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Saturday, August 13, 2005
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Tuesday, August 09, 2005
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Ten years ago today.
All I leave behind me is only what I found
Jerry Garcia
1941 - 1995
10:41:49 PM 
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Monday, August 01, 2005
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Last night I went to Wolftrap to see Elvis Costello & Emmylou Harris perform. It was the last show of their tour. I don't know how the rest of the tour went but last night's show was off the charts. 3 hours of non-stop music with Elvis and Emmylou switching off on their songs. I don't know about you but if I had a choice of what Emmylou songs to hear the two at the top of the list would be "Red Dirt Girl" and "Pancho & Lefty." Emmylou delivered big, she looks like an angel on stage. Elvis and the Imposters started the show with some good old rock and roll and then went into songs from "The Delivery Man." The evening switched to a more country folk mood and the Imposters showed their versatility as one of the best back-up bands around. They finished up a 2 + hour long set with a version of "Pump It Up" that almost brought the rafters down. The encore just kept going, like they just didn't want to stop. This was a scene of people on stage having a great time together and not wanting it to end, so they just kept going.
The night finished on a very poignant note. Elvis and Emmylou sang his "The Scarlet Tide" from the movie "Cold Mountain." At that Oscars they asked Elvis "This isn't an anti-war song is it?" and he replied "No, it's an anti-fear song." Good on ya mate.
"We'll rise above the scarlet tide
That trickles down through the mountain
And separates the widow from the bride."
To that Elvis added:
"Stop lying
And bring our boys home."
Amen.
They finished the night with "What So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding." And there's nothing wrong with that.
12:04:18 PM
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Sunday, July 03, 2005
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Thursday, June 02, 2005
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Another one of those musical earworm moments........
Just can't get this Peter Gabriel song out of my head.
"In Your Eyes"
love I get so lost, sometimes
days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
when I want to run away
I drive off in my car
but whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are
all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
love, I don't like to see so much pain
so much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive
and all my instincts, they return
and the grand facade, so soon will burn
without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light,
the heat I see in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes
10:46:05 PM
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Thursday, May 19, 2005
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Snidge done hit me! (because I begged)
Total Volume Of Music On My Hard Drive: 250 MB (pathetic I know, I play cd's. I'm a "modern" Luddite)
Last CD bought: “The Finn Brothers” – The Finn Brothers
Song Playing Right Now:
“One Big Love” – Patty Griffin
5 Songs I Listen To a lot:
“Goodbye Caroline” - Aimee Mann
”Copied Keys” – Kathleen Edwards
”Solar System” – Bill Mallonee And The Vigillantes of Love
”Lifeline" - Colin Hay
”Greeting Card Aisle” – Sarah Harmer
Five People I'm passing this on to in hopes they choose happier songs than me:
Birdie
Michael
Katya
Phil
Nancy
11:49:23 PM
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Saturday, May 14, 2005
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Canadian Girls Rock!
I saw Kathleen Edwards in concert last night and she showed the promise we expected after two great studio albums. The pacing of the show needs work. Starting with the slow introspective “Pink Emerson Radio” is not the way to get the show off to a rolling start, especially with an 11pm start. I prefer the “blasting out of the gate” approach and think “In State” would have been the opener of choice. She seemed to disappear on stage during a couple of numbers as the band overwhelmed her vocals a few times but on “In State” and “What Are You Waiting For?” she sang loud and clearly in charge. The band was tight but lead guitarist Colin Cripps seemed most interested in playing solos note for note from the record versions, you just never got the feeling he was ever going to cut loose. Keyboard and guitarist Jim Bryson added vocals and his Montreal Expos hat to the show. The Expos, now the Washington Nationals, were a topic of conversation throughout the show. “I hope you enjoy the constant string of losing” Edwards said. “Go Nats!” was my reply. Edwards seemed to get more comfortable with the audience as the night went by, saying she was not used to playing in a room that full, and it showed. Early on she would turn her back to the audience when she wasn’t singing but as the night progress she became more chatty with the crowd. One nice thing about seeing someone with only two albums out is that more than likely you will hear all of your favorites, “Hockey Skates” would’ve been nice but we’re sort of southern here and the inference might have missed it’s mark. The last song of the set was “Back To Me” and this is where you knew that with a little more road seasoning she will be a force, she absolute torn that song up, commanding the stage as she belted it out. It was definitely the highlight of the evening. The encore started with Edwards performing a solo version of “The Harper Valley PTA” in a sort of little girl sing-song voice that was pretty cute but the following two numbers were rather subdued. As I said the pacing of the show needs work but in time she’ll have it down. A good show and well worth seeing. An engaging personality is emerging in Kathleen Edwards.
The opener, Mary Gauthier, is so brooding that she makes Neil Young sound like “Up With People”. I was ready to book a session with my therapist after her set. It takes a lot to make a song about Christmas in Key West sound down. Lyrically she has some good material and she is an intense performer, she unfortunately makes you think that suicide is a viable option with her flawed characters and hopeless scenarios. Just my opinion.
Set List
Pink Emerson Radio
In State
Westby
Independent Thief
The Lone Wolf
What Are You Waiting For?
Old Time Sake
Mercury
Copied Keys
Six O’Clock News
Good Things
One More Song The Radio Won’t Like
Back To Me
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Harper Valley PTA
Somewhere Else
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Next up: Aimee Mann, May 23rd.
4:58:57 PM
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Tuesday, May 10, 2005
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Saturday, May 07, 2005
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A Haunting melody
"come in here and have a taste
yeah what's one more hopeless case
when your short wave dies and there's no one to listen
and the stars going cold in your solar system ."
- "Solar System" by Bill Mallonee and the Vigilantes of Love (thanks Birdie)
9:02:21 AM
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Friday, May 06, 2005
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They have a license plate for everything these days. It's impossible to tell what state a car is from anymore.
Even the Parrotheads have one! No offense to Jimmy Buffett fans but what's next!
I'm waiting for this one. 
"What a long strange trip it's been"
5:53:47 PM
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