02.08.08
less content, butter head
For this first bit I blame folks who send me such hilarious things first thing in the morning thus forcing me to share with anyone who will pay attention:
You know, rabid fans that you are, that before there was Lucero, there was Red 40, Ben Nichol’s punk band. You can read a bit about them here. But the important part is the yearbook photos. It is clear that Ben always had deep thoughts, wore over sized army jackets and once expressed his art by drawing the tortured unicorns of his soul. The D&D stories suddenly seem so much more true. Thankfully for us he finally channeled that into song, which it’s much less dorky. I’m sorry, Ben, for sharing this. I still think you are hot. Indeed, it’s vaguely gratifying to see that you appear to be kindred to the guys I smoked pot with in high school.
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Drag the River is playing in Boston tonight, and then several shows with Mr. Branan in California. Sadly I will miss all of these, so I expect all you guys to go and report back to us in great detail. In the meantime, Daisy and I are going to the TV rodeo this weekend to drown our sorrows of missing shows we want to see. We will report back to you on that.
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Chris Milam is still posting a free song a week on his MySpace. I encourage you go on over and download and give them a listen. I am especially fond of “Tin Angel.”
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I am so far behind in reviews that I want to bash my head into a wall, but I won’t as that would probably inhibit further review writing. How ever, I swear, we got some coming up. I’mna cram some show review together, for bevity’s sake, and then I’ll do the same with a few albums and then we’ll back to business as usual? Maybe. In the meantime, I’ll try and keep posting as much useless filler as I can think up. Including this somewhat not work-safe bit of delight from YouTube:
If it wasn’t for the twangy music I love so much, I’d surely be listening to Indian pop all day. Maybe just for the videos alone. And the cracktastic “translations” are that much better. There’s bunch of them on YouTube if you poke around. Go on, you know you want to lose hours of your life like I just did. It will make the minutes you wasted reading this post seem like nothing at all.
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Timmy Mac said,
February 10, 2008 at 7:17 am
Reporting back from the Boston DTR show as ordered. In a nutshell: incredible. The whole night was aces. Girls, Guns and Glory were phenomenal, too. Real positive vibe in the room, which was filled with people who love DTR as much as we all do, and they played, and played, and played. Lots of old, lots of new, and a shit ton of pure rock fury. It was everything you’d want from a show, plus free whiskey.
YrMom said,
February 11, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Steve Earle won a grammy. I demand a headline on hardcore-troubadours! (Oops, I forgot. I don’t get to vote, much less insist.)
whiskeypail said,
February 12, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Hayes Carll is playin with Cory in Ca, too………..