Music
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Another fine show by the Boo Hoo Ramblers
Last night I saw the Boo Hoo Ramblers, who now feature Jim Landt on dobro. It was their standard set played to a very deserted Blind Willies. Evidently they played Turner Field last week. -
New and cool (Bruce version)
Amazon has a new Springsteen video on their site. It’s from his new Pete Seeger tribute album, which I still think is an odd thing for him to do. He does not seem to be using Seeger’s style, which would not be a good fit for him.
Also
‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’ will be released in DualDisc format, with the full album on one side of the disc and DVD content on the other side. The 30 minute video side of the DualDisc contains extensive behind the scenes footage of the recording of the album. In addition, the DualDisc package will contain two bonus tracks and a special booklet including a note from Springsteen.
which is a nice touch. A very good way to get people to actually buy the disc instead of downloading it from somewhere.
And Pete Seeger’s only worthwhile quote is “Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple.”
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Prince and Tamar deliver one of the best shows I’ve ever seen
Absolutely flawless. I thought it would be a well done performance in a style I didn’t care about, but was absolutely blown away. Prince’s shows are as good as everyone says they are.
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I plan your life so you don’t have to
Your schedule for the rest of the week:
For you Bon Jovi fans out there, they will be performing on the Tonight Show this evening.
For Nick and me, Neko Case will be performing on the Tonight Show on Thursday.
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An odd choice
Springsteen to cover the songs that Pete Seeger kept alive, but didn’t write? Strange.
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A new blog in our midst
My favorite CD store, Decatur CD has joined the blogosphere. They’ve always had the best email newsletter of any I’ve signed up for and now they reveal that they have the new Neko Case album in, though not for sale. It comes out March 7th evidently. Oh well.
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Tuesday rapid fire
- The story and original lyrics to Bonaparte’s Retreat.
- A very good bio-article on Micky Spillaine.
- A new conspiracy site!
- You’ve got your pain ray in my sonic blaster!
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Thursday rapid fire
- The art of bootstrapping in a small business.
- A cool article on facial recognition technology
- The navy still chases pirates!
- The best old-time record collector ever. Adam and Stephanie will be this guy in 40 years.
- A revealing interview with Cindy Sheehan – after reading the interview she just seems like a sad, pathetic creature and not the self-serving caricature she originally seemed to be. How she’s paying for her crusade is a question that to my knowledge no on has asked.
- A relatively old article about Roe V Wade, choice quotes
“Abortion rights have been slowly whittled away while we haven’t even been looking,” said Kitty Striker, 22, who decorated her hair with small coat hanger replicas for the protest. “That’s what’s so shocking and so scary to me.”
Decorated her hair with small coat hanger “replicas”? Isn’t that like a holocaust survivor decorating herself with swastikas?
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Insights from the Carter Family box set
I got the first Carter Family Box set recently. It’s quite good, and nowhere near as repetitive as most of these things. And at $25.99 its well worth it for disks. I think all Carter Family stuff is out of copywright, which is why it is so cheap.
The current zinger, from the children’s song “Chewing Gum”
I’d never marry a lawyer, I’ll tell you the reason why
Every time he opens his mouth, he tells a great big lieI wouldn’t have a doctor, I’ll tell you the reason why
He goes all over the country and makes the people die -
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