The Grand Lie

The Grand Lie will very soon lead to The Grand Bargain in which the middle class (what remains) will get thoroughly screwed by Obama, other fake Democrats and the Republicans. Bank on it.

Van Jones on the deficit: ‘We are not stupid. We can do the math.’ | The Raw Story:

"On stage, Jones used his speech, at times funny, at times tragic, to push back on the idea that America is out of money. “We keep hearing America -- the richest country in the history of the world is broke,” he said. “This is a very dangerous lie, because once you believe this a whole lot of other things start to sound acceptable.”

Using graphics, he gave the audience an educational lesson on where American money is going: Wall Street ($144 billion in compensation this year, a record high), the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the loss of revenue from the Bush tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans and corporate tax loopholes. “The pie, the country’s GDP, is getting bigger!” he said. “It’s just your slice that is getting smaller. The social contract between corporate America and the rest of America is broken.”

“Tax Wall Street fairly, wind down the wars responsibly, roll back the Bush tax cuts and close corporate loopholes,” Jones said. “We are not stupid. We can do the math.”"

_______

All well and good one of the few adults in Washington demands to be involved now, but as long as the conversation remains debt and not stimulus, the screw is already set.

Pelosi demands seat at debt talks - TheHill.com

_______

Love me some Bernie but President Yield-a-lot has already compromised on his compromise.

Bernie Sanders: Don't 'Yield' On Debt Deal

Sen. Bernie Sanders: Shared Sacrifice: Sign Bernie's Letter to the President

_______

To be, or like, not to be... you know? Wait... what?

Scientists want to dig up Shakespeare to find out if he smoked weed | The Raw Story

_______
____
___

DBT Week in Review - 4/16/11

Eyes Above It

"Like" and Follow:

https://www.facebook.com/EyesAboveIt

http://twitter.com/eyesaboveit

DBT!

eGigs.co.uk - Drive-By Truckers / Dan Michaelson And The Coastguards - Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds on Wednesday 11 May 2011

Drive-By Truckers: O2 Academy, Liverpool - Getintothis: Liverpool's guide to music reviews, gigs, discussion and opinion.

In Photos: Drive-By Truckers Josh T. Pearson @ The Button Factory, Dublin (07.05.11) | Ragged Words

Flickr: The Queen's Hall's Photostream

18. “Everybody Needs Love” – Drive-By Truckers (2011) | The Ultimate Alabama Playlist � The Year of Alabama Music

_______



_______



_______



_______

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Those crazy kids.

_______

Slobberbone

Da 'Bone touring the Midwest. I wish for 'west' w/o 'mid'.

Slobberbone

_______

Muscle Shoals Sound

Tornado victim gets chance to make music | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL

_______

Music

National Jukebox LOC.gov

Groupon, Live Nation form online-ticket deal site

Flagpole Athens Music Awards

Google to launch online music service: report | The Raw Story

Tupac's Next Posthumous Release: A Screenplay - Amplifier

Judges and Bob Dylan: Judges hand down the law with help from Bob Dylan - latimes.com:

"During a semester in 2007, Long combed legal databases to identify lyrics in court filings and scholarly publications, finding Dylan cited 186 times, far outpacing the rest of the top 10: the Beatles, 74; Bruce Springsteen, 69; Paul Simon, 59; Woody Guthrie, 43; the Rolling Stones, 39; the Grateful Dead, 32; Simon & Garfunkel, 30; Joni Mitchell, 28; and R.E.M., 27."

_______

Food and Music

Witty and well done.

_______

Literature

One of my favorite authors.

Ink and Page � Blog Archive � Interview with Author Christopher Moore

Rather than take the bait, my friend said, “Well, she communicated with someone, didn’t she? Art is about communication, and what she had to say resonated with a buyer.” He wasn’t offended or competitive about it, but simply resolved to the truth that art was communication.

_______
______
___

Love, Love, Love

Don't mess with hackers.

How one man tracked down Anonymous-and paid a heavy price

_______

In the news of no-shite....

Daily Kos: A Foxer Finally Admits: They Just Make #*It Up!

Report: Wal-Mart actually kills jobs, creates taxpayer burdens | Raw Story

_______

Neat.

Experts determine age of book 'nobody can read'

_______



_______
_____
___

Garden of Eden

In news of 'no-fucking-shit':

Warren Buffett: I 'Should Be Paying A Lot More In Taxes'

_______

It is quite shocking how often he repeats right-wing lies.

FDR, Reagan, and Obama - NYTimes.com:

"But Obama buys the right-wing smear.

More and more, it’s becoming clear that progressives who had their hearts set on Obama were engaged in a huge act of self-delusion. Once you got past the soaring rhetoric you noticed, if you actually paid attention to what he said, that he largely accepted the conservative storyline, a view of the world, including a mythological history, that bears little resemblance to the facts.

