I’m coming to realize this week that holidays (vacations) as I knew them are over. In the past, holidays with Dr. O’C have been leisurely affairs – sleeping late, consuming novels like candy, leisurely walks on the beach, wandering through the ancient cities of Europe, luxurious dinners. Well, with the introduction of a toddler terrorist [...]
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26 Dec 2008 at 13:33
A Free Man
Australia
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Well, now that Christmas is over for another 365, A Free Man’s holiday can start in earnest. I’ve got a house near the beach, Dr. O’C, Boy Z, and Timmins, and no work until January 5. I’ve got five days of test cricket on the TV. It just doesn’t get much better than that.
Because I’m [...]
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24 Dec 2008 at 13:49
A Free Man
Americana, Contests, Music
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I’m cheating a little bit in my choice of the #3 album from an independent or unsigned artist. Actually, it’s my list so I can do whatever I want. But I’m including the latest album from Austin’s Okkervil River largely as a recognition of their whole body of work, rather than the album itself. Don’t [...]
Okkervil River - "Singer Songwriter" [3:50m]:
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Okkervil River - "Listening to Otis Redding During Christmas" [7:11m]:
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23 Dec 2008 at 20:51
A Free Man
Americana, Australia, Boy Z, Chris
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Eight years old with flour sack cape
Tied all around his neck
He climbed up on the garage
Figurin’ what the heck
He screwed his courage up so tight
The whole thing come unwound
He got a runnin’ start and bless his heart
He headed for the ground…
Until Jamie wrote his guest post a few weeks back, it never fully occurred to [...]
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Just a reminder of where we’ve been thus far:
10. The Hold Steady – “Stay Positive”
9. The Black Angels – “Directions To See A Ghost”
8. Sun Kil Moon – “April”
7. Frank Turner – “Love, Ire & Song”
6. Vampire Weekend – “Vampire Weekend”
5. Jon and Roy – “Another Noon”
One of the toughest things about living in [...]
Frightened Rabbit - "Old Old Fashioned" [3:45m]:
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19 Dec 2008 at 17:41
A Free Man
Australia
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I was going to have a scintillating post for you today about sex, Neanderthals and genocide but for some bizarre reason my employers wanted me to work at work today. Madness.
It’s Friday evening and the week is done* and the forecast for the weekend makes me think you won’t be seeing anything about Cro-Magnon man [...]
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Those of you who have been around for a while know that A Free Man originated as a site that was cleverly named after myself – my full name. I started to get a little nervous about internet pirates and also wanted to prevent coworkers or old high school acquaintances from finding the site. I [...]
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17 Dec 2008 at 21:12
A Free Man
Music
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I’m sorry to report that their is no movement on the Christmas spirit front. Not even after having a Christmas tree thrust upon me, a spell of Christmas shopping and a Christmas party on the weekend. Though, sitting in the warm late Spring sun at a barbecue doesn’t really summon up the Noel for me. [...]
Australia is probably most famous, or infamous at least, for having more species of lethal critters per capita than any other place on earth. There are crocodiles, all manner of snakes and spiders, box jellyfish, blue-ringed octopi, and on and on. It was kind of an exciting idea – moving to this raw Southern Hemisphere [...]
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15 Dec 2008 at 21:51
A Free Man
Chris, Contests, Georgia, karma, work
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I’ve spent I don’t know how many hours at work lately revising a set of reports for a, shall we say, precise (pedantic) client. Every time I send it back to her, she comes back with 9,000 other new little problems that she’s discovered. I’m fairly certain that this is some kind of karmic just [...]
Simon & Garfunkel - "Keep The Customer Satisfied" [2:38m]:
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