Pieta Brown, Bo Ramsey and this thing about a four-letter state of mind called Iowa thats been on my mind lately
Three hundred and sixty four days after they took down the planes, I was back home in California from serving six years in Minnesota. (Not to make it sound like I was away in prison because it was a career decision, but it's really cold up there and
Cheek Sparger, A Funny Little Road
Between Dallas and Fort Worth, in the mid-cities area, is a road named Cheek Sparger. Twenty five years ago it was a country lane bordered by trees and fields and a few farms.
Now there is a shopping center at one end, million dollar homes at the other, and traffic,
Iris Dement Sings in her Mama's Opry
(originally appeared in San Diego Troubadour)
With a woman it's all one flow, like a stream, little eddies, little waterfalls, but the river it goes right on. A woman looks at it like that.
-Ma Joad in John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath
Who can say just
Album Review: Joshua James--Build Me This
Joshua James—Build Me This—Intelligent Noise—2009
Yes, I know it’s hard to get past that album cover. Is that Noxema? Has he rolled himself in flour? If this reverse minstrelsy? Is he covering his face with curdled milk like Halle in Beloved? Or is he just trying
It rained at the Evergreen State Fair
indeed after a joint in the parking lot... we walked to the bleachers in that Monroe parking lot, erected so stealthily off the side of highway 2...you just wanted there to be dusty sun behind you as the carnie- manned rides spun, and the smell of popcorn was warm
Album Review: Corb Lund - Losin' Lately Gambler
My first ever album review, thought I would post it here too as I'm sure there are many Corb fans on here
Well, here is a new feature at ATS, an actual album review. You know normally I don't like doing these for a couple of