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What’s buggin me
If there’s one sentence making me gnash my teeth and scream to the heavens right now, it’s…“You’ll never hear about this in the mainstream media, but…” Also its eye roll inducing cousin, “Nobody’s talking about this but…” and the makes-me-want-to-stomp-on-you “Crickets.” … Continue reading
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Obligatory election post
I haven’t written anything for this site for over a year, for a variety of reasons including being tired of writing. But it’s 4:30 in the morning of this most insane day, and who can sleep. In a few hours … Continue reading
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Last time I was here it was raining
It ain’t raining anymore. 244,920 minutes, two seasons, and a radical perspective later…Ryan Adams, yet again. The man cannot be stopped, and I can’t stop seeing him. Overall the song selection wasn’t as epic as the Hammerstein Ballroom show, which was … Continue reading
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My 52 Places #7: Staunton, Virginia
Quick spring break breakaway, down to Charlottesville figuring the boys would like to go to Monticello. Girls, not so much, but… I decided we would stay in what looks like a bit of a funked-up town a few miles away, … Continue reading
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Where are you now? Where have you been…
A beautiful blur of a week at the end of March. One post with a few themes because life is too interesting and busy to actually work at this, which is why I’m just finishing up the post in April. First, … Continue reading
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Worn out wood and familiar songs
It’s a gray and cold and never-ending winter and I’ve already had one concert snowed out. Today the snow whammy descended again on a day when Jay Farrar is supposed to play…Arden Gild Hall. WHAAAT? By mid-morning if you were driving … Continue reading
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Walkin in the sand
For the second year in a row I have not been given my preferred oceanfront room in which I can sleep with the sliders wide open with the breeze floating in to the gentle sound of the waves…I drown my … Continue reading
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It was all yellow. For a few minutes.
It’s gray and cold. Cold cold cold. Gray gray gray, cold cold cold. Also the Phillies stink. Stink stink stink so it feels even colder and grayer. So this morning I added some color, at least for a few minutes. Palascinta time!
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My 52 Places #5: Baltimore
It’s been cold, gray, and dreary for over a month now. There’s been little snow, just way-below-freezing cold. With no incentive to go outside, I’ve been mostly hibernating. One of the bands I saw in Athens came to Philly — it … Continue reading
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The Farrar Paradox
Throw this love down the highway, see where it takes you. I just wrote about Jay Farrar a few days ago, and I wondered if I would have anything to say after seeing him again tonight. Answer: yes. This was … Continue reading
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The View from the Porch 