I drive the mail around. I sit on my butt and reach into an organized pile of mail, pull out the pieces that are supposed to go to the address I’m currently stopped at, and put them into the mailbox. … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2013
We had a big console stereo that my father would play his Johnny Cash records on. If I was going to grow up with a selective and small record collection in the house ( I remember a Porgy and Bess … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6mS2zPmv_c Sitting staring at the computer screen…the modern version of the writing pad…completely empty of ideas and motivation. That doesn’t bode well for an interesting post. Here’s a video from a guy named Josh Ritter…song called “Idaho”. When in doubt, … Continue reading
We went to the beach this past weekend. It was a dirty beach…I wrote about that part of the experience yesterday…but it was a fun beach. We had a good time. On our second and final night at the shore, … Continue reading
We went to the beach this weekend. My youngest son turned 4 and he’s really excited about staying at motels…and he’s really excited about the beach…so we decided to kill two birds and stay at a motel on this trip. … Continue reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2kAAn7XAxk There is so much pumped up, fake weirdness in the world these days. Robot voiced rappers and plastic little wannabes. Plastic little wannabe millionaires. But here’s an old concert film of Neil Young…the antithesis of fake. This is a … Continue reading
Looking up Amos Lee videos, came across Sarah Jarosz. It is great to discover good talent. It is enlightening to realize once again how many really fine musicians there are in the the world. … Continue reading
If you drop the “g”, everything sounds “hipper” somehow. I’m still listening to the Bible in the mail Jeep. I take back what I said earlier about the first 5 books being tough to wade through…there’s some amazing stuff in … Continue reading
This is what it’s like for me in the morning. Out here in the country, you’d be surprised how easy it is to get a 5 AM rave and run going. You just put out the word, and soon a … Continue reading