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, [...]
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The Semis: Making music in a cultural vortex
Floridaze
There’s something in the air or the water or the sun here that sucks the creative juices out of me as soon as I pass U.S. customs in Orlando. I’m having trouble coming up with the goods for two blogs this week never mind the other bits and pieces. So, I’m going to go all [...]
A Free Man In Florida – Deaddolphin
Ok, I owe the musicians of Florida an apology of sorts. A few days in the anodyne sunshine after a long British winter has rendered me languid and lacking in the drive required for writing. So, I can understand why their may be fewer great bands coming out of the Florida sundaze. I also have [...]
The Bible Black Pre-Dawn
It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.
No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when we got of the ground [...]
There ain’t enough going on down here.
A Free Man is away. Next stop – Florida.
MP3: Eric Clapton – “Mainline Florida”
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Just find a state where everything’s passing by
Today is our last day in Sweden. We’ll jet off into the dark western sky for another hop over the North Sea. After landing in Heathrow we’re in for what is bound to be a harried race across London to Gatwick Airport – with slightly more luggage than we arrived in Sweden with ten days [...]
Flashback: Hello, I’m Johnny Cash…
That’s the way one of my favorite live albums starts, that deep baritone voice, with the soft Southern accent. This is followed by one of the most familiar guitar licks you’ll ever hear and…
“I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ ’round the bend,
And I ain’t seen the sunshine,
Since, I don’t know when,
I’m stuck in Folsom [...]
In a West End town, a dead end world
“Lost in the high street, where the dogs run
Roaming suburban boys
Mother’s got a hairdo to be done
She says they’re too old for toys
Stood by the bus stop with a felt pen
In this suburban hell…”
-The Pet Shop Boys – “Suburbia”
In September of 1985 I was 14 years old and entering the ninth grade, full of puberty [...]
Iowa Adieu
“Bottom feeder, insincere
Prophet, lo-fi pioneer
Sell the house and go to school
Get a young girlfriend, daddy’s jewel
A change would do you good…”
-Sheryl Crow – “A Change”
My Florida absentee ballot is safely in the hands of The Royal Mail – on it’s way to the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections. This means that I’ve cast my vote [...]
Game Day: The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party
Well, Z and I would like to talk some trash today, but that’s a hard thing to do as a Georgia Bulldog fan when you’ve lost 15 of the last 17 to the Florida Gators. That is a source of shame and frustration to all self respecting Dawg fans. There is no good reason to [...]
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