i can’t believe – can’t fucking believe – that these ten exile b-sides were sitting in a closet somewhere for forty years. forty years! i oscillate between being thrilled at having what is essentially an extra third helping of exile on main street fall out of the sky one day and feeling slighted i didn’t [...]
Entries from May 2010
thank god for small favors (or why did the rolling stones wait 40 years to plunder my soul?)
May 31st, 2010 No Comments
Tags: exile on main street
St. Paul Summer
May 26th, 2010 No Comments
In the basement of the home of my second cousin waiting for something to sleep to. St. Paul is quiet even on a corner lot. The acoustic tiles are dangling. I have my own bathroom. We had beer and almonds while we met. They have only ever lived here. One job. One wife. One husband. [...]
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lady of the barge demo
May 25th, 2010 2 Comments
for those of you who couldn’t make the cd release at shippy’s house a few weeks back, don’t worry. you can still get the music virtually hand delivered to you door. virtually. just be patient. it’s at the end of the post. jesus. in addition to me getting as drunk as i’ve gotten in recent [...]
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sideways
May 25th, 2010 No Comments
play me. because i love you. don’t forget it. oh, i wish i was in austin mmm, mmm in the chili parlor bar drinking mad dog margaritas and not caring where you are i woke up dead today and will live the rest of my uncertain days in sideways flash fashion. i hope i flash [...]
Tags: austin · dale watson · guy clark · james mcmurtry · smoke monster
this is the sound of the smoke monster
May 23rd, 2010 No Comments
boy, that two hour recap last night sure sucked, didn’t it? hopefully, that’s not an indicator of the quality of the finale. for what it’s worth, i’m rooting for the smoke monster. he’s kind of like milton’s satan. he got the shaft from the get go. he’s trapped. he’s not a blind believer. i like [...]
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i can die now
May 19th, 2010 2 Comments
these are scotty’s girls. liv and roma. scotty’s been telling me that roma (age: 3) … listens to my fruit cd in the car all the time and loves it. so he says, i figure. so we get to their hotel and i’m dicking around with the guitar and roma requests joe davies and i [...]
Tags: joe davies · roma
crying over spilt gorillas
May 15th, 2010 4 Comments
i’m ripe for becoming a political vegan, i fear. this gorilla video made me cry. pull it together, man. anyway … in other news, the gig with schimitt went well considering we couldn’t hear each other on the chelsea’s small bar pa. i really dig how the originals sound like this (a needed challenge for [...]
Tags: gorillas! · lady of the barge
cuteness alert
May 12th, 2010 No Comments
talia shoot holding six … that’s six … puppies. i’ll be monitoring this situation in the event we need to contact the spca. good luck to the hooches as they try to give up all but one of the puppies. in other news, i’m playing a gig tonight with the great eric schmitt … … [...]
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i learned the truth from lenny bruce
May 3rd, 2010 No Comments
finishing a mega fucking yowza paper on lenny bruce. delirious. just found this online. one of his bits. i’m giggle stupid right now: I’ve figured out a way you’ll score every time: “Look I’d like very much to go out with you but there can be no sex between us. You see I don’t do [...]
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