Archive | December, 2008

Bonus Transafixed Payload

by on 30. Dec, 2008 in music

OK, couldn’t help it. There was just too much good stuff this year… SIDE A 1. James Blackshaw – “Gate of Ivory” from Litany of Echoes 2. Grails – “Reincarnation Blues” from Doomsdayer’s Holiday 3. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – “Moonland” from Dig Lazurus Dig!!! 4. Constantines – “Our Age” from Kensington Heights [...]

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by on 21. Dec, 2008 in music

Well it’s the end of 2008, the surf sucks and I’m battling a token seasonal cold. So what better time to recap this year’s highlights in music? Selections are broken up like any piece of vinyl: SIDE A and SIDE B. Though there’s no hierarchy, SIDE A would be more of the fire and brimstone [...]

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Franken Pulls Ahead

by on 19. Dec, 2008 in Election 08, politics

    Up by 276 and counting. Go Stuart!!! [UPDATE] 1:15 PST – down to 241, but still holding. [Update 2] 1 vote for Lizard People ic      

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The Decline and Fall of Truth

by on 14. Dec, 2008 in books, politics, war

As a form of closure on this whole 8 year debacle– to recap, reboot, and move on– last month i picked up and read Frank Rich’s 2006 book The Greatest Story Ever Sold: The Decline and Fall of Truth. Boston University Film Professor Ray Carney gave this appraisal which made me go to the library [...]

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Kelly Joe Phelps..Piece by Piece

by on 12. Dec, 2008 in live, music

well, speaking about playing yer acoustic guitar..and american folk/roots/blues…. there simply isn’t anyone better than Kelly Joe Phelps.. you heard about that deal Robert Johnson made at the crossroads with Bethelzebub..? some say Kelly must have done something similar. A heavy favorite of Steve Earle, Bill Frisell, and my man Martin Simpson..he knocked me out [...]

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auto_pilot_depression

by on 12. Dec, 2008 in economy, politics

Did the Republican’s really just push us deeper into recession because they hate Unions and want more foriegn and cheap labor in the South?   These guys are complete assholes. I hope Bush feels just enough guilt to allow a bridge loan out of the already approved $700b.  He’s already the worst ever, but maybe [...]

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Shut Up ‘N Play Yer (Acoustic) Guitar!

by on 07. Dec, 2008 in live, music

Picking up on the Dr.’s educational and excellent last post, I got to thinking about the contemporary crop of acoustic guitar players. People like Glenn Jones, Sir Richard Bishop, Steffen Basho-Jung, Harris Newman… all exceptional musicians outright, but each more importantly are guitar sculptors of architectural space and sound. Like Fahey and Kottke before them, [...]

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Bert Jansch..”Nottamun Town”

by on 06. Dec, 2008 in music

here’s a song that reflects a genre of story telling in which a whole culture, or way of life..has been turned on it’s head.. up is down..black is white.. we sit backwards upon our horse.. and dust quenches thirst. this is in essence a protest song from way..way..back in the history of the British Ilse’s.. [...]

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