And confronted with a situation utterly at odds with that storyline … he stayed with the myth."

_______

When Dems do good. Not sure how to react since 'Dems Doing Good' and 'Tigers in the Wild' are similar in their rarity.

Oregon Senator Wyden effectively kills Internet censorship bill | Raw Story:

"It's too early to say for sure, but Oregon Senator Ron Wyden could very well go down in the history books as the man who saved the Internet."

_______

Hemingway's book Garden of Eden is one of the top five most influential books of my life. Yes, this opens up a can of psychological worms, but the fact remains. This book is a huge one for me. I've read it a gazillion times.

Wine wrapped in newspaper....

I had no idea it was being turned into a film. Not sure how I feel about that, but it looks promising if they didn't gin up the story too much.

And Caterina Murino... good lord.

Hemingway's Garden of Eden - Movie Trailers - iTunes

_______
_____
___

Sticky Hands

Uncanny, the accuracy.

Which Party Will You Vote For? Flowchart Predicts Your Midterm Vote (PICTURE)

_______

Hilariously hypnotizing (yeah, yeah, LOLcat post. A rarity around these parts, but this 'tube is worthy).

_______

Super. Now idiots can hack.

Firesheep In Wolves’ Clothing: Extension Lets You Hack Into Twitter, Facebook Accounts Easily:

"It’s not hard to comprehend the far-reaching ramifications of this tool. Anytime you’re using an open Wi-Fi connection, anyone can swiftly access some of your most private, personal information and correspondence (i.e. direct messages, Facebook mail/chat)— at the click of a button. And you will have no idea."

_______

Excellent choice. Here's hoping NZ doesn't lose the film to another location.

Martin Freeman: The perfect Bilbo Baggins for "The Hobbit"? - CSMonitor.com:

"Is relief too strong a word to use? That seems to be the emotion that some fans are expressing after hearing that Martin Freeman – best known for his portrayal of Tim in the original version of 'The Office' will fill the role of Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming New Line film version of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit.'"

_______
_____
___

Iconic Atlantis

You can definitely kill some time with this website.

Iconic Photos

_______

Cool.

ThinkGeek :: Design geeky pumpkin template, win Tauntaun Sleeping Bag

_______

Always good to double-check your settings.

Facebook privacy: a guide - Ars Technica

_______

Funnyish.

What to Expect When You're Expected by David Javerbaum, G.E.D. - Trade Paperback - Random House:

"• “My mother just took a sip of white wine. Am I going to end up looking like some Chernobyl baby now?”

_______

Yes, Francis, sea levels do rise.

Lost Greek city that may have inspired Atlantis myth gives up secrets | Science | The Guardian:

"'There is now no doubt that this is the oldest submerged town in the world,' said Dr Jon Henderson, associate professor of underwater archaeology at the University of Nottingham. 'It has remains dating from 2800 to 1200 BC, long before the glory days of classical Greece. There are older sunken sites in the world but none can be considered to be planned towns such as this, which is why it is unique.'""

_______
_____
___

They're a Little (Ayn) Randy

Damn. He just came out and said it. Spoke the straight up truth.

He's too right. While it may no longer be acceptable to be overtly racist in the South, that doesn't mean that the racism has vanished. It still lives in many a Southern heart because it has never truly been dealt with. On a personal/family level. Not saying other regions of the country don't have the same issue, but most of these teabaggers are white, old, pissed off, and Southern.

This really is amazing stuff for a Southerner of Carter's stature to come right out and say it.

Not surprised that it didn't get much play in the media. Democrats talking sense rarely do.

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

_______

This is a hell of a read.

I've read both Atlas and Fountainhead 3 times a piece. The first time I read both, I had no clue of the political/social/economic aspirations of Rand or the books. The 2nd and 3rd time through I was very clear on which political beasts were clutching Ayn tight to their black bosoms.

I like both books. There's a kernal to be taken from each regarding individuality and taking care of yourself. But, and this is a big but, these two book's lessons are similar to the lessons offered by the Bible or Greek mythology. Literal interpretations of both are... well, stupid as fuck. The Bible justifies slavery and the beating of your wife. Greek mythology... we'll let's just say one shouldn't diddle their mommy.

The sales of these two books have exploded in the past year. I doubt very seriously that your average mom and pop are buying. Hell, no way they would ever be able to sit down and read both of these tomes. It would require too much focus and patience. The sales are due to bulk purchases by right wing groups, I'm almost positive.

I like the stories. A few nuggets worthy of applying to your life. But as a political/economic/social blue print, her work is utter bullshit.

She was bat-shit crazy and meaner than a snake, too.

And 'Cultism' it really is.

