To those of you shoveling snow or scraping the ice off your windshield or grieving the meteorological predictions of an amphibious rodent I have one thing to say:
Suck it, Northern Hemisphere losers.
February rocks!
Now when you manage to get out of your parkas and your fingers thaw, go and check out my post on The Greenists today. [...]

R.E.M. "Beachball" [4:14m]:
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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 [...]

Squeeze - "Up the Junction" [3:10m]:
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28 Jan 2009 at 12:07
A Free Man
Dr. O'C, Films, fatherhood
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Parents of toddlers, how much does nap time rock? Can I hear a “Hell, yes!”?
But I’m not here to talk about the joys of a couple of hours of peace and quiet in an otherwise chaotic day. I’m here for an “I told you so” moment. Some of you may remember mocking my admittedly questionable [...]

Carl Perkins - "Blue Suede Shoes":
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I know what’s going on
I know how you going on
I got the Ra Ra
go ahead and throw the ball
Cause Bingo, now I’m hittin’ a six…
Mike Hussey’s got nothing on my special lady friend. ‘Twas a stellar weekend filled with sunshine, beach cricket, barbecues and friends. It’s weekends like this that remind me why we [...]

M.I.A. - "Bingo" [3:12m]:
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01 Dec 2008 at 21:26
A Free Man
Australia, Boy Z, Dr. O'C, travel
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Absolutely exhausted after a long drive home from the southeastern part of the state and thrown into a panic about a sooner than anticipated deadline for my grades to be submitted, so we’ll keep it simple today.
A Free Family is just back from a long weekend spent here…
…which is about 350 km down the coast [...]

Dave Matthews Band - "Crush" [11:20m]:
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11 Nov 2008 at 12:01
A Free Man
Dr. O'C
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…for she is a goddess. From today she will be known as Dr. O’C, Goddess of Driving the Hard Bargain. Our Lady of the Haggle.
She’s a woman of many gifts, and in celebration of The Gratitude Project (thanks, Suzer), I thought I would spend today’s post singing the praises of my better half. In particular, her skills [...]

Mercury Rev - "Goddess On A Hiway" [1:10m]:
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - "Let The Cool Goddess Rust Away" [3:25m]:
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22 Oct 2008 at 08:56
A Free Man
Boy Z, Dr. O'C, Friends, karma
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“Sweetness, sweetness I was only joking
When I said I’d like to smash every tooth
In your head.
Oh … sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking
When I said by rights you should be
Bludgeoned in your bed.”
I don’t know how we got there, but Dr. O’C and I were talking about bullying the other day. I think I expressed [...]

Treepeople - "Bigmouth Strikes Again" (Smiths cover):
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The world’s your oyster shell
So what’s that funny smell
You eat the bivalve anyway
And you’re sick with salmonella
You get your Ph.D.
How happy you will be
When you get a job at Wendy’s
And are honored with employee of the month…
Toad, who is rapidly becoming my favorite music blogger, has been writing a lot about “Dad Rock” lately. You [...]

Barenaked Ladies - "Some Fantastic" [4:17m]:
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06 Oct 2008 at 21:36
A Free Man
Australia, Boy Z, Dr. O'C, Photos
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One of the few great albums of the ’80’s, Camper Van Beethoven’s “Key Lime Pie” is available from .
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Camper Van Beethoven - "Flowers" [3:00m]:
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Annie Savoy: What do you believe in, then?
Crash Davis: Well, I believe in the soul, the cock, the pussy, the small of a woman’s back, the hanging curve ball, high fiber, good scotch, that the novels of Susan Sontag are self-indulgent, overrated crap. I believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. I believe there ought to [...]

R.E.M. - "I Believe" [3:50m]:
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