Who or what are your musical influences? 10000 Maniacs 10cc 112 12 Rounds 16 Horsepower 1927 2 Pistols 2 Unlimited 24 Gone 2gether 2pac 3 Colours Red 3 Doors Down 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts 30 Seconds to Mars 311 38 Special 3gs 3lw 3rd Faze 3t 4 Non Blondes 4hero 4him 50 Cent 54 40 54 Seconds 59 Times...
What lesson did your father teach you that still helps you in life? My father taught me how to walk away from people with a clear conscience and that has come in handy multiple times. Thanks Dad! I called Mom to wish her a Happy Fathers Day. I'm not sure if I told you or not but I decided I'm done...
Entertainment Weekly recently did a special 1,000th issue. In it, they picked the 100 New classics in Film, Televison and Music. More than one blogger went through the various lists and added their two cents. This is something I wanted to do, so I was inspired by Johnny Bacardi, who in turn was...
I'm a sucker for all those quizzes that are making the rounds. I really enjoyed this one. I"ve been saying all along that I'm a "child of the '70s," with my eclectic musical tastes, and this just proved it. Right now I"m listening to Poco, and just finished downloading all my Led Zeppelin, Crosby,...
I've been more than remiss in not posting about our recent singer-songwriter cruise with Lyle Lovett, Emmylou Harris, et. al. -- mostly because I spent a good part of the week on the boat and the following week with a raging case of bronchitis and haven't felt like doing much of anything except...
If you live in LA and don't regularly read Caroline on Crack, you're missing out on much of what the city has to offer. This up-for-anything fellow blogger is as delightful in real life as she is on her blog--how many Angelenos that you know are excited about exploring a wine bar in Eagle Rock on a...
I need to go shopping. While the prospect of the mall makes me want to vomit...or maybe just dry heave...there are tunes I must have. I need Raising Sand--the album Alison Krauss and Robert Plant just released. I was listening to samples the other day and diggin' it, but when I heard the cover of...
What a difference a couple of centuries make. While this generation’s true artisans are nose-down busy designing innovative widgets and apps that allow you to send virtual drinks to your Facebook bff’s or scratch like an 80’s mixmaster on your hot-off-a-six-hour-wait-in-line 3G iPhone, 300...
"1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" by ukaunz 2000s Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro Saturday – Ian McEwan On Beauty – Zadie Smith Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson The Sea – John Banville The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble The Plot Against America –...
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die Published in 2005 by Cassell Illustrated. Selected & written by 90 leading international critics, general editor Robert Dimery. In chronological order 1955-2005. Year of release only given here, when considered absolutely necessary. Where there were...
I've always found it somewhat ironic that for the past 40 years, the only major sporting event broadcast over America's airwaves on the July 4th holiday is the goings on at the All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club. But when else would Americans get up at 6am on a Sunday morning to dine on...
and i don't always feel lucky but i'm smart enough to try cuz humility has buoyancy and above us only sky I had a few minutes by myself today. I stayed home from work. I had some good reasons to stay home, but I could not really seem to create some peace for myself. I have been listening to a lot of...
Those of you that know me well, will know that I have quite an eclectic taste in music and I have been thinking about this question for some time. I'm not sure if I have actually come to a conclusion myself, but I thought that if I put something "out there" it might help me crystalise my thoughts?...
Although I've had the record for a while, last week I just started to pay attention to Lucinda Williams' Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. It's a great album and everyone should go listen to it. I can already tell that it's turning into my "summer album". Every summer it seems that there is an album that...
I did a lot of shopping this weekend, which I haven't done in a while. Let me tell you what scores I found and where! Friday: Half Price Books, Scottsdale. Hootie and the Blowfish: Cracked Rear View and Counting Crows: Films About Ghosts: The Best Of... and The Libertine with Johnny Depp. Sunday:...
Just reading this kind of thing makes me feel enraged and disgusted at the same time. This is what you think feminism is? Blaming the patriarchy? Woo-hoo, we have come a long way, baby. I originally clicked on the link to this blog from Salon's Broadsheet, thinking the title must be some kind of...
Back in 1997, Rosie went to visit her elderly Aunt Grace in Pennsylvania. Her cousin from California, Beverly was also there for a week’s visit. The two women decided to go shopping in Hollidaysburg one bright sunny afternoon. As they walked thru the town they came across Rispoli’s. There in the...
Music Artists I Like Aimee Mann, Alan Morse Davies, Alana Levandoski, Allison Crowe, Amon Tobin, Andrew Bird, Angeleyes, Ann-Marita, Annie Stela, Arden Kaywin, Armin van Buuren, ATB, Ben Vaughn, Beth Thornley, Bettie Serveert, Bianca Bohl, Bif Naked, Birdie Busch, Benoît Dorémus, Buddy Holly, b....
Man, it's been awhile since I posted anything here. I am in the process of selling my house and moving the fam to Greenville, NC. I am leaving Aggieland for a position at East Carolina University. Aggie to Pirate, that will be an interesting transition. Basically, this whole move thing has occupied...
White Stripes star Jack White has spoken about working with Bob Dylan on the project, co-ordinated by Dylan, to complete a series of songs left unfinished by country legend Hank Williams at the time of his death in 1953. White has been one of a number of musicians approached by Dylan to work on...
