “Come Home to Me” bc they’re all good but I’m going with this one. Missed this SF band by a night when I was in the bay area a couple of months ago. (bummer) http://www.thefamous.net/
4) “Yes to Booty” (And No to Beer) Elizabeth Cook – classic country theme with modern vernacular
5) “El Camino” Elizabeth Cook – Ms. Cook gives me hope for the future of country music when I hear this fine song with lines like “and if I wake up married I’ll have to annul it, and right now my hands are in his mullet” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKZkM437TiY
6) All songs from The Fox Hunt’s “Long Way to Go” CD – Great sounding (what’s wrong with that) and compelling rock/bluegrass/country. Eagles when they did not suck meets bluegrass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uRCdSmWFY&feature=related
1) “Messenger” by Joe Pug – can listen to this again and again http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I14VInJLnTU
2) “Texas” by Sons of Bill – excellent country rocker; excited and hopeful for the growth of this VA band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafltOGRfJY
3) “Mano Negra” by The Famous – hard to pick one song off awesome new CD (July 2010) “Come Home to Me” bc they’re all good but I’m going with this one. Missed this SF band by a night when I was in the bay area a couple of months ago. (bummer) http://www.thefamous.net/
4) “Yes to Booty” (And No to Beer) Elizabeth Cook – classic country theme with modern vernacular
5) “El Camino” Elizabeth Cook – Ms. Cook gives me hope for the future of country music when I hear this fine song with lines like “and if I wake up married I’ll have to annul it, and right now my hands are in his mullet” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKZkM437TiY
6) All songs from The Fox Hunt’s “Long Way to Go” CD – Great sounding (what’s wrong with that) and compelling rock/bluegrass/country. Eagles when they did not suck meets bluegrass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4uRCdSmWFY&feature=related
Friday, January 1, 2010
What it means to be a Man!
Watched a movie about the Crips and the Bloods, LA Gangs, tonight. Alot of talk about what it means to be a man. And much of it came from youths that did not have fathers in their lives. Like many young men, both poor and even middle class, in the south suburbs of Chicago. So very thankful that my Father gave me so many lessons in being a real man, not having kids, or committing violence, but in particular caring for someone at much personal sacrifice. And not doing it for any other reason than there was no other way to deal with the situation. Thanks Dad, for showing me what it means to be a real man, and so many other things. Love you and miss you and Mom so much.
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