Monthly Archives: April 2003

Bottled up

The pale ale went into the bottles tonight, all 39 pints (53 cl) of it. Continue reading

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The Graceland exegesis

I knew again that Paul Simon was right, and he’d written two or three of the most perfect lines in all of American pop music. Continue reading

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That was a pretty damn good dish

Chicken, though . . . is there something with chicken and cherries? Continue reading

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How to blow a musician’s mind

You never know who you’ll meet working pledge phones. Continue reading

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Time to shock the world tonight

I told her I wanted a complete look change, take my hair back from shoulder-blade length to top-of-the-collar. Continue reading

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Doing the Tea-Beer-y Shuffle

Lordy, I hope I have enough empty bottles on hand to do two batches at once. Continue reading

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Books just wanna be free

I may end up pitching it against the wall if D.H. Lawrence manages to annoy me enough. Continue reading

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Well, color ME gobsmacked

My mother.  My mother . . . is famous. Continue reading

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I got some!

Some African blue basil, that is. Continue reading

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Shit . . . this is GOOD Stuph!

Steve James, Cindy Cashdollar, and Del Rey are all on Prairie Home Companion at once, and all playing resonator guitars (i.e., Dobros/Nationals)! Continue reading

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