Daily Kos: Sociopathy on the Right: Ayn Rand and the Triumph of Conservative Cultism:

"Interestingly, despite her general disdain for humanity, there were people she seemed to admire greatly, such as William Edward Hickman, whose credo, 'What is good for me is right,' she described in her Journals as, 'The best and strongest expression of a real man's psychology I have heard.' But Hickman was no simple expositor of personal greed and self-interest; no mere modern day libertarian; no pedestrian practitioner of excessive self-love. No indeed. He was a sociopathic murderer. In 1927 he kidnapped a 12-year old girl from a school in Los Angeles by the name of Marian Parker, chopped off her legs, cut our her internal organs, drained all of her blood and then spread parts of her body all over the city."

_______

Like they could ever learn lessons.

10 Lessons for Tea Baggers | Crooks and Liars:

"Here, then, are 10 Lessons for Tea Baggers:

1. President Obama Cut Your Taxes
2. The Stimulus is Working
3. First Ronald Reagan Tripled the National Debt...
4. ...Then George W. Bush Doubled It Again
5. Republican States Have the Worst Health Care
6. Medicare is a Government Program
7. Barack Obama is Not a Muslim
8. Barack Obama was Born in the United States
9. 70,000 Does Not Equal 2,000,000
10. The Economy Almost Always Does Better Under Democrats"

_______

Yes. And you can tell them to fuck off too. If they want to arrest you for it, then, bingo! Pay Day!

Do You Have the Right to Flip Off a Cop? - Yahoo! News

_______
_____
___

Angela's Asses

It became 'anti-American' because the Republicans said so. Simple, see.

Ex-CIA agent: When did questioning the CIA become anti-American?

Since Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi suggested that the CIA misled her in 2002 concerning its use of waterboarding, the Republican Party has been attempting to paint her claims as outrageous.

Former CIA special agent and radio host Jack Rice finds the Republicans’ outrage unconvincing. He told MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann on Tuesday, “What’s extraordinary here is the idea that if you would ever question the CIA, now all of a sudden somehow it’s anti-American.”

“What’s extraordinary to me is that I’ve seen the Republicans do this over and over,” Rice explained. “They will wrap something in the flag … and they will put a little lapel pin on it that says ‘national security.’ And if you ask a question about it, somehow you’re anti-American. And that’s what they’ve been trying to do to Nancy Pelosi for about six years.”

Rice has no illusions about the CIA’s vulnerability to pressure during the Bush administration. “Anybody who believes that an administration can’t push the Agency to do something is really missing the point,” he told Olbermann. “The fact that they can push the Agency and say, ‘This is what I’m looking for’ … will drive them to do certain things that may or may not be true — and that’s a big part of the problem that we’re facing right now.”

_______

Amen to that.

Top Powell aide says Congress is most ’spineless’ he’s seen in 65 years

The former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell — who of late has been supportive of more liberal positions — launched a stunning broadside against the Democratic-controlled Congress Wednesday, asserting that it’s been “spineless” when it comes to oversight and the most feckless he’s seen in 65 years.

Former Powell aide Col. Lawrence Wilkerson said he agrees with Democrats who say the CIA isn’t known for telling the truth. But he also launched a salvo at Congress for its alleged failure to investigate abuses of power.

“We could have less feckless leadership in the Congress in terms of oversight,” Wilkerson said. “And I’m not just talking about the Select Committees in the House and the Senate for Intelligence. I’m talking about the leadership in the Congress.

“This has been the most feckless Congress ever since 2000 that I’ve seen in my 65 years,” Wilkerson added. “I just don’t think there’s leadership over there. It’s spineless, it lacks courage, lacks political will.

He continued: “I shudder for the fact that we’ve got to face these economic and financial challenges we’ve got to face — Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea and other things — and we don’t have a Congress that has any leadership.”

Wilkerson also told CNN’s Kiran Chetry that the CIA regularly didn’t tell the whole truth in briefings. “The leadership of the CIA does not have a stellar record about telling the full and unequivocal truth about its covert operations,” he said.

_______

JTC!

_______

I'm a big fan of McCourt's books. Frank's brother Michael is a legendary bartender in San Francisco.

My trivia night team at the Bitter End in SF was named 'Angela's Asses'. Ah, good times.

Get well, Frank.

'Angela's Ashes' author Frank McCourt has melanoma:

"A publicist for Frank McCourt confirms the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'Angela's Ashes' has cancer.

Scribner spokesman Brian Belfiglio (bel-FIG'-lee-oh) says the 78-year-old writer is being treated for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer."

_______

Good stuff.

Rules for Time Travelers | Cosmic Variance | Discover Magazine

_______
_____
___

Life's Mysteries

I bought and watched 'Caprica' (Movie/TV series premiere) last night. It was good. Really good.

Now I have to wait until Jan 2010 for the series to start. That's not good. Really not good.

_______

What the fuck is wrong with these people.

Noonan: Torture memos should have remained one of life’s mysteries

I agree with Feingold.

