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May 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

“1505, y’all!” I say that all the time when I mean to say my name.

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Tags: language · music

Josh Ritter and Hilary Hahn

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” today aired a spot focusing on the unusual but inspired collaboration between classical violinist Hilary Hahn and one of Spitball’s favorite songwriters and persons, Josh Ritter.

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Tags: music

Jesse Payne Monster Trucks

May 18th, 2008 · No Comments

I haven’t logged onto the l’Edge myspace account in weeks, perhaps months. Then, today, I finally did, and discovered a message from my friend Jesse Payne, who also happens to be a musician in the local scene.

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Tags: music

The Essential Willie Dylan (Everywhere a sign #12)

May 15th, 2008 · No Comments

That particular year, our friends at Sony were also excited, seeing as they are the purveyors of the entire back catalogs of both of these legendary artists. They put together a banner, taller than any man, to hang in our front window.

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Tags: music · signs

Bev to Ande: 14 May 1943

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Received my Red Cross certificate from Washington showing that I graduated from the course as a Staff Ass’t., and Hon., it’s even signed by the President of the U.S.!

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Tags: Bev & Ande · music

I don’t really want what the new mall’s got, I want what they got in that corner store.

May 10th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Now I can’t expect everyone to feel like I am,
But I spot a trend that has got to stop,
And I want them to put back that old corner store.

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Tags: music

Treasures from the piles on my desk

May 9th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Today I was sidelined with the incapcitating numbies, which is what I am calling the non-specific dizzyness and lethargy that I am associating with a cold. I also can’t sit still in one place today. So I am taking the opportunity to spend the afternoon in my office, clearing out the crap.

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Tags: books · family · fiction · health · house · language · music · self

Once a week is best for me, I think.

May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, my Dad still won’t let me have any money. He said he didn’t have any, but now he’s saying that I can’t have it, so that sounds like he actually has some, which means he was lying about not having any money because if I can’t have it that means there’s some money there, right?

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Tags: food · language · music

Leaf blowing: Redefined

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

In this performance, a one-armed Mexican street musician named Carlos Garcia plays the dreamy melody on an ivy leaf.

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Tags: music

Bev to Ande: 5 May 1943

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

So you see, I have been busy – oh, yes, practiced too, about 45 minutes. Have a new piece for us. It’s “Clair-de-Lune” by Debussy and very lovely.

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Tags: Bev & Ande · food · music