In the last couple days I’ve been reading many articles about Levon Helm, who is gravely ill with cancer. I love Levon’s music. When I heard first heard Dirt Farmer, I played the CD in my car over and over and over. It was perfect.… Read More
Last year I posted a heaping helping of train songs on this blog. The other day when I posted the Butch Hancock tune, She Never Spoke Spanish to Me, I recalled that Mr. Hancock wrote a great train song, called Boxcars. Sorry I failed to… Read More
I’m happy to report that various seeds are germinating in the veggie patch out back. Spinach, beets, lettuce, and carrots…everything very very tiny, but still a promise of the bounty to come.
Regular readers know I’m fascinated with the oddball things people search in order to get to the the right place – this blog. Every now and again, though, somebody uses just the right search terms to make sure they get here without delay. That happened… Read More
For tonight’s Daily Dose, I’d like to feature a great Butch Hancock tune called She Never Spoke Spanish to Me. Here’s the writer of the song with Joe Ely I first heard this tune on a Texas Tornadoes record. Mr. Sahm and the boys did… Read More
In the 2006 match, Topalov accused Kramnik of consulting a program much like Rybka during his opponent’s frequent bathroom trips. Kramnik won what is remembered as “Toiletgate.” Check out this article in the University of Buffalo Reporter by Bert Gambini. I had no idea that… Read More
Somebody entered “Alien Abductions on the Street” in a search engine and landed on my wee piece of paradise. I just want to make it clear that to my knowledge I have not yet been abducted by aliens.
I was looking through some photos in my Flickr stream and came across this item. I created this picture digitally using photos I took when Tuffy P and I visited Portugal.
Today’s Daily Dose is all about The Sailor’s Hornpipe, a tune I’ve been playing on my triple row button accordion. It’s also called the College Hornpipe or Jack’s the Lad. This is one old tune, documented as far back as the 1790s. Here’s a few… Read More
I wonder how it feels to live in a city that has been immortalized by a song? It turns out there is a song about Toronto, called The Toronto Song by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie, but let’s just agree that The Toronto Song… Read More
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