I'm going to take a big shit on the lawn of the next politician who says "We need to look forward, not back". Obama included.

Feingold Unloads On Peggy Noonan: "Never Heard Anything Quite As Disturbing"

_______

Once, I was very high on Newsome.... now, not so much. He's proven to be a corporate loving DINO who picks the low hanging fruit (see gay marriage... supporting GM in SF is about the least politically risky thing you can do).

Once he hitched his wagon to Hillary in the primaries... done.

He won't win. Too many skeletons.

Family connections got him into business and Getty oil money funds his political career.....

Sound familiar?

Gavin Newsom: It's Official...I am Running for Governor of California

_______

Those 'Tea Parties' were nothing more than fancy Klan meetings with a pinkie extended. Had nothing to do with 'taxes' and everything to do with a bunch of white people hating a black president.

California GOP Decries Anti-Semitic Tea Party Activism

_______

Very cool.

Scientists discover a nearly Earth-sized planet:

"Gliese 581 d is probably too large to be made only of rocky material, fellow astronomer and team member Stephane Udry said, adding it was possible the planet had a 'large and deep' ocean.

'It is the first serious 'water-world' candidate,' Udry said.

Mayor's main planet-hunting competitor, Geoff Marcy of the University of California, Berkeley, praised the find of Gliese 581 e as 'the most exciting discovery' so far of exoplanets — planets outside our solar system."

_______

Yes, I'm a book/document geek.

Here's the link to the actual site.

Humanity's earliest written works go online by AP: Yahoo! Tech:

"PARIS -National libraries and the U.N. education agency put some of humanity's earliest written works online Tuesday, from ancient Chinese oracle bones to the first European map of the New World.

U.S. Librarian of Congress James Billington said the idea behind the World Digital Library is not to compete with Google or Wikipedia but to pique young readers' interest — and get them reading books"

_______
_____
___

The Beast with Two Backs

Good, Obama administration, good!

Obama's Serious About Taking an Axe to Corruption and Waste at the Pentagon :

"Of all Barack Obama’s promises of reform, perhaps the most audacious is his pledge to “restore honesty, openness, and commonsense to Pentagon contracting and procurement.” Washington is littered with the open-jawed skeletons of such efforts, and given the historic length of the White House to-do list, some might say taking on the defense establishment smacks of hubris. But a raft of recent statements, directives, and appointments indicate the administration fully intends to chaperone Pentagon shopping trips and hold defense contractors accountable in a way they never have been before."

_______

Bad, Obama administration, bad!

Obama Administration: Constitution Does Not Protect Cell-Site Records | Threat Level from Wired.com

_______

Who needs Republicans when you have Blue Dog Shitty-ass Democrats.

These people are the worst.

Just switch parties, already.

Who Are The Anonymous ‘Three Or Four’ Senators In Bayh’s Blue Dog-Style Coalition?

_______

As one who use to love performing in Shakespeare's stage plays, (Iago in Othello and Orlando in As You Like It, thank you very much) this is pretty damn cool.

Academic 'discovers' six works by William Shakespeare - Telegraph

_______

Bat peer pressure. An often overlooked problem in the states.

Bat Hung On For a Ride Into Space | LiveScience:

"A small bat that was spotted blasting off with the space shuttle Sunday and clinging to the back side of Discovery's external fuel tank apparently held on throughout the launch."

_______
_____
___

DBT Week in Review - 2/20/09

DBT!

It is official! DBT is on Rock Band!

MySpace.com Blogs - DBT on Rock Band - Official! - Drive-By Truckers MySpace Blog:

“Alt Country 01”
5-pack features a signature mix of alternative country sounds from
bluegrass and rockabilly to honky-tonk rock. The 5-pack includes “People Got A Lotta Nerve” from Neko Case’s soon-to-be released album Middle Cyclone (March 3, 2009), “Can’t Let Go” by Grammy winning singer/songwriter Lucinda Williams from her album Car Wheels On A Gravel Road (1998) and Steve Earl’s “Satellite Radio” from his album Washington Square Serenade (2007). The 5-pack also features “Three Dimes Down” from southern rock band Drive-By Truckers featured on the Brighter Than Creation’s Dark (2008) album and the Old 97’s live recording “Timebomb” from the band’s Alive & Wired (2005) album."

_______

Pics from the 40 Watt shows by PKeener

Drive-By Truckers @ 40 Watt Club

_______

Uncle Frank:

_______

Not sure what this is all about but I know I've walked down the street singing this song before:

_______

Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

JI 400 dropped a new album this week. It is most excellent.

