Trouble Funk You have to understand something about New Orleans. It’s not a Level place. The whole town is built on one gigantic uneven sponge. I’ve come to terms with that. I realize at this point that the only way I can really balance myself in this craggy town is to become unbalanced myself. This …
Monthly Archives: April 2004
New Orleans: Check Your Bucket Shit is hot down here. I’m sweating galactic rivers into my keyboard. This thing could blow at any moment. Current location: pool side at the Dive Inn. Although no one can pinpoint exactly where it is and no one seems to be in any hurry to locate it, there is …
Queen of Soul Hot diggity! Give a listen to Irma Thomas‘ rendition of Long After Tonight Is All Over (mp3). This song rocks very much. The last minute of the track is super heavy. This will be my soundtrack and anthem for the week to come.
There’s Going to be a BlackoutI’m absolutely certain that next weeks activities will make it very difficult for me to follow the Twins against Toronto and Anaheim. So this week I’ve been trying to front-load as many chances to see the Twinks play small ball as I can fit into the schedule. Unfortunately, it’s next …
Bohemian is Just Another Word for Clothing Optional Out of breath and sprinting to the finish line, I’m trying hard to wrap things up here in the northland and prepare body and mind for the festivities that await next week in the Dirty South. I’m looking into connectivity so I can keep everyone who visits …
Lazyman’s WeekendInstead of recounting all the glories and adventures of this last weekend I thought I’d let these two images do all the talking.
Tactics for Tax Evasion I can think of a thousand things I’d rather be doing than figuring out my taxes. Putting out lit cigarettes on my tongue? Hell it’s better than filling out an M1 form in triplicate. This year is an especially tough one. The tax quagmire is so large that I’m going to …
The Headlights Shine on Deers that Drop Doo-dooWell how about that President of ours? Man, he really killed last night. I’ve completely lost the ability to speak and think about or otherwise analyze critically the message and tone of this national leader of ours. Even he looks bored with having to deliver the same rehearsed …
Training Days I’ll be heading to New Orleans for JazzFest in a couple of weeks. It will be my first time traveling in the Dirty South and from all the accounts I’ve heard of the festival, my time there will be an around-the-clock, non-stop musical exploration. It will be an endurance test of epic proportions. …
Thurston Moore on Kurt Cobain A reasoned piece in the NYT by guitar wiz Moore on the death of Cobain and the continuing life of the music he loved. You wouldn’t know it now by looking at MTV, with its scorn-metal buffoons and Disney-damaged pop idols, but the underground scene Kurt came from is more …