Fat Man on a Keyboard (Free subscription) | 01/17/2010
Heavy marking means light posting, but now I have finished most of it with a huge sigh of relief. So opening the paper today I have time to share with you the shocking new revelation about the extent of the conspiracy that those damn Elders keep going (with a bit of help from the Illuminati , a bunch of Aliens , the Anti-Christ of course, oops nearly forgot the Masons , then there is always the reptilian...
Gen X at 40 (Free subscription) | 01/05/2010
There was a yodling cowboy who sold records on TV in the 70s - not, not Boxcar Willie... Slim Whitman, that's it - and he recommended his songs to get you through "these troubled times". Evan Rail, a beer blogging pal who has a real job travel and beer writing including for The New York Times , pointed me to this updated list of ten things journalists need to know to survive in these troubled...
Rock Turtleneck (Free subscription) | 12/21/2009
Last Monday, Rock Turtleneck reached a major milestone: our 100,000th visitor . Thank you to one and all for your readership and support. As it turns out, that visitor was not a Dylan fan in Deutchland or a Wilco -head in Walla Walla but friend, former roommate and fellow copywriter George Feinn of NYC . Mr. Feinn was so moved to be part of rock-blog history that he submitted the following, extremely...
San Diego Blog (Free subscription) | 09/01/2009
September 1, 1908- Estee Lauder, founded cosmetics & fragrance company September 1, 1922- Yvonne DeCarlo, actress September 1, 1923- Rocky Marciano, champion boxer September 1, 1931- Boxcar Willie (Lecil Travis Martin), country singer September 1, 1933- Conway Twitty, country singer September 1, 1939- Lily Tomlin, actress, comedian September 1, 1946- Barry Gibb, singer, songwriter, member [...]...
The Konformist Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2009
http://blog.lavacocktail.com/2009/08/23/autobiography-of-a-monarch-butterfly-update.aspx Autobiography of a Monarch Butterfly Update Sunday, August 23, 2009 Categories: Conspiracy Tags: MKULTRA Mind Control Book Jaye Beldo Meditation Biowarfare Conspiracy Autobiography Healing Greetings Lava Cocktail Surfers, Writing Autobiography of a Monarch Butterfly was difficult in itself-primarily because I had...
CAFFEINATED POLITICS (Free subscription) | 08/01/2009
A local train enthusiast was under the weather this week, and as such this song is for him. Here is the best tonic for the soul; a train whistle. Take care, and know that many have you in their thoughts and prayers. While we are at it…….( in radio this would be a double spin) [...]
Good Rockin' Tonight (Free subscription) | 07/25/2009
The Pressure Is On is a classic 1981 album from Hank Williams Jr and it finds him in great form. This is the album that really turned me into a Hank Jr. fan for life. While punk, new wave, hair metal and MTV were exploding, all of a sudden I discovered "country" thanks to Jr. I had dabbled in listening to some country but Hank made me turn the corner. While Hank was designated country, his...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 07/06/2009
He told me that Boxcar Willie told him that he was a spitting image of Jonathan Winters, that he was funny and a natural comedian, and that he could have his own tribute to Jonathan Winters in Branson, and that he ought to go try it out. So he went to Branson, Missouri ten years ago. He started out making $200 dollars a night, and ended up making $5,000 a night. And he said, "Son, you sure sound...
incarnatus est (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
Just a little list I put together ( with a tiny bit of help) . 1. "3:10 To Yuma" by Sandy Denny 2. "45th of May" 3. "49 Tons" by Fred Eaglesmith 4. "5.15" by Chris Isaak 5. "5:15" by The Who A 1. "Absolutely Sweet Marie" by Bob Dylan 2. "AC/DC" by Josie Aiello 3. "Across the Tracks Blues" by Duke Ellington 4. "Ain't...
Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | 05/16/2009
Written and originally recorded by country singer Roger Miller, King of the Road went on to be one of the most covered songs of all time.
Badder Example (Free subscription) | 04/13/2009
This whole being without electricity is not fun. I never imagined the Blackberry would be my emergency communication conduit to civilization, but that’s what it’s been. More about that in a minute. First, though, some pictures. Friday night, we knew that the storm has set a tree against the house. But, being dark and all, I couldn’t get [...]
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 03/29/2009
Hope everyone had a good time blowing out their carbon footprints last night. I know that I had every light in the house on! And in honor of fossil fuel, how ’bout a little Boxcar Willie: Share on Facebook
Green News Blend (Free subscription) | 02/08/2009
Anchor Rising (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
On Thursday, Glenn Beck took a skeptical look at some of the projects that would constitute the proposed economic stimulus plan of President-Elect Obama and the 111th Congress, contrasting them to the projects targeted by the last major federal spending...
Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
The all-electric Metro light rail system is fully powered by its signature overhead electrical wire. Power from the 750-volt wire, collected by the ''pantograph'' atop the car, is converted from DC to AC current by an operator-controlled ''traction inverter,'' then fed to the four electric motors under each car
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