Check out Alabama Ass Whuppin's review of the self title record here:

Alabama Ass Whuppin': Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit's Self Titled Record Review - Due out 2/17/09

_______

And The 400 Unit | SONIC BOOMERS:

"Where does soul music go in this century? On the surface, it looks like straight to England, as rhythm & blues did in the ‘60s with the Animals, Rolling Stones and others. But artists like Duffy and Amy Winehouse, as strong as they can be, are more refraction than inspiration. They’re basically working with mirrors. Jason Isbell, on the other hand, is a Southern musician via the Muscle Shoals, Alabama scene, which gives him a pedigree that can’t be bought."

_______

JI 400 - Seven Mile Island - Record release show at the Shoals Theatre:

_______

Muscle Shoals Sound

Check out Muscle Shoals American Idol:

Alabama Ass Whuppin': Never Loved a Man - Muscle Shoals Idol?

_______

Literature

I'm excited about this. Tolkien made me a reader.

The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun: New Tolkien Book Coming

_______

Music

Umm, douchebag-who-wrote-this, LS is a pretty heady band. Effin' Hack.

New Guitar Hero game misspells "Lynyrd Skynyrd" - Video Game Feature:

"Lynyrd Skynyrd might not be the world's most intellectual rock band, but at least they can spell their own name. Which is more than we can say for whoever designed the cover for the upcoming Guitar Hero: Metallica game."

_______

'This bike is a pipe bomb' band sticker clears Memphis terminal :

"(CNN) -- A bicycle with a sticker advertising a Florida punk-folk band forced the evacuation of a Memphis, Tennessee, airport terminal late Monday afternoon, authorities said.

A pilot alerted airport police when he saw a bike with a sticker that read 'this bike is a pipe bomb' parked near the passenger ramps of Terminal C at Memphis International Airport, according to the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority.

'Terminal C ticketing and baggage claim at the airport were cleared out,' said airport spokesman John Greaud. 'A K-9 unit responded and found no explosive materials at the scene.'

'This Bike is a Pipe Bomb' is the name of a band based in Pensacola, Florida, and this is not the first time in the band's 12-year history the name has caused a commotion."

_______

Political rapper talks about 'dark side of revolution':

"Felipe Coronel is, all at once, a Peruvian-born student of history, a thickly-accented New Yorker, a child of Harlem, and an incredibly well-read man. Better known by his stage name – Immortal Technique – he writes and performs some of the most politically saturated and emotionally charged music to appear in the work of any American artist since perhaps Bob Dylan, only darker and more raw.

Tech does not create music that is peace-oriented or anti-war. He does not create music about gang violence or the need for racial equality. Instead, he explores the history of all of these issues and shows, rather than tells, his listener why he believes we – humanity, America, African Americans, Latinos, et cetera – are where we are."

_______
_____
___

Break-Out

I've been purposely avoiding politics as a little break for myself until the beginning of the new year.

But I read this and I couldn't agree more.

I wouldn't mind one bit if Reid lost his reelection bid in 2010.

FiveThirtyEight.com: Politics Done Right: On Making Mitch McConnell Wet His Pants:

"I don't imagine the culture of the Senate changing in the new Congress so long as it's under Reid's direction, and Reid is highly unlikely to be replaced. There is some chance, however, that Obama rather than Reid will dictate the tone, particularly if Joe Biden is dispatched to Capitol Hill fairly often."
......
The bottom line, however, is that the Republicans are filibustering more and more often because they can get away with it. If Reid can't get them to pay a greater public price, then the Democrats ought to find somebody else who can.

_______

Good read.

Fear and loving - the last years of Hunter S. Thompson - Times Online:

"“Most people don't associate Hunter with Candle in the Wind,” agrees 36-year-old Anita Thompson today, reflecting on a relationship that ended in February 2005, when her famously eccentric husband sat in the Owl Farm kitchen and shot himself in the head. “But we both worked hard to create this conducive atmosphere, and get him in the mood to write. He was very productive when I knew him. I used to say to him, ‘You should be writing!' And he'd say, ‘You are right!' Then he'd pull out his typewriter and get to work.”"

_______

Oh, man, was I ever an Atari kid. I was a member of the Atari Club. I had posters and t-shirts and I remember calling everybody I knew the first time I cleared all of the blocks in Break-out for the first time.

Good times.

Atari blasts back from the past with new game plan:

"LONDON (Reuters Life!) – For many gamers Atari is a blast from the past or just a logo on retro T-shirts but the company that dates back 36 years is looking to reclaim a stake of the video game landscape."

_______

Real Santas.

Secret Santas in 3 states spread cheer, $100 bills :

"ST. LOUIS – At a suburban Goodwill store on Friday, Theresa Settles selected a large, black comforter to warm her family until she can raise the money to turn the gas heat back on. A petite woman approached, her face obscured by dark sunglasses and a wrapped winter scarf, and handed Settles two $100 bills stamped with the words 'secret Santa.' 'The only condition,' she said, 'is that you do something nice for someone. Pass it on.'

'I will,' Settles said, the only words she could get out of her mouth.

