Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
This is a guest post by Dave Dudley of Leninist Vanguard How are socialists to respond to the removal of John Rees from the SWP Central Committee? Of course, our instant reflex is to titter, to gloat. Why should we not engage in a spot of schadenfreude at the expense of the bearded one? Such responses [...]
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
This is a post by Dave Dudley, Editor of Leninist Vanguard (personal capacity) I am sure that like all good socialists (one or two must read Harry’s Place, if only to monitor the Ziocon tendencies at work on the internet) readers of my column have been absolutely shocked and appalled by recent events. The craven accommodation [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
Photo: Getty Images Brian Williams has posted an election playlist on his blog: "Seven Days," Bob Dylan; "Six Days on the Road," Dave Dudley; "Five Days, Five Days," Gene Vincent; "Four Days," Counting Crows; "Three Days," Jane's Addiction; "48 Hours," The Clash; "Tomorrow," Avril Lavigne; "Today," Smashing Pumpkins. Isn't he clever. [ Daily Nightly/MSNBC ]
The Weight (Free subscription) | 10/16/2008
So despite the corny title, I'm hoping that this becomes a regular installment on The Weight. The idea is to shed light on some of the lesser-known or underrated names in rock history -- you know, the guys and gals whose songs you hum, but can't quite remember who wrote them. I thought Kris Kristofferson would be a good place to start.1936 - Kristofferson is born in Brownsville, Texas.1954 - Kristofferson...
Murderati (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
by Zoë Sharp Next week it’s the Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Baltimore, with the catchy title of Charmed To Death. Co-chaired by crime aficionado Judy Bobalik, and Jon and Ruth Jordan, the force behind Crimespree magazine, it looks like...
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
That was Jerry Reed. Rail-thin doesn’t begin to describe Jerry Reed, and I got to see him up close. But, boy, could he play a guitar and entertain a crowd. When I stood backstage at his show in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on April Fool’s night in 1979, he was about the hottest thing going. Reed still [...]
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 05/30/2008
Like his heroes Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan, the road is the only home Robert Earl Keen really knows. That road takes him to the Madison Theater tonight.
composite drawlings (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Your birthday today: You are punctilious and exacting and expect the same in others. You are shrewd, calculating and cautious, never entering into any undertaking, until it has been thoroughly considered. Your family are devoted to you and you could be happier in your home if you would let yourself. Start toward that happiness in your home by having a big old birthday bash -- there's nobody in the...
Starpulse News (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
Happy Birthday to Saliva lead singer Josey Scott (1971), singer/songwriter Christopher Cross (1951), The Four Seasons singer Frankie Valli (1937), the 'Godfather of Soul' James Brown (1933), country singer Dave Dudley (1928; d. 2003), boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson (1921; d. 1989), folk legend Pete Seeger (1919),[...] Read more!
Ed Driscoll.com (Free subscription) | 03/28/2008
Ten days on the road, and I'm gonna make it home tonight, to slightly paraphrase Dave Dudley, not to mention the Flying Burrito Brothers at a far worse road gig than I just returned from. Watch for regular blogging to resume Friday. And the podcast version of this week's edition of PJM Political on XM Satellite Radio's POTUS '08 channel, featuring James Taranto , Chris Muir , Frank Martin...
The Record Robot (Free subscription) | 02/26/2008
And now the last of my Wichita Lineman posts for a while anyway, until I obtain more of 'em anyway. I did in fact save the best for last. The George Morgan version is nice. George is mainly known for his late 40s hit, "Candy Kisses". By the time he made this album, Sings Like A Bird, his career had lost much of it's sheen, but thankfully George persevered and with the help of musicians like Ben Keith,...
Tom McMahon (Free subscription) | 01/13/2008
Dave Dudley was the guy who sang "Six Days On The Road". An excerpt from Wisconsinology: After a concert in Deerfield, Wisconsin he handed a friend of mine a book entitled "Everything I Know About Fishing and Women by Dave...
RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 12/13/2007
In addition to another raft of great records, more motley and sage advice, and countless well-timed gags, this week’s episode of Bob Dylan's “Theme Time Radio Hour” on XM Satellite Radio was notable for Bob’s pointed tribute to Charlton Heston. See below. Playlist and selected quotes: Helen Fleming — Eve’s Ten Commandments ( Bob talks about [...]
Harry's Place (Free subscription) | 10/25/2007
There's a very funny piece by real-life "Dave Dudley", Andy Newman, at the ironically named "Socialist Unity" blog this morning. Not content with his witchunt...
Sinclair's Musings (Free subscription) | 10/24/2007
RESPECT are tearing each other to pieces. I think this sort of thing happens about once a decade to serious consternation within the far left and general amusement among the roughly half dozen people outside that movement who notice. There are some truly hilarious statements flying around. For the right-winger who wants to have a bit of a smile at their incompetence there are a couple of decent sources...
