Category: Musical Detritus

Of Sunday breakfast, Hackintosh Envy and Ian Svenonius

I wake on a Sunday and my small children brag about how many bowls of cereal they can eat in one sitting. Apple Jacks. We went to the regular grocery store for a change, instead of the socially responsible grocery store. My vehicle is out of commission and beggars can’t be choosers. Listening to Rasputina… Continue reading Of Sunday breakfast, Hackintosh Envy and Ian Svenonius

Gratefulness: 7 things on a Sunday Morning

1)Listening to our local “pirate” radio station run by baby Anarchists:www.freeradiochukshon.org 2)Breakfast is hostess cupcakes and mexican dark coffee with cream on the porch with candles and incense and the Sunday paper. Dishes can wait… 3)We won, we won, we fucking won…I volunteered my time and $5 I couldn’t afford to a candidate that actually… Continue reading Gratefulness: 7 things on a Sunday Morning

Days Of Thanks And Chaos…

About time I wrote something, I guess…Friday limbo, was playing Nick Cave and Leadbelly and songs from an old lover. Day After Blues, wandering, newspaper brooding in the Dinosaur MacDonalds, bookstore lingering over hot chocoolate and idiot shoppers with my sweet little girls whov’e learned a Tom Waits song. Sarah sings it “remember the girl… Continue reading Days Of Thanks And Chaos…

Things learned whilst researching a song, part 1…

From “Welcome To Leadbelly Homepage: Huddie William Ledbetter was born on January 29, 1885 on the Jeter Plantation near Mooringsport, Louisiana. He was the only child of his parents Wesley and Sally. Huddie and his parents moved to Leigh, Texas when he was five and it was there that he became interested in music, encouraged… Continue reading Things learned whilst researching a song, part 1…

Lyrics of the Day

“The butcher the baker and the baseline maker say you can leave her I can take her you spend your whole life like a minute or two later one day it’s gonna and sooner than greater…oh, what would the loved ones say, what would the loved ones say?”

“If I Should Fall From Grace”

This is a documentary about Shane MacGowan about what a lyrical genius and an unrepentant drunk he is, and it’s just f’ing awesome, I must say. Cameo appearance/interview segments with the fabulous Mr. Nick Cave abound. There’s a bonus sing-along feature and an interesting little outtake of Shane peeing in the bushes. Klassy with a… Continue reading “If I Should Fall From Grace”