The secret Santa was a protege of Kansas City's undercover gift giver, Larry Stewart, who died of cancer nearly two years ago. Stewart roamed city streets each December doling out $100 bills to anyone who looked like they might need a lift."

_______
_____
___

DBT Week in Review - 10/03/08

Damn, I so want to write about dipshit Palin in the 'debate' last night. Alas, I'll resist until Monday, but if you run into anyone this weekend who was taken in by her incoherent babbling, please slap them really hard and right into their face yell "Stop swallowing Horse Shit"!

_______

DBT!

Patterson's GOAV Jambase article:

Rocktober: Get Out And Vote! on JamBase:

"What is the relationship between music and politics - and how, if at all, has this relationship affected your music?

P: I think all aspects of life are affected by politics so therefore everything is somewhat political. To pretend otherwise is a dangerous slope and a big reason why we as a nation got into as much trouble as we have. I really try not to ever stand up there and preach my political beliefs to the audience, as that's not what they've come to the show for, but it does affect the writing and it's no secret how I (or the rest of the band) feel about things. I tend to write about more personal aspects of character's lives, but often the two are intermingled."

_______

I've been grooving on Zebulon for the past week. Great record.

Aquarium Drunkard: MP3 Blog, Music Blog � Long Shots :: Don Chambers & Patterson Hood:

"(Long Shots, a new feature on Aquarium Drunkard, asks some of our favorite artists to interview one another. Think of it as listening in on a good conversation.)

Presently on the road touring with the Drive-By truckers, Don Chambers & Goat, released their latest LP, Zebulon, September 9th via Athens, GA’s Warm Recordings label. Chamber’s pal, Patterson Hood, produced and played on the album. Below, the two talk shop for a bit before getting into the nitty-gritty in regards to favorites in film and music. Great stuff."

_______

Scott showed me pictures of Cooley's guitar on his cell phone at the Outside Lands. What a beautiful piece of artwork!

Myspace.com Blogs - The New Cooley Custom is finished - Scott Baxendale MySpace Blog:

"Check out the photos I just posted of the new Scott Baxendale/Wes Freed collaboration, which is Mike Cooleys new Custom guitar. He recieved it today in Austin just in time for the Austin City Limits taping. This guitar is also the ssubject of the Perfect Timing video to be out soon. Look in my pics section to see pictures of the finished guitar. Let me know what you think.

This is the most elaborate guitar I have made since the Warner Brothers guitar that I made in 1988. This one was featured in the Travis Tritt video for 'Country Club'."

Check out all of the pictures especially the neck:

MySpace.com Photos - Scott Baxendale - The New Cooley Custom

_______

I said on 5/16/07....

Alabama Ass Whuppin': DBT TDU - Great American Music Hall - SF - Night 2:

"How ready is this band for an Austin City Limits gig? It's been long over due in my opinion but with this showcase of songs sitting down and tales facing up the folks who book that show just ain't being christian by not having DBT on pronto."

I'm glad they've remedied that.

_______

I thought I blogged this in last week's WIR, but apparently I didn't.

Now, THESE are the guys I want to hang out with Pre-DBT show.

_______

Marina captured a great performance of You and Your Crystal Meth for our enjoyment:

Drive By Truckers~Crystal Meth

_______

Jason Isbell

Isbell and Browan will be heading out to Cali for some November accoustic shows:

Myspace.com Blogs - California in November - Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit MySpace Blog:

"California in November

Notice the three new shows that just went up in California. Browan and I will be doing the acoustic duo on these, and we're really excited about it. The acoustic shows in the past have gone exceptionally well. Expect some surprises."

_______

Dexateens

Check out the video to the 'teens awesome song 'Kid'.

_______

Film/Literature/Muscle Shoals Sound

I believe a couple of Hoods are in this doc. I'm very anxious to see it because the TVA's existence caused my existence. Tied right down to my soul with the damns, lakes and rivers created by the TVA. Both my Grandpas worked for the TVA.

_______

One of my favorite authors visited my hometown University recently:

Bragg a little | TimesDaily.com | The Times Daily | Florence, AL:

"Rick Bragg knows how to tell a good story."

"Growing up in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountain in eastern Alabama, place and family have become recurring themes in his work, including the best-sellers 'All Over but the Shoutin' ' and 'Ava's Man.'

In his most recent book, 'The Prince of Frogtown,' Bragg digs a little deeper into the character of his father, a shadowy and wayward character whose life and absence from the life of the author has largely influenced his career."

_______

Chris Lilly is from Florence, AL. I believe I've blogged about him before. He kept showing up on my TV on ESPN all last week especially during the Alabama - Georgia 'blackout'.

Meals Together - Chris Lilly's Bio

_______

Music

Via Tac.

What do y'all think about these folks:

________
_____
___

DBT Week in Review - 7/25/08

I had the utter pleasure of seeing my first Glossary show last weekend.

