Archive for September 30th, 2008
Dress Your Sons and Daughters In Neutral Colors and Pray
For about five years during my middle school and high school years, I took guitar lessons from Mario, an Italian guy in his late 20s whose fingers were each as wide my entire fist. He had a ponytail, that when let out, made him look like a heavy metal Shakespeare character. He was responsible for teaching me some guitar, but most importantly, he told me to buy some records that I would still take bullets for. Among them were Paul McCartney’s Ram and Jellyfish’s Bellybutton, which through Jason Falkner, led me to Brendan Benson shortly after.
Not much point to this story, other than Benson’s One Mississippi just came on my iTunes a few minutes ago, and much like Ram, Bellybutton, and Benson’s second LP, Lapalco, it has got some of the most lyrically ridiculous yet enjoyable pop songs ever put on tape. Noiz.
I need a pickup and I don’t mean truck:
MP3: Comments On Ram By John Lennon
MP3: Brendan Benson – Bird’s Eye View
Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Music/Movies/Books.
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Western Tour, 1981
Thank you Piedmont Fossil for some truly amazing photos:
Mary and I took our pop-up camper and made a big loop through the western states of Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico before heading home by way of the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. My parents flew out to Denver and rode along with us as far as Santa Fe before flying home again.
Lights out tonight, trouble in the heartland.
Got a head-on collision, smashin in my guts man.
I’m caught in a crossfire that I don’t understand.
But theres one thing I know for sure girl:
I dont give a damn for the same old played out scenes
I dont give a damn for just the in-betweens.
Posted: September 30th, 2008 under Camping.
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