What would you think if I told you that the best new straight country album I’ve heard in a while is by singer that grew up in a commune outside of London? Teddy Thompson is the son of British folkies Richard and Linda Thompson and put out two folk records himself prior to changing things [...]
Archive for September, 2007
MP3 of the Week: Eugene Francis Jnr – “Poor Me”
After the unfortunate events in Athens last night, I thought about making the MP3 of the week a mournful dirge for my Dawgs. But while listening through the options today this one, which is sort of the polar opposite of a dirge got me feeling pretty good despite being overtired and Spurriered.
“Our days are numbered [...]
Sunday Slideshow: Pregnancy Progress – September Edition
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Game Day: Down With the Evil One
Like any good Bulldog fan, I love it when we beat Steve Spurrier, even if he’s with the hapless University of South Carolina rather than the mighty Gators. His Gamecocks are headed to Athens today for what should be a good plucking. They struggled past Division 1-AA UL-Lafayette last week while the Dawgs were thumping [...]
Political Friday: Fred Jumps In and Gordon Pulls Out
” I got a job but it ain’t nearly enough,
A twenty thousand dollar pickup truck,
Belongs to me and the bank and some funny talkin’ man from Iran,
I left the service and got a G.I. loan,
I got married bought myself a home,
Now I hang around this one horse town and do the best than I can,
Gettin’ [...]
Greens & Blues
“Tires type black
Where the blacktop cracks
Weeds spark through
Dark green enough to be blue
When the mysteries we believe in
Aren’t dreamed enough to be true
Some side with the leaves
Some side with the seeds…”
-Wilco – “Side With The Seeds”
Some folks have asked why I don’t do certain things on this site and in the interests of pleasing the [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Maize I
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Science Tuesday: Smoke Gets in Your Genes
“My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same…”
-David Wilcox – “My Old Addiction”
I quit smoking in January of this year, shortly after we found out Dr O’C was pregnant. The idea of smoking around my child was the straw that knocked the monkey of [...]
New Music Monday: Rilo Kiley – “Under the Blacklight”
“When you get sober
Will you get kinder?
‘Cause when you get uptight
It’s such a drag
When I get older
I won’t remember
Until that day comes
I’ve got something on you….”
-Rilo Kiley – “Under the Blacklight”
As a male music geek I’ve gone through a continuous series of schoolboy crushes on women rock stars since, well since puberty really. It started [...]
MP3s of the Week: Of Montreal – “Wraith Pinned To The Mist & Other Games” and “Sentence Of Sorts In Kingsvinger”
In celebration of the Georgia Bulldogs 35 – 14 decisive win over the Oklahoma State Cowboys, I’ve picked Athens, Georgia’s own Of Montreal for this week’s MP3s. This excellent indie pop band postdates my time in Athens, but is further evidence that there’s something about the water in this town in the northeast Georgia hills [...]
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