“Boots of Spanish Leather” – Nanci Griffith
From Other Voices, Other Rooms
I first discovered Nanci Griffith on a whim. I was involved in one of those BMG get 8 CDs for the price of one kind of deals. I needed to buy a few albums to finish out my contract and her Blue Roses from the […]
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After a long hiatus, the Hot Topic is back…and this time we’ve invited a girl to kick things off.
Within the Sinister Cabal that is Blogcritics.org, there exists a Double Secret Society of Men. Manly Men, who wear plaid, spit, swear and scratch private parts. These are the Manly Men of Mondo. Their existence has been […]
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The trip to Alabama was lovely for many reasons, one of which was the beautiful spring like weather. Though it was overcast a bit, the temperatures were quite warm and the trees and flowers were all full of blossoms.
Today, the second day of spring mind you, we received several inches of snow. Not exactly the […]
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My wife and I spent this past week in Montgomery, Alabama visiting old friends (which explains my absense here). It was a lovely visit, but the travel was quite a thing.
There is a bit of a long road leading out of our home that curves and twists just before reaching the main highway. It is […]
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Stories on March 19th, 2006
Interesting covers are nothing new in the bluegrass world. There are bluegrass covers of Prince’s “1999”, Janis Joplin’s “Piece of My Heart, Hayseed Dixie did a whole album of AC/DC covers, and who can forget Dolly Parton singing “Stairway to Heaven?”
The ubiquitous one man jam band Keller Williams has teamed up with Larry and Jenny […]
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It has been over a year since my last real concert, something unheard of in Brewsterland. Sure, over the years my ability to go out and hear live music has decreased, but I’ve always managed to see a show at least once every few months.
I did go to the Strasbourg Music Festival last spring, but […]
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“What are you doing this weekend?” a fellow coworker asked.
“I have to work Saturday and then I’m going to a maple syrup festival and then on to my in- laws in Palmyra, Indiana.”
“Oh, that’s nice.” Came the uninterested eye-rolled reply.
The thing is, it was nice. My days of going to the clubs, to the bars, […]
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Rolling Stones - Everybody Needs Somebody to Love
The Rolling Stones, Now!
I recently got my hands on a number of earlier classic Stones albums. In fact, I’ve only recently gotten into the Stones again. I’m continually amazed at their vast amount of really great music. It’s easy to listen to their “hits” collection played over […]
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I get to work at about 7:20 in the AM and start my normal duties of opening the office. One of the supervisors is out on vacation so it is quite a busy morning. Nothing really strenuous, but very busy.
Due to a couple of meetings I work straight through my lunch.
By five o’clock I am […]
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Stories on March 6th, 2006
Read the history of my DVD burner here.
I received my burner back from the shop today. I was kind of hoping they would either give me a brand new burner or store credit. After talking it over with a coworker I decided that I would do better with a Plextor DVD burner than the Iomega […]
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