What an incredible band.

You must go see them on their current tour.

GLOSSARY

Here are a few pictures that I took at the show. I'll have more edited with a write up early next week.

Glossary is currently on tour with:

MySpace.com - Jessica Lea Mayfield - KENT, Ohio - Indie / Folk Rock / Ambient - www.myspace.com/jlmayfield

and

MySpace.com - Lucero - MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE - Rock / Indie / Southern Rock - www.myspace.com/lucero

_______

DBT! DBT! DBT!

Patterson posted a great tour diary that's a must read. Here's one of many highlights.

Drive-By Truckers:

"The mood was, however, lightened up significantly a few hours before show time when Shonna broke into the room while Cooley was taking a shower, stealing all of his clothes and leaving in their place a red dress she had recently purchased. Cooley had been (has always been) playing a crude sort of practical joke on all aboard and had evidently violated a sort of ceasefire agreement they had struck so she retaliated, causing Cooley to have to ride down the elevator, walk through the lobby and proceed about two blocks wearing Shonna's red dress. Shonna, of course tipped us all off so we could have cameras, camcorders and various other recording devices ready to capture the moment for posterity. (Watch for it on YouTube).

The scariest part is how well Cooley actually looks in a red dress. It is definitely time for me to go home."

_______

Didn't know this happened. Click the link for a nice picture of Cooley and Bettye:

Bettye LaVette and Drive-By Truckers Bring Soul, the South to Rothbury Fest : Rolling Stone : Rock and Roll Daily:

"but the real highlight came when LaVette joined the Truckers for a smoldering take on “Jealousy” that left the normally verbose Hood speechless. “Bettye left us all a little flabbergasted,” he announced, shaking his head and trying to compose himself."

_______

Via "Zip City". This is some obsessive shit that I would do. Just a sample:

NineBullets.org - Message Board • View topic - DBT Stats:

"Number of Bands/Musicians/Music People mentioned: 29
Number of Cities/Places mentioned: 63
Number of 'Shits': 14
Number of 'Fucks': 9
---Note: Every shit/fuck but one (in Zip City) is in a Patterson song"

_______

Whither Southern Rock? | SONIC BOOMERS

_______

Uptown Magazine Online - Winnipeg's Online Source for Arts, Entertainment & News:

"The best place to have spent Canada Day night 2008 in Winnipeg was nowhere near The Forks.

This was an evening much better spent in a half-empty movie house in the heart of a whisper-quiet downtown, where Drive-By Truckers delivered a thunderous display of rock 'n' roll vigour that was as pyrotechnic as anything any fireworks display could have offered.

_______

Coolest MF'er on the silver screen:

_______

Ah youth, wasted on the young:

MySpace.com - View Image - Friends, Then & Now, a few shots - Photo 3 of 63

_______

Brent Best

Because everbody needs a daily dose of Brent Best:

_______

Hornby and Marah

Nick Hornby has great taste in Music (Even mentioned DBT in one of his books).

Here is he with Marah:

_______

Music/Film/Etc.

Some very worthy watching here. Check back often for updates.

MySpace.com - Shoals Music Films - 100 - Male - FLORENCE, Alabama - www.myspace.com/shoalsmusicfilms

_______

Apparently Jackie and Dunlap are big DBT fans. I hear a DBT shout-out in one of their videos is in the works.

Go buy their new record!

MySpace.com - RED STATE UPDATE SINGS! - Murfreesboro, Tennessee - Country / Southern Rock / Americana - www.myspace.com/redstateupdatesongs

YouTube - Red State Update's Historic "How Freedom Sounds" Drops.

_______

Jill Sobule: Give Me Credit:

"I pay for music. I use iTunes...a lot. It's just too easy, and I can do it from the iPhone. But you would think that for $0.99 along with the song you could also get information on, not only who the composer of the particular song is, but also on the musicians, producer, and yes, being the geek I am, the engineer. Oh... and I want the lyrics. I love to read them as I hear a song for the first time."

_______
_____
___

We're # 12!

Travel day today. Here's to hoping that the skies are friendly today.

Slobberbone fan Stephen King keepin' it real:

Q&A: Talking with Stephen King - TIME:

"I mean, I know people who can tell you who won the last four seasons on American Idol and they don't know who their f------ Representatives are."

_______

Riiiiiiight. OK.

Rove: "Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely"

_______

One Meal-ee-on Dollars.

This guy is a Super Genius.

Ga. man tries to deposit fake $1M bill:

"AIKEN, S.C. - A bank teller in Clearwater had a million reasons not to open an account for an Augusta, Ga., man Monday, authorities said. Alexander D. Smith, 31, was charged with disorderly conduct and two counts of forgery after he walked into the bank and tried to open an account by depositing a fake $1 million bill, said Aiken County Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Michael Frank."

