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Gazoo
Facebook’s been inspiring a lot of memories of Newport RI, where i grew up.
Above is a photo of Ryan Roberts, aka Gazoo, who lived a few blocks from me. As you can see from his DOB, Gazoo was a few years younger than me. He was a good guy: we weren’t best friends or [...]
In Honor of Jon Jones: Motormags, “Just Wanna Be Loved”
Where to begin…
Jon Jones, the guitar player in the AC/DC shirt, is an old friend of mine going back as far as Tim Kelly. He played in tons of great hardcore bands back in the day (none of who have websites) like Positive Outlook and Step Forward, before moving on to the post-punk Two [...]
The Gibbetted Captain Kidd
Speaking of gibbetting pirates, Tim Kelly sent me a video for my favorite Scissorfight song, “The Gibbettted Captain Kidd”.
And yes, I’ll fucking join fucking facebook, alright? Jeez louise!
Donno Shaves His Beard
My buddy Donno, responsible for a couple of the tattoos on my arms and legs, is shaving his beard:
My friend’s wife died of breast cancer this summer, not only widowering him, but also leaving their 6 children motherless.
Her obituary is here.
Even if you don’t have kids, I’m sure all of you realize that having them [...]
For My Buddy Jim
Hear Jim’s version here.
I’ll be doing a biased review later. “Feelings Hog” is, in general, an awesome album.
Some Pictures of Sam
I didn’t bring a camera to OATS, so I don’t have as many shots from the festival as I’d like, but here are some shots from the rest of Sam’s visit to Philadelphia and the Jersey shore.
Our friends Ryan and Amy have one of those large inflatable pools in their backyard. I caught a [...]
Gone Swimmin’
Sam and I are bound for Long Beach Island for the day. See you this evening!
Read More..>>Gauntlet
Tomorrow I leave to go pick up Sam, again an extended trip across the border, and then back about to Benton, PA for the Out Among the Stars Bluegrass Festival. The trip across the border adds an extra three hours round trip to the already-brutal eight hours I travel to Syracuse and back, but [...]
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For this guy.
Read More..>>Friday Videos: Bogstompers
My friend Nikolai Fox is responsible for getting me into old time music.
Here’s one of the bands he plays with, the Bogstompers, doing a really fine version of Hoyt Ming’s “The Women Wear No Clothes At All”.
That’s some damn fine old time music, which I frankly prefer to bluegrass.
I’m not sure which song this is.
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