Category: music

  • Guy Night

    It’s guy night and I said I was feeling like having runny eggs on something, so My Darling B and I stopped at the co-op on the way home to pick up some bacon and I served all that on a plate with a side of toast and called it dinner. B loved it anyway. Read.

  • Redbone and Kottke

    Thank goodness there are still people like Leon Redbone and Leo Kottke in the world. They can make me forget about all the crap going on in what is laughably called reality, and they do this by the simple act of playing their guitars, singing a few songs and telling some jokes. For three whole Read.

  • Shelf-Improvement

    I don’t know how many books we have. I wouldn’t be able to give you even a ball park figure. Could be hundreds, could be thousands, I have no way of knowing, because most of them are doubled up in the garage-sale book shelves we’ve collected over the years, and a significant number are still Read.

  • RLJ

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    OMG! OMG! OMG! Rickie Lee Jones is coming to town in February! OOOOgah! OOOOOgah! I’m gonna go get tickets TOMORROW! Do not wanna miss Rickie Lee Jones! Only thing is: She’s coming to the Barrymore. That could be a problem. The Barrymore has famously fucked up the sound when some of my favorite performers have Read.

  • earworm poison

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    Remember how I’ve complained for years that my brain, against all reason, has squandered valuable memory neurons, or whatever they’re called, storing all the words and melody to the theme song from Gilligan’s Island? Well, guess what? I’m finally putting it to some good use. Who hasn’t had a noxious pop tune stuck in their Read.

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