Spitball Army

Guitarist, composer and musical archivist Ry Cooder’s upcoming Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down features some elegantly simple cover art that is one of my favorite album covers of the last few months.

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How are you sweetheart, I sure hope you aren’t as warm as I am.

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Card is titled: “Moonlight on the Beach, Myrtle Beach, S.C., GB-1 Bayard Wootten.”

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Approximate playing time: 64 minutes.

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To-day I received the two michraphones you sent me and all of those fine jokes – that was very thoughtful of you, hon, very nice.

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I live in the Crestwood neighborhood of Birmingham. There is a movie theatre down the street from me called The Edge 12. I can walk there from my home, if I so desire. This theatre has twelve screens. They frequently show films of great merit. They also show films for everyone else. We all get […]

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She picks it up, rifles through a couple pages, then tosses the AARP Bulletin across the table. I implore, with a quizzical brow furrow. “They used to be for older people, but now…” Her words dangle out there. “What?” She whispers: “Obama…” It trails from her, as a curse.

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I can tell you that I am just sick about the fact that I can’t be with you on our first anniversary, that’s for sure, hon.

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The right angle isn’t always the correct angle.

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