Reminds me of Tobi Ruhland's hammered dulcimer oevre.
Choice stuff
HT BoingBoing
31 March 2010
30 March 2010
Being polite is one thing....
Standing in the check-out queue at the supermarket, carrying a carton with some plants - no sweat, hardly noticing the weight - and the cashier says:
"You can put them down here if you like. Saves you carrying them for too long"
This is the non-mobile version of someone offering me their seat in the tram.
That's something that I do for decrepit looking oldies or mums with kids.
Or - if everyone else is enthralled by something on the floor or outside the tram - I'm the one who says "OK, who's going to offer their seat to mum and her baby?"
Do I really look that decrepit?
Guess I must do.
Bugger this.
The Midweek Mixtape - 2 May 2007
I've reposted this, because Blogger took it down this week.Someone's complained to them that content in this post infringes copyright.
I have no idea how - the link died years ago and I don't think merely mentioning a band equates to copyright infringement.
Maybe it does these days
Mix and Match #6
[Disclaimer: The mixes and the majority of the tracks from all of these mixtapes are the originals from the late 70's/early mid 80's. Vinyl to tape. Play a couple of hundred times. Tape to mp3. Snap, crackle, pop and hums are free of charge]
How about that. No Phil Collins. For a change.
But lots of live stuff and a few obscure ones
Chris Hillman did some truly fine stuff post-Byrds/post-FBB's. "Clear Sailin" is a true treasure trove.
And I can't hear "4th Street" without wondering where Fred Dagg disappeared to..
Corny bloody tie-in between " Free" the song and "Free" the band - sorry 'bout that.
Jimmy Buffet was supposed to provide material assistance in the leg-over department with this one, but I don't recall it ever having a positive effect. (Knowing his lyrics helps if you go to his restaurant in Key West. The menu's like - "Cheeseburger, just like in the song" and everyone's going... lettuce and tomato, Heinz 57 and french fried potatoes - what comes after french fried potatoes, fuckit oh yeah , big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer"
Way (way,way, way) before mp3 blogs, there were pirate tapes in Singapore and Bangkok. Listened to "Take it easy" on my brick-like Walkman on the flight out and all of a sudden, you knew whose band it was when Joe Walsh comes ripping through like an Egyptian plague at the end.
"Angel" gets it right on every level - lyrics like "My old man is another child that's grown old" and buzzing slide when she sings "There's flies in the kitchen", bending notes like a pedal steel. Real stuff.
ARS can do soft stuff, too.
The rest of them- tick, tick, BIG tick for "Rolene" (I have NO idea how I stumbled over Moon Martin - glad I did) and then Joe Ely. What a guy. I found out years later that he was in the Flatlanders,
Together with Butch Hancock. Check out next Friday's "31 Songs" for some more of that stuff.
Growin' up - Bruce Springsteen from Greetings from Asbury Park,N.J.
Gringo - Little Feat from Hoy-Hoy!
Seen the lights go out on Broadway - Billy Joel from Songs in the attic
Playing the fool - Chris Hillman from Clear sailin'
Traditional air - Fred Dagg from Greatest Hits
Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan from More Bob Dylan Greatest Hits
For free - Joni Mitchell from Miles of aisles
On My Way - Free from Highway
Why don't we get drunk - Jimmy Buffett from A White Sport Coat and A Pink Crustacean
Take it easy - Eagles from Live
Southbound train - Crosby & Nash from David Crosby & Graham Nash
Angel From Montgomery - Bonnie Raitt from No Nukes
Conversation - Atlanta Rhythm Section from Back up against the wall
Jessie's girl - Rick Springfield from Working class dog
Take it to the limit - Eagles from Live
Sing My Songs To Me - Jackson Browne from For Everyman
For Everyman - Jackson Browne from For Everyman
Tonight I feel so far away from home - Steve Forbert from Alive on arrival
Brown eyes - Fleetwood Mac from Tusk
America - Simon & Garfunkel from Almost Famous
Rolene - Moon Martin from Escape from domination
Smoke from a distant fire - Sanford and Townsend from Smoke From A Distant Fire
Musta notta gotta lotta - Joe Ely from Musta notta gotta lotta
Mix and Match 6 83MB 1:11:36
26 March 2010
2009 Riesling Spätlese
Helmut Hanka in Geisenheim
€3 for a 0.2 litre glass.
Worth €6.
At least.....
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25 March 2010
Just WHAT are they thinking?
Germany made exactly the same mistake in the 1970s and 80s by flooding the UK and US markets with unpotable stuff like Black Tower and Blue Nun.
It's taken until now to shed the image of "cheap, sweet and nasty" (and it still persists)
People will start saying "I tried some wine from New Zealand once. It was very ordinary and I shan't bother again."
Non-vintage as far as I can tell, just a fancy name thought up over a booze-fuelled lunch by some advertising clown to mask the fact that it's excess product from one of the mega-wineries.
How to degrade the brand value of a country without even trying.....
Brothers under the bridge
This is about as good as it gets for me.
David Lindley and his Weissenborn, live, singing Springsteen.
The coolness is enhanced by the fact that I drove over the bridge he talks about last week...
19 March 2010
What they really mean is...
..... If you steal the mattress, we'll bill you $1400.
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Bad coffee cake...
...only costs $1
(Actually, it's the ultimate in-joke. The baristas got peeved at constantly being asked "Is the coffee cake good......?
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Australian?
"No" she said "I'm not Australian. And - before you ask - his name's not Joey, either"
Wish I had her email address. She'd love the image.
Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA
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18 March 2010
Insomnia?
Minimal side effects
Walking, eating, driving or engaging in other activities while asleep without remembering it the next day have been reported. Other abnormal behaviors include aggressiveness, agitation, hallucinations and confusion. In depressed patients, worsening of depression including risk of suicide may occur. These risks may increase if you drink alcohol. Severe allergic reactions such as swelling of the tongue and throat occur rarely and may be fatal. . Like most sleep medicines, carries some risk of dependency. Side effects may include unpleasant taste, headache, morning drowsiness and dizziness.
Risk of suicide?!
Maybe not, then....
17 March 2010
Origin of the species
Despite having a really good tan, she's looking for a bronzing cream.
"Not an EXTREME one" she says " I don't want to end up looking like an Indian. I mean, a RED Indian. Ohmygod, I'm SO sorry."
"That's OK" says the Origins consultant.
I think his name was Mr Singh.....
14 March 2010
09 March 2010
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