[v=eQQUgxGHxUM] Some days I wonder about the choices I make, the missed opportunities and friends not met. See, I love live music. The nuance, the feeling, the tenor filtered out in the studio. There’s nothing like watching an artist bend a string to hit a certain high note, or feeling a bass note rumble thru […]
Still Marching Up and Down That Street
[v=xwnjhxR_44A] Patty Griffin has come to mind quite a few times this week, although I am not quite sure why. The weather is getting colder, and I know as a Mainer Patty knows something about winter. When I saw her play in Bozeman, Montana, she said she felt at home anyplace people knew what moose […]
What is New Shall Be Old Again
Hot Club of Cowtown at Murray County Central High School, 13 October 09 Whit Smith on guitar and vocals Elana James on fiddle and vocals Jake Erwin on bass Wishful Thinking, Hot Club of Cowtown‘s new release, is in the Top 10 on the Americana Radio Chart, but they are Number 1 on my list of […]
Google Voice Would Not, Could Not Connect to Rural Users
[v=Zy7J578FLaA] Rural cell phone users are used to mocking the Verizon Wireless ads with the guy who constantly asks, “Can you hear me now?” I would love to meet that guy and say, “NO, not if you live in the country we can’t here you now, yesterday or tomorrow!” It’s like that dang Green Eggs […]
Fishing Music: The Album, Part II
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DxqNLeBqFs] I want to say a lot of great things about Fishing Music. In this case, at least, less is more. A project of uber-musicians David Thompson & Ben Winship, it’s got everything—it’s got fly fishing, it’s got acoustic music. What more do you need? I suppose I could say something about how much I enjoyed […]
Bob Wills is Still the King
[v=zcISVZHY73s] Hot Club of Cowtown is coming to play in my town this fall. Hot Club is a great “hot jazz” acoustic trio out of Austin that I played a bit on my volunteer radio DJ gig at KRFC-FM in Fort Collins. I’ve had some folks on my playlists come visit nearby, but this is a first in walking […]
Justin Townes Earle
Midnight at the Movies
Tornado Time
[v=Xwfqyxt2XII] Tornado season is upon us in the Upper Midwest. We’ve been pretty dry and cool this spring… until I went camping. It’s been raining here ever since. There were 23 Tornado Reports nationwide yesterday (17.06.2009), according to the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center. Fortunately the more active thunderstorms have jumped over my community […]
Dances with Wolves
Dances with Wolves – Trailer | Movies & TV | SPIKE.com I’ve never liked Kevin Costner, but last week I traveled the country this movie was shot in. Thunderstorms danced across the prairies. Look left, look right, off the modern Interstate, the naked plains stand against man and time. View Larger Map .
Happy Birthday
[v=k4SLSlSmW74] Happy birthday to me. 🙂
