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Today’s Vegetable:
So I Placed All Of My Trust Into Your Wasted Apple-Throwing

January 22, 2010

You know when you wake up in the morning and you’re just happy to not want to burn everything to the ground? And then you find out that somehow your Smart telephone has uploaded a picture to your Facebook account without you knowing how the hell it happened, because you never put photos on Facebook?
That’s [...]

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Friday Flackbash:
There Was A Guy From P.E.I. They Used To Call Potato

January 8, 2010

Stompin’ Tom Connors – The Ketchup Song
first posted July 3, 2007
http://www.stompintom.com

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Today’s Vegetable:
Please Tell Me, Woman — What More Can I Do?

December 2, 2009

Remember my gushing about the wisdom of Danny Barnes a ways back? Well, he’s not the only ridiculously erudite member of the Bad Livers.
Mark Rubin holds court at his blog Chasing The Fat Man, which is stacked to the rafters with good music and scholarship. (I’m going to try to tackle this one — maybe [...]

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Willie Nelson On Austin City Limits, 1974 & More ACL Goodness

November 5, 2009

I was watchin’ M. Ward & Okkervil River on Austin City Limits this morning, and somehow slid over onto the internet, where I discovered that the PBS website is showing the pilot episode of ACL — Willie Nelson in 1974. That’s like discovering gold:
Willie Nelson on Austin City Limits, 1974
And if you missed this episode [...]

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Hey, Why Didn’t You Tell Me There Was A New Danny Barnes Album? (with hell of bonus Bad Livers)

October 30, 2009

Champion of the banjo and preacher of the Good News of music Danny Barnes has a new record out on ATO Records called Pizza Box. Stream it all here, then go to dannybarnes.com to download “Caveman” for free.
And while you’re at it, read what this man has to say! He’s incredibly warm and astute, knows [...]

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Leave Your Clothes On — I’ve Got All That I Can Take [video]

October 7, 2009

One of my favorite lyrics of the year. Here’s the Avett Brothers doing “Laundry Room” for My Old Kentucky Blog’s Laundromatinee.
Avett hair report:  Scott – shaggy top, no facial hair (his third-best look) Seth: short hair, Civil War beard (his top look! Keep up the good work, Seth!)

Dig more here.
http://www.theavettbrothers.com
http://www.myspace.com/theavettbrothers

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 (Sunday):
Plain Old Country Girl Raised On Gospel Sounds

October 7, 2009

I mentioned Monday that Hardly Strictly Bluegrass was populated by many ghosts, and nowhere was that more evident than during Hazel Dickens’ set on Sunday.
Hazel sings a lot of songs of loss and tragedy to begin with, but those of us who don’t pay a lot of attention to the news also heard about the [...]

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2009 (Saturday):
All At Once I’m Seized Again By Exquisite Hurt

October 6, 2009

Festivals are an amazing opportunity to get acquainted with artists that have somehow remained just outside your grasp. Nick Lowe was someone I always meant to invest in more seriously, but hadn’t yet.
So ring the bells, chums, ’cause one man, a guitar, and a three-minute pop song be a mighty, mighty thing. I often prefer [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
I Likes ’Em Short And Squatty, Thank The Lord He Made That Body
[with bonus eefin'!]

October 2, 2009

OK, back to the present era, in a sense.
There are few git-tarrists held in such high estimation in these parts as the one and only Deke Dickerson, who first blew our minds as part of the legendary Dave & Deke Combo (and subsequently as the mighty Donut Prince). Fella can pick like nobody’s business, and [...]

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Today’s Vegetable:
Wood And Steel Ain’t Built To Last

September 14, 2009

Holy crap, chilluns! Remember how excited I got after seeing Or, The Whale last year at Treasure Island?
Well, color me something colorful and happy because their new album is out tomorrow and have I told you lately what pedal-steel guitar and harmonies do to my heart?

Or, The Whale – Rusty Gold from Or, The Whale

http://www.orthewhale.com
http://www.myspace.com/orthewhale

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