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« Previous EntriesSummer ‘73
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008It is the 25th 35th anniversary of the Summer of 1973. I was 10-years old during that particular summer.
I have a 10-year old of my own today. He’s sometimes sweet, often petulant, always inquisitive. In short, he’s a lot like his father.
I’ve been thinking a lot about that summer over the past several months, how [...]
A Bunch of Bishop
Monday, August 25th, 2008Hey…been away for a little vacation. Came home to find the latest copy of Blues Revue in my mailbox. The review of Elvin Bishop’s The Blues Rolls On was written by yours truly. Here’s a cut from the album (a remake of Struttin’ My Stuff that features Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes) along with [...]
A Shoe-In For Performance Art of The Year
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Mama asked the boys to put the shoes back on the shelf. This is what she got. My 8-year old asked me to take a picture and “write an article about it”. I think it speaks for itself.
Paul Simon - Diamonds On The Soles of Her Shoes
Carl Perkins - Blue Suede Shoes
Lyle Lovett - Flyin’ [...]
New York City, A Tacky Hotel & Isaac Hayes
Tuesday, August 12th, 2008There’s a lot being written around the music blogosphere about Isaac Hayes and rightly so.
Like a lot of white middle-American teenagers growing up in the 1970’s, my first encounter with his music was the Theme from Shaft. Fortunately, I heard more of his music beyond Shaft thanks to Street Stryder, the all-night DJ I’ve mentioned [...]
My First, My Last, My Everything
Monday, August 11th, 2008Wherein Fusion 45 Contemplates The True Meaning of Vinyl Record Day
Tuesday, August 12 is Vinyl Record Day. My wife laughed when I told her this. She seemed to find it funny (though not nearly as funny as Vinyl Pants Day, which got a real laugh out of her).
Within the singularly obsessive community of music bloggers [...]
Right Now, Somebody In South Alabama Is Opening Up A Can Of Wup-Ass
Friday, August 8th, 2008Somebody’s Gonna Be Pissed About This One
In celebration of Madonna’s 50th birthday, an artist by the obviously fake name of Rush Vizette has rented a space in London called the Red Gate Gallery to show off some art work he calls, with no hint of self-aggrandizement, “Cow’s Blood, the Bible & Madonna: The New Controversial [...]
I’d Participate If I Had The Energy To Get Off The Couch
Thursday, August 7th, 2008My son explained to us at dinner last night that, when he hears the expression “over the hill,” he thinks of a bear standing on the top of a grassy knoll, looking over the hill at “old people, over 50″.
And all that he could see, and all that he could see…was the other side of [...]
