Live aid, part deux
Check out this map for a lineup of all the performers at the Porchlight benefit I'm participating in tomorrow.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Live aid
On Saturday I'll be participating in Beat the Street, a musical benefit for the homeless-support agency Porchlight. The event will see local songsters stationed at corners up and down State Street, here in Madison. I will be singing all your old favorites at the sweet intersection of State and Gilman Street, in front of the Chocolate Shoppe ice cream joint.
All the music starts at 1 p.m., so come on down and throw a buck in my guitar case. It's for a good cause.
On Saturday I'll be participating in Beat the Street, a musical benefit for the homeless-support agency Porchlight. The event will see local songsters stationed at corners up and down State Street, here in Madison. I will be singing all your old favorites at the sweet intersection of State and Gilman Street, in front of the Chocolate Shoppe ice cream joint.
All the music starts at 1 p.m., so come on down and throw a buck in my guitar case. It's for a good cause.
Yee haw
When I was a lad back in Nashville, in the 1980s, the rock scene cooked, and no band cooked better than the seminal cowpunk band Jason and the Scorchers. In case you missed the whole thing, here's the video for one of their best tracks, the smokin' cover of Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie."
The clip is of interest not only to music fans but also to nostalgic former denizens of the Music City like myself. The video takes place on Lower Broad, the downtown drag that now is a thriving tourist scene of great music venues and tacky Western wear stores. Back then, though, the district was seedy, even as some downtown retail outlets hung on. (They're all gone now.) Hence the shot of the old Purina store, and the one of Adult World.
But then there is Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, the storied honkytonk where the performance footage was shot. From the bugout of the "Grand Ole Opry," through the decline of the downtown and up to its revival, Tootsie's has endured. I hope it endures through much more.
At Tootsie's I once danced with a marine who then pulled a knife on a guy. Enjoy.
When I was a lad back in Nashville, in the 1980s, the rock scene cooked, and no band cooked better than the seminal cowpunk band Jason and the Scorchers. In case you missed the whole thing, here's the video for one of their best tracks, the smokin' cover of Dylan's "Absolutely Sweet Marie."
The clip is of interest not only to music fans but also to nostalgic former denizens of the Music City like myself. The video takes place on Lower Broad, the downtown drag that now is a thriving tourist scene of great music venues and tacky Western wear stores. Back then, though, the district was seedy, even as some downtown retail outlets hung on. (They're all gone now.) Hence the shot of the old Purina store, and the one of Adult World.
But then there is Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, the storied honkytonk where the performance footage was shot. From the bugout of the "Grand Ole Opry," through the decline of the downtown and up to its revival, Tootsie's has endured. I hope it endures through much more.
At Tootsie's I once danced with a marine who then pulled a knife on a guy. Enjoy.
Friday, May 25, 2007
Oh well
I'm disappointed to learn that anchor Elizabeth Hopkins has left WKOW (Ch. 27) for Providence. I liked her. What is my anchor now?!?!?!
I'm disappointed to learn that anchor Elizabeth Hopkins has left WKOW (Ch. 27) for Providence. I liked her. What is my anchor now?!?!?!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Making it so, or nearly so
It's taken us a while, but Ereck and I have finally watched just about all of "Star Trek," the original series, and have moved on to "Star Trek: The Next Generation," which the Spike cable channel recently began showing from the beginning of the run. We think Lt. Yar swings both ways.
At this rate, we'll have finished watching all the "Star Trek" series roughly around the time of the Andromedan invasion.
What's your favorite episode from the original series? Mine is "The Enterprise Incident," with the vaguely Jeanne Moreau-y Romulan commander in the minidress.
It's taken us a while, but Ereck and I have finally watched just about all of "Star Trek," the original series, and have moved on to "Star Trek: The Next Generation," which the Spike cable channel recently began showing from the beginning of the run. We think Lt. Yar swings both ways.At this rate, we'll have finished watching all the "Star Trek" series roughly around the time of the Andromedan invasion.
What's your favorite episode from the original series? Mine is "The Enterprise Incident," with the vaguely Jeanne Moreau-y Romulan commander in the minidress.
Monday, May 21, 2007
New attitude
At the suggestion of fellow Madison blogger Hastings Cameron, I finally syndicated Back With Interest using Atom. You can subscribe to the feed here.
Meanwhile, there are other changes that might be nice to make, revolutionary new ideas in blog technology that have come along since I last tinkered with the design of this blog back in -- wait for it -- 2002. Hey, what can I say? I don't like change. (I still use Word 97.)
I gather that some of the changes I'm contemplating would require me to update my Blogger template, though, and this makes me wary. Seems disruptive. I don't want to make the switch if it means breaking a bunch of stuff I then have to fix or, worse, needing to come up with a brand new design. Design is not my forte, and I like this layout just fine.
Has anyone else upgraded their 2002-era template? Is it painful?
At the suggestion of fellow Madison blogger Hastings Cameron, I finally syndicated Back With Interest using Atom. You can subscribe to the feed here.
Meanwhile, there are other changes that might be nice to make, revolutionary new ideas in blog technology that have come along since I last tinkered with the design of this blog back in -- wait for it -- 2002. Hey, what can I say? I don't like change. (I still use Word 97.)
I gather that some of the changes I'm contemplating would require me to update my Blogger template, though, and this makes me wary. Seems disruptive. I don't want to make the switch if it means breaking a bunch of stuff I then have to fix or, worse, needing to come up with a brand new design. Design is not my forte, and I like this layout just fine.
Has anyone else upgraded their 2002-era template? Is it painful?
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