Archive for the tag "country"

• We’ve been watching the Bugaloos, a kiddie fave of Wil’s. I remember it vaguely too, but I’m very much a child of H.R. Pufnstuf & Lidsville. #
• Feeling a little guilty for not confining my anti-spam foaming-at-the-mouth to my own webpage(s). #
• Listening to a Teresa James cover of DeZurik Sisters’ “Arizona Yodeler”. I’d never dream of even attempting that, mainly ‘cuz I can’t yodel. #
• Preparing an external drive for Time Machine. I’ve been living way too dangerously waiting for a Leopard-compatible version of SuperDuper. #
• Finished “The Millionaires” free audiobook from iTunes. Enjoyed it OK but felt like escapist fare compared to my usual diet of cyberpunk SF. #
• H.R. Pufnstuf (the character) was created for HemisFair ‘68 in SAT & was the symbol of the fair. I was there, 4 yrs old. Wonder if I got it? #

• @jennatar: I have ~13 yrs of archived email. Used “synch” just once, talking about recording and click-tracks. Otherwise it’s always “sync”. #
• ‘Suicide Blonde’ Found Guilty, Mentally Ill / Suicide driver guilty but ill (via Chicagoist)
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• Porter Wagoner has gone to his reward (via Metafilter)

I want to talk about a particular music-related collectomania of mine.  Well actually it’s such a deep and narrow subgenre of music that it’s hard to even call myself a collector, seein’ as how I can pretty much count these albums on one hand!  Okay.  I don’t know of a good term for this music so I just refer to it as "ambient country".  Which is a horrible term I admit, but it’s the best I could do.  This music, it’s kinda like Brian Eno but with guitars.  It has to be instrumental, and it must be sparsely arranged.  It should evoke rattlesnakes and desert landscapes that drone on and on.  It should incorporate touches of slide guitar, steel guitar or maybe both.  So anyway here’s my very short list of albums I love that more or less fall into the category I’m describing.  If you can think of other albums along the same lines, post a comment!

• Ry Cooder Paris Texas soundtrack (the granddaddy of ‘em all!)
• Loren Mazzacane-Connors In Pittsburgh (Rian Murphy turned me on to this back in ‘96 when we were recording my first album)
• A Small Good Thing Slim Westerns (which I discovered back in the glory days of Napster)
• World Standard Country Gazette (same thing)
• Bruce Kaphan Slider (which John W. turned me on to)
• Bill Frisell Ghost Town (an Eric Z. turnon)

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We lost the great Skeeter Davis yesterday.  She influenced and inspired me more than any other country artist I can think of; I’m sure I have more of her albums than any other single artist.  I loved her and looked up to her in so many ways I can’t even express it right now… suffice it to say I will deeply mourn her loss, just like all her other fans all over the world.  Goodbye Skeeter, we’ll miss you…

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Oh Boing Boing, what would I do without you?

URL: EFF defending creators of This Land is Your Land parody

Whoo-hoo!! And don’t miss the link to the info about how Woody got the melody from the Carter Family… that is *rich*. I love it.

I’m speechless.  The Man In Black is gone.  :-(

You probably already heard that June Carter Cash passed away yesterday, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t pay my respects.  The most famous daughter of the original Carter Family is gone.  What a terrible loss, especially for the Man In Black!  :-(

An interview by Karyn Coughlin that appeared in the November 5-19, 1998 issue of The Weekly Week (Boston, MA)…

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