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The Ballad of Johnny McC

Katy Laveaux and Johnny McCain
Used to play on the hallowed ground
Back in the time you could find peace of mind
And not be down
Johnny McCain, a growing boy
He never felt this way before
He told pretty Kate they were now on a date
As he pulled her to the hallowed floor
She said “That ain’t no way to behave [...]

What Obsession Hath Wrought

In the comments to a recent post on DMR’s “stuff reduction” blog detailing his CD storage solution, a discussion ensued about how I store my 4000+ compact discs. Always on the lookout for posts for my own blog, I thought I’d go into more detail here and post some pictures on Flickr. It’s [...]

How To Alienate A Neighbor

Does this ever happen to you? Sometimes I let my sense of humor get the best of me. Or is it my love of obscure musical groups and odd legal terms?
During the 4th of July holiday, I went out into my backyard to watch N hanging her laundry. My neighbor and his wife were [...]

Begin The Analysis

I’ve been making my way through Entertainment Weekly’s 1000th issue the last few weeks, which features “The New Classics: The 1000 Best Movies, TV Show, Albums, Books & More of the Last 25 Years”. EW does love their lists. On their list of the top 100 albums of the last 25 years, the [...]

Installing Big Brother

They’ve started putting up the red light cameras in Denver (which I last blogged about here). The ones at 6th & Kalamath are already up. I drive by them every work day but I don’t think they’re operational quite yet. The pic here is of workers installing one of them at 6th [...]

Why I Stay In Bed

eMusic Find of the Day: The Whitsundays’ self-titled debut album. If Americans can do BritPop, I guess Canadians should be allowed to also. This is a pleasant little slice of neo-retro light psychedelic pop that goes down very easily. Love the organ sounds. If one song (”Falling Over”) has a guitar [...]

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