July 2009
154 posts
The dB’s: “Working For Somebody...
Willie & Bobby & John →
He made a fast and easy connection with the audience, walking to the front of the stage to wave, blow kisses, and toss his hat before tying on his trademark red bandana. Halfway through the set, telltale curls of smoke started to appear above the crowd standing in the outfield, making Durham the only place you could inhale the intermingling scents of pot and hot dogs, other than maybe at David...
This Time Last Year, I Worked at a Shoe Store
Sometimes when I get discouraged at how slowly my writing career is plodding along, how far I sometimes feel from my goal of growing up to essentially be that kid from Almost Famous, I need to remind myself that I’m already a long way from where I was last summer. Once you’ve been asked to dispose of a tick that a customer plucked from her swollen calf, you’ve got nowhere to go...
Los Angeles Times January 24, 1937
One Time Queen of Sennett Beauties Victim of Heart Attack in Modest Home
Marie Prevost, 28 years of age, once-reigning queen of the Sennett Bathing Beauties was found dead yesterday in her modest single apartment at 6230 Afton Place, Hollywood. Apparently dead two days, her body was found clothed and face down on a folding bed.
Whining at the bedside was her...
Nick Lowe: “Marie Provost”
I meant...
Ida Maria: “I Like You So Much Better When...
"Ever notice that 'What the hell?' is always the...
Refrigerator magnets bring the wisdom, yo.
“My eyelids said 4:30
But the radio clock said 6
And I was thinking up a...”
– Cowboy Mouth, “Louisiana Lowdown”
This is a pretty accurate representation of what it felt like to pry my eyes open this morning. Exhaustion, meet dehydration. Dehydration, exhaustion. You guys just hang out here in my central nervous system while I start mainlining this espresso.
“People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent”
– Bobby Dylan
“Ernest Hemingway once said all he wanted to do was write one true sentence. He...”
– Lance Clayton (Robin Williams) in the trailer for World’s Greatest Dad.
The trailer conveniently leaves out the late David Carradine-style plot point that gives the flick its title. Google it. Or…don’t.
Also, the phrase “Written and Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait”...
I, Too, Was Born In A Small Town
This afternoon I’m heading to fabulous Durham, North Carolina to catch the Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp/Bob Dylan concert at the Durham Bulls ball park. Despite having a collective age of 201, it still promises to be a show worth the several gallons of premium unleaded it’ll take to get there. I haven’t seen Bob Dylan since I was fifteen but have ticket stubs from...
"The charred locks of hair from Michael Jackson's... →
Excuse me, I need to get closer to the door. I’d like to get off Earth at the next stop.
—via katydidsays
“We make music for kids who don’t have any friends.”
– Michael Quercio, The Three O’Clock
“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions,...”
– Annie Savoy, Bull Durham
Green Day: “Chump” [Live]
I...
Chuck Prophet: “I Can Feel Heart Beat”...
The Leftovers: “You Know What You Do”
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Cavity Search →
From today’s bloggery at my Other Place:
In the speaker above my head, a pocket-sized Paul Simon was strumming his tiny guitar and singing about Something So Right when the dentist came in. He skipped the introductions, moving in a blur of crisp white sleeves and gleaming chrome instruments before gently prodding my still-bleeding gums. “Do you floss?” he asked, pulling his paw out of my...
My Dad is Sixty-One.
Um, thanks for all the emails, I guess.
Three Things
About The Hollies Song “Carrie Anne”
1) This may be the only time in history, ever, where part of the courtship ritual involves the dude pretending to be a janitor.
2) The lyric “You lost your charm as you were aging/Where is your magic dissappearing” is a nominee for the ‘Things Only A Songwriter Can Say To A Woman’ Hall of Fame, joining previous inductees...
The Hollies: “Pay You Back With...
