A Free Man

Before I blaze in with my new favorites, I have a few new (well, new at the time) artists to whom I want to give a bit of press. For those of you that were paying attention, I had hoped to feature the music of the Sunshine State. Well, Florida was a musical bust so far. Beyond the interview I did with Deaddolphin (and one that I’ve got in the pipe) Ionly found one other artist worth mentioning.  Jonathan Cho is a Tampa based singer-songwriter who was willing to represent for his home state and he’s pretty good.

MP3: Jonathon Cho - “The Fling”

And that is all I’ve got.

From a state of 18 million.

But, don’t worry, I’ve got more for my loyal readers. Joseph Arthur to start with; the Ohioan is pulling a Ryan Adams, releasing four new EPs this year. What I’ve heard so far bodes well.

MP3: Joseph Arthur - “I Wanna Get You Alone”

Heading even further from the Sunshine State, Almonds, Cohen is Victoria, British Columbia’s Brock Edwards’ musical vehicle. He has a new EP out on Old Life Records.

MP3: Almonds, Cohen - “Cat Bird Girl”

Brooklyn’s Bess Rogers is making the move from supporting musician to take a deserved place in the spotlight. Her debut “Decisions” is out now.

MP3: Bess Rogers - “I Would Never”

If memory serves, Nick Nightingale was the name of the musician who introduced Tom Cruise to the freaky sex folk in “Eyes Wide Shut. It’s also the nom de plume of an Oklahoma musician who sent A Free Man some pretty interesting tracks this week.

MP3: Nick Nightingale and the Yellow Owls - “Another Day”

Look for my new favorites in a couple of days - until then, keep it between the ditches.

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The more observant among you may have noticed that I did a bit of teasing about suits and flirting with job possibilities about a week or so ago and then left you hanging. (I’m talking to you, Maggie.) Well, I can pony up the suit picture that some of you requested, though I’ve fannied it up a bit by adding the boy. As for the job prospects, I can tell you that I’m still unemployed. I won’t get much more specific than that because of my newly developed irrational fear of jinxing myself if I even think too optimistically about a job prospect.

It’s all a bit demoralizing, this process. It’s been a long time since I was on the job market like this - answering ads in the paper and cold-calling. Most of the jobs I’ve had in my life have come from knowing someone or just blind luck. The pool of people that I know in Adelaide is pretty small, so I’m relying on the latter method. I’m hoping that one day, hopefully very soon, I’m going to stumble in to the right place at just the the right time and find myself spontaneously employed. Until then, I’m going to strive to keep my ever weakening grip on sanity and hopefully keep that boy from puking on my suit. Again.

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