“It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.” –President Abraham Lincoln from his Gettysburg Address Memorial Day was established to honor American men and women who have perished while in military service to their country*. That said, […]
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In the spirit of the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, let alone the Six Degrees of Sir Francis Bacon, here are six songs connected in different ways. The bonds may be tenuous, but they exist, and they illustrate the interconnectedness of music across different eras. Download 6-song playlist as zip file (44 MB, all […]
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The Lounge was closed for the past few days, so I could get some R&R out at the Star Maker Machine Ranch. Shot some hoops, pondered the nature of MLB interleague play, and wrote about Ronnie Lane, The Minutemen, and Scott Miller. Check ’em out when you get a chance. While R&Ring, I also spent […]
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“Ian Hunter wrote some of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard. Not only did they talk about the messiness of being young, they also spoke of the messiness of being an adult, and that was beautiful to me.” —Alejandro Escovedo Mott The Hoople – I Wish I Was Your Mother Mott, 1973 Amazon Mott […]
Read MoreAfter yesterday’s post about black singers in country music, I decided to get away from the computer and chill with some more Ray Charles. I went to the stack o’ vinyl, took out the LP, What’d I Say (pictured right), and hunkered down with the back cover liner notes. I was only to the third […]
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