“We used to drive
Thru Lafayette and Baton Rouge
In a yellow El Camino
Listening to Howling Wolf…”
-Lucinda Williams -”Lake Charles”
If you grew up, as I did, in the U.S. in the you probably have fond (or other) memories of the Chevrolet El Camino. You couldn’t go far in the American South or West without seeing one of [...]
Archive for June, 2008
They got the “south” right
MP3s of the Week: Caught Up!
05 Jun 2008 at 14:53
A Free Man
American artists, Australian Artists, Florida, Indie Pop, MP3 of the Week
Success! With this post A Free Man is caught up with all MP3s sent through over the long month that I was off line. What a great sense of accomplishment. What follows is my ten favorite tracks that I’ve received in one way or another over the last month or so. Some of them are [...]
Baggy green or three lions?
For the Commonwealth readers…
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Science Tuesday: Lies on the Motel TV
In last week’s lively Science Tuesday comment stream, Matthew pointed out that one of the things that many scientists struggle with is communicating with the public. I think that he’s dead on target. Scientists, particularly academic scientists, don’t do themselves any favors by not learning how to talk to the average Joe or Jane. I [...]
The Semis: Making music in a cultural vortex
Still catching up with some of the things I had in the pipeline prior to the move. Regular readers may remember that A Free Man spent some time in search of talent from Florida on a recent trip back there. It was, well, largely unsuccessful – the state really is a cultural backwater.
There are, however, [...]
Running out of things to moan about
The weekend, for most folks, is usually a much anticipated time reserved for leisure and pleasure – time with the family, time with the friends, time at the beach, you get my drift. When you’re not working, and you’re as prone to fruitless anxiety as I am, the weekend means no chance of progress on [...]
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