Spitball Army

I feel certain that the mob of local citizens that I saw filling Party City this afternoon to the point of tick-fullness has just materialized on my street. Screaming and running and chatter and color combinations one rarely sees the other 364 days of the year – that’s what’s happening. Currently, a ghost-boy and a […]

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As I was dressing at home, I heard excited voices from the TV in the other room. There was something that looked like a disaster movie on, and I switched it off. Twenty minutes later, I was walking through the back door of Laser’s Edge Compact Discs, ready to start the workday. Michael had arrived […]

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A rare visit today to the Birmingham Barnes & Noble (by virtue of being near my doctor’s office) was cut short due to the introduction of St. Paul and the Broken Bones on their sound system. I couldn’t get out of there quickly enough. I swear, that belly-flopper of a lead vocalist wants to be […]

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It’s been ages since I bought a new CD. Today I got the new concert tribute to Kate McGarrigle, “Sing Me the Songs,” and it is killing me. Anna McG, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Emmylou, Teddy Thompson, Norah Jones, Richard Thompson, Antony…many more, and it sounds so great to hear terrific song interpreters singing such […]

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Some musical artists are torture artists, as well – torturing their fans between releases.

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Card is titled: “SYLACAUGA MOTEL, Sylacauga, Alabama.”

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Approximate playing time: 68 minutes.

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Approximate playing time: 71 minutes.

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Approximate playing time: 80 minutes.

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Spring comes: I break out the rock & roll CDs. The wintry duets of scratchy gamba and wheezy pump organ go to the bottom shelf.

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