I haven’t talked much about the World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party this year. Especially when one considers that, as October wound down last year, I dedicated an entire week to a diatribe of loathing against the University of Florida. I invited the enemy into my bosom to speak in favor of his loathsome, repitilian team. [...]
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I was always told that you have to have the balls to break down, now I’m older I’m not too sure
29 Oct 2009 at 22:20
A Free Man
A Life In Music, Australia, British Artists, Dr. O'C, Music, parenting
This week has been a grueling battle over sleep. On one side, two exhausted parents. On the other, two young boys to whom going to bed is tantamount to defeat. More than once during the hostilities, both Dr. O’C and I have daydreamed about the halcyon days before we had kids. The quiet, the leisurely [...]
Gomez "78 Stone Wobble" [4:22m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Gomez "Little Pieces" [3:24m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadI’ll stop when I’m finished and sleep is for the weak
I am tired. I know, I know. Cue violins for poor Chris. We’re all tired. Life is tiring. But seriously, I am tired. This Not Max does not sleep. At least not during the prime sleeping hours of 11 p.m. – 5 a.m. And it doesn’t seem to be getting better. Last night was the worst, [...]
Frank Turner "Vital Signs": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download Frank Turner "The Road" [3:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadYou always told me Father’s Day was just another way of selling Hallmark greeting cards
Yesterday was Father’s Day in Australia. I’d love to report that it was a paragon of parenthood, a day spent in a gauzy sepia tone image of fatherhood.
But it wasn’t. It was blustery and wet, rendering us home bound for most of the day. It was filled with crying children and and irritable adults and [...]
And where the hell do the days go? There’s another one sneaking away.
It is quite possible that Dr. O’C will kill me for this one, but I think this is the perfect illustration of this pregnancy.
I know for a fact that Dr. O’C and I have differing opinions on this, but for me it has just run away. We’re in the home stretch now and I don’t [...]
I’ll play and you sing
I’ve had this song in my head all day and it featured as our antenatal music for the evening. It was a winner. Little tiny dancing feet.
Pretty great video as well…
A Free Fetus likes it. Boy Z likes it. Dr. O’C likes it. Lest you think it’s just a family favorite, Courtney likes it. You’ll [...]
Late evenings by the fire with little kicks inside her
I missed an important date a couple of weeks ago. Not really surprising as it’s not an official anniversary of anything. But in the scope of what I want to talk about today, it’s an important one. Eight years ago this month, on a frigid mid-Missouri winter night, I met Dr. O’C for the first [...]
I’m a free born man of the U.S.A.
29 Jan 2009 at 14:22
A Free Man
Australia, Britain, British Artists, Dr. O'C, Irish artists, Music, USA
Do you know what music you want played at your funeral? I do. Not because I’m obsessed with death or anything, far from it. But if you don’t plan for these things some well-meaning relative will play “Goodbye My Lover” by James Frickin’ Blunt or Robbie Williams’ “Angels” or “The Wind Beneath My Wings” for [...]
The Pogues - : Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Pogues - [2:08m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download The Pogues - [4:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | DownloadA Free Man’s Top 10 of 2008: No. 4 – Frightened Rabbit – “Midnight Organ Fight” and THE GRAND PRIZE!
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 [...]
A Free Man’s Top 10 of 2008: No. 7 – Frank Turner – “Love, Ire & Song” and MORE CONTESTS
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”
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old.
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold.
All [...]
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