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Sunday, April 24, 2005

I never heard Dave Lyles play Back in Lima, Ohio where he was a legend Never got to hear him They say Elliott Randall heard him play Elliott, who played with Steely Dan They say he went right up to the stage Put his chin in his hands Listening, watching   I was in some third rate band With a good drummer, Jack I forget what we called ourselves We got booked in fuck me Marion, Indiana They put our name, whatever it was Up on the marquee We went early to set up equipment Some little kid runs up and asks the singer “Are you guys as good as The Jokers?” I wanted to say yes, hesitated But the singer simply shakes his head and says “No, son, we’re not”   The Jokers were later immortalized By fuck me Rick Derringer no less “There was a band called The Jokers, they were layin' it down”   Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo Lawdy mama light my fuse Rock 'n' Roll, Hoochie Koo Truck on out and spread the news   They say he had a stage name, Dave Ronson Like the lighter Had it embroidered on his guitar strap   They say Chet Atkins came to hear him play Said there was nothing he could do That Dave couldn’t   They say he played The Bells Of St. Marys Slappin’ out harmonics with his right index finger While left fingers roamed the fretboard Like a handful of possessed cockroaches Highlight of the show Those godamn bells ringing fuck me everywhere   I would like to have heard that The eighth wonder, it must have been He was never more than a few miles away But I never heard Dave Lyles play   9:23:03 PM    comment []

The finished (almost) shinkenspeck.   It has to age a few days, maybe dehydrate a little bit. It was very lightly smoked, as recommended, just enough to give it some color. I’ve had some practice at tying butcher’s twine, enough that I can provide a handy tip: Start the knot as you would a square knot, but loop it one more time.   That’s old hat, I think I read that in Cooks’ Illustrated or something, but there’s a little “something extra.” More than one extra loop on the bottom knot makes it too hard to pull, especially when you’re indenting the meat, as here. The one extra twist might slip a bit, but that can be controlled – even if you don’t have Liz around to put her finger on it. Once you have the knot as tight as it can go, pull straight up on the too loose ends of twine to hold the knot tight. The additional friction from the extra twist will hold it just fine. It’s a little tricky to form the loop for the upper knot but, once you do, just pull the two loose ends at about a 45º angle, keeping tension on the lower knot. It’s a lot easier than just made it sound – just keep the loose ends perpendicular to the meat and figure it out for yourself if I don’t make any sense.   11:24:04 AM    comment []