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November 11, 2020

We’re always making value judgements, and we do it at lightning speed. I like this, I don’t care for that, that’s ok, oh no, not that. We do it about art and music and literature and everything else. I’m OK with that. For instance with… Read More

January 13, 2013

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Tecumseh Valley

I was surfin around the YouTube machine and stumbled onto this performance of Tecumseh Valley by Townes Van Zandt with Nancy Griffith. This song stops me in my tracks every time I hear it. Sad. Beautiful. Just about perfect. This is like a desert island… Read More

August 7, 2012

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Broke Down Engine

I feel like a broke down engine ain’t got no drivin’ wheel. Tonight’s Daily Dose takes us back to Blind Willie McTell and his 12-string guitar. Here he is from 19 and 33. http://youtu.be/Oy8Am4ZQ-gM I was a teen-aged blues freak, and it didn’t stop into… Read More

February 10, 2012

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Pancho and Lefty

Your Daily Dose: Steve Earle

January 26, 2012

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Blast From the Past

I heard from an old friend today. When I say old friend, I mean from the 80s, from back when I was living in my painting studio on Ossington Ave, long, long before it ever became a trendy restaurant strip – and I think he… Read More