The Thrill of it All is the 2014 novel by Joseph O’Connor about the rise and fall of a fictional rock band in the 80s. Off the top, let me say that I have read a number of Mr. O’Connor’s books. I’ve liked all of… Read More
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El Paso Revisited….where the heck did Shovels and Rope come from?
….and why haven’t I heard them before? Check out this killer version this great old tune by Shovels and Rope. I love the way these two deliver a song! It’s respectful to Marty Robbins but at the same time it re-awakens the song and opens… Read More
Getting Set Up
I’ve been doing a lot of reading on how to go about creating a podcast, and as well, some friends have let me know how they go about it. It turns out there isn’t one single simple technical solution, and different people try different approaches… Read More
Whiskey from Rockingham
I just got home from an overnight business trip. Did I ever get an enthusiastic welcome from Memphis and Georgie – and Tuffy P thoughtfully had a chicken salad and a fresh bagel here for me for dinner. The trip was good but I’m tired… Read More
Amy
We sallied forth to our local Cineplex last night to watch Amy, the documentary about the short, tragic, brilliant life of singer Amy Winehouse. It’s a great documentary for sure, at once engrossing and very very difficult to watch. I recall during her very public… Read More
Salad Bowl Banjo demo
I posted pictures of the new salad bowl banjo the other day. Here’s a demo so you can hear how it sounds.
Early morning foraging
I wanted to get out to the enchanted mushroom forest this weekend but the only opportunity was going to be an early and quick trip out this morning, so I hit the road at dawn. I’m glad I did because the forest was fairly generous… Read More
Exploring the Personal Podcast
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was considering starting a podcast. My idea initially was to make it a themed music podcast, featuring plenty of older, off the beaten path, folky-dolky music you come across here from time to time. However the more I… Read More
Salad bowl banjo
The salad bowl banjo is complete (finally). It has taken me a very long time. You might say there has been an international conspiracy to prevent me from finishing. Others might say I’m a great procrastinator. In my defense, there was a broken and dislocated… Read More
Anybody know anything about making a podcast?
Sometimes when I get going posting all this old music I love, I think maybe I should be doing it as a radio show, but then I think this is after all the Twenty-first Century in the land of the interwebs, and so maybe it… Read More
27th Street 