Music
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Sonny Houston has died
He died last year actually, he was 67 – I just heard about it yesterday. Amazingly his memorial service is online – and led to today’s quote of the day
When you’re slinging mud you’re losing ground
and
You can play it that way if you don’t mind it sounding that way.
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I finally see Steve Earle
After about 20 years of missing him for one reason or another. I saw him last night at the City Winery – which is a very, very impressive venue
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After fifteen years I finally see Robbie Fulks
In Duluth of all places
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The line of last night…
(Woman I was talking to referring to band on stage)
“The singer sounds like he’s hitting a baby with a cat”
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Listen and mellow
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Thursday link roundup
- Bill Buckley and Hugh Hefner
- Town buys strip club to shut it down –
The town of Lavonia shelled out nearly $1 million Tuesday to buy and shut down the strip club along I-85. Then, the city quickly burned the interstate signs advertising the club, which was popular with truckers.
For those curious, that’s $1,287 per household. Such a wise use of taxpayer dollars.
- Toby Keith opposed the Iraq War
- Quote of the moment (by Ben Franklin) “A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
- Check out this Despair.com post, and the government reply – quite funny, and scary too.
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I play with video
From my new tiny video camera. The sound quality is impressive, the degree to which YouTube Crunches it is not welcome.
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Tom Waits
Last night I saw Tom Waits playing the Fox Theater. The show was wonderful; he did about half the songs I was hoping he would do. The only fly in the ointment was the massive array of hoops that TicketMaster made everyone jump though; only two tickets per household, original credit card required to enter, ticket checks every 20 feet, etc. It was a bit like the old Soviet Union. Security was much tighter at the show than at my visit to the capital last year actually.
And an addendum – I was talking to a long time Waits fan after the show and she said that the security concerns probably were Waits’ idea; apparently he’s willing to go a long way in his vendetta against scalpers.
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With summer comes five more strings
Lately I’ve been fighting a craving for a banjo, I see the wonderful rendition of a Dock Boggs song (below) and I’m almost out the door to buy one….
Or should I get a mandolin?
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The Freedom House sessions
Yesterday marked the first of what will hopefully be many Freedom House sessions, this time with Rocksploitation. Recordings will be available soon.
