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Entries from September 2009

Protected: Pat to Ida: 9 July 1944

September 14th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Random Song Machine: “Jenny” by Chicago

September 13th, 2009 · No Comments

Besides other humans, dogs are probably the smartest animals that we come in contact with on a daily basis. I’ve known some dogs that are most definitely smarter than some humans I’ve known, but that’s another story. Dogs play with us, they keep us company, and they make us happy. It is no surprise, then, that after humans (in, for instance, love songs and murder ballads), the next most popular animal represented in song is man’s best friend.

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Tags: music · Random Song Machine

Protected: Pat to Ida: 7 July 1944 (letter 2)

September 12th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: food · Ida & Pat

Video: Josh Ritter, 16 April 2004 (#2)

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s another video clip from Josh Ritter’s April 16th in-store at Laser’s Edge. This one doesn’t suffer from the shaky and unsure camera work that characterized “Wings.” This performance of “Bone of Song” features a nice, delicate little guitar break beginning around 1:50.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 7 July 1944 (letter 1)

September 10th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Video: Josh Ritter, 16 April 2004 (#1)

September 9th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Josh Ritter, not long after the release of 2003’s Hello Starling, performing a solo acoustic set at Laser’s Edge in Birmingham, Alabama. This video contains the last half of his song, “Wings,” in a very, very quiet – but far from empty – room.

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Protected: Pat to Ida: 4 July 1944

September 8th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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NPR’s Studio 360: Style and the Mad Man

September 7th, 2009 · No Comments

“Is this not the whitest TV show you’ve ever seen?”

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Don Draper wisdom

September 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Change is neither good nor bad, it simply is. It can be greeted with terror or joy; a tantrum that says “I want it the way it was,” or a dance that says, “Look, something new!” – Don Draper

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Tags: TV

Protected: Pat to Ida: 3 July 1944

September 6th, 2009 · Enter your password to view comments.

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Tags: film · Ida & Pat