Spitball Army

Steel guitar refers to a method of playing on a guitar held horizontally, with the strings uppermost and the bass strings towards the player, and using a type of slide called a steel above the fingerboard rather than fretting the strings with the fingers.

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There were gray styrofoam boulders strewn around the stage, and at strategic moments (or whenever the wacky urge would take hold of him), EJ would pick one up and hurl it into the crowd. This was during his crazy antics on stage phase, the big glasses stage, and about two weeks before the U.S. release of Rock of the Westies (hence, the boulders on stage).

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This iron-on patch fell into my possession through the mail, and was attached for some reason to a promotional campaign for a record album. I can’t remember which one.

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If you have never seen this Merrie Melodies short from 1936, it is well worth the 8½ minute time investment.

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Weary blues from waiting…

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If, like me, you have been hooked on the Olympics for the last week and a half, you have most likely seen this commercial from Nike.

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We were having an unseasonably warm, if slightly wet, day in Alabama, and Ben was wrapped in layers, as if he had prepared for the worst or, at least, a deer hunt.

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Stop!…Hammer time.

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Blender magazine, while not necessarily perched at the top of the quality heap of music magazines, (But what is, anyway? Rolling Stone? No. Spin? No. Does Tiger Beat still publish?) has released lists of the top ten favorite songs of the two main U.S. Presidential candidates.

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“Proudly, Dons, how we bathe…!”

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