_______

We're # 12! We're #12! We're #12!

Iceland best place to live, Africa worst: U.N.

"BRASILIA (Reuters) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.

Rich free-market countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year in the U.N. Human Development Index."

_______
_____
___

Alabama Slammer

Wow! Investigative journalism. Thought that was dead and gone.

Part one: How a coterie of Republican heavyweights sent a governor to jail

For most Americans, the very concept of political prisoners is remote and exotic, a practice that is associated with third-world dictatorships but is foreign to the American tradition. The idea that a prominent politician -- a former state governor -- could be tried on charges that many observers consider to be trumped-up, convicted in a trial that involved numerous questionable procedures, and then hauled off to prison in shackles immediately upon sentencing would be almost unbelievable.

But there is such a politician: Don Siegelman, Democratic governor of Alabama from 1999 to 2003. Starting just a few weeks after he took office, Siegelman was targeted by an investigation launched by his political opponents and escalated from the state to the federal level by Bush Administration appointees in 2001.

_______

Remember the good old days of the Nixon adminitration?

The Republicans who would've impeached Bush? | Salon.com

Nov. 26, 2007 | During the past six years, leading Republicans in Congress have prioritized allegiance to a Republican president above all other governmental and constitutional concerns. But there was a time when U.S. lawmakers, regardless of party affiliation, actually voted the way of their conscience. There was a time when a president could not break the law or ignore a summons from Congress with impunity. Indeed, by the height of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal, a number of congressmen -- including Republicans staunchly loyal to their party -- acted to uphold the law and make Nixon accountable.

_______

Been living in one for the past 7 years

Evidence of a parallel Universe

_______

It's fundamental

Creating lifelong readers:

"If you are reading this column, chances are you are more successful than the average person, more involved in your community and less likely to be in prison. That is not because of anything I have written. It is because you have chosen to read."

_______

He felt the noize a bit too much

Quiet Riot singer found dead in Las Vegas - Yahoo! News:

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kevin DuBrow, lead singer of the popular 1980s heavy metal band Quiet Riot, has been found dead from unknown causes at his home in Las Vegas, authorities said on Monday."

_______
_____
___

DBT Week in Review - 11/09/07

Been a while since I've posted a DBT WIR.

So away we go.

WLAY - AM is a radio station based out of the Shoals. They have currently switched to a format that showcases only tunes written and recorded in the Shoals. Freaking brilliant idea.

WLAY - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"WLAY-AM is also part of the Florence/Muscle Shoals market and is heard at 1450 AM and on a translator at 92.3 on the FM band; it is licensed to the city of Muscle Shoals. WLAY-AM is reputed to be one of the oldest broadcast stations in Alabama and the Southern U.S. It presently airs only music written and recorded in Muscle Shoals, AL. Its Program and Music Director is Brian Rickman"

Sons of Roswell, Lauderdale, Jason Isbell and a host of other great Shoals artist are being played on WLAY-AM.

Obviously, I'm a big fan of Isbell but I want to reiterate that Sons and Lauderdale are two of my very favorite bands who I think and hope will be doing very big things soon.

WLAY-AM is also doing live on air sessions of local artists.

Lauderdale kicks off this series on November 13.

MySpace:

"November, 13 2007 at LAUDERDALE - Live At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios/Jackson Highway, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35674

Cost : Free!

LAUDERDALE. Live & Unplugged as part of our on-going Muscle Shoals Sound Sessions. Check it out on the air Wednesday at 6pm"

Mr. Isbell is up on the 12 of December.


MySpace:

December, 12 2007 at JASON ISBELL - Live At Muscle Shoals Sound Studios

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios - Jackson Highway, Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35674

Cost : Free!

JASON ISBELL. Live & Unplugged as part of our on-going Muscle Shoals Sound Sessions. Check it out on the air Wednesday at 6pm on 1450AM or 92.3FM."

This promises to be some great radio.

I'm in the process of finding out if these sessions will be broadcast live on the web or podcasted. When I hear back I'll let y'all know.

Check out their MySpace for some cool interviews with David Hood discussing The Rolling Stones and Areatha and Donnie Fritts.

MySpace.com - WLAY-AM - MUSCLE SHOALS, Alabama - R&B / Rock / Country

Also, check out their playlist from the past week:

Myspace.com Blogs - 1450 & 92.3 FM THE SOUND Playlist Week of 11/4/07 - WLAY-AM MySpace Blog

_______

DBT! DBT! DBT!

Check out Patterson's new blog post and most excellent Halloween costume on his MySpace page:

Myspace.com Blogs - November 6, 2008 – Home Again (Athens GA.) - Patterson Hood

" November 6, 2008 – Home Again (Athens GA.) Moved my stereo into my office (replacing the iPod dock that was in there with turntable for playing vinyl. We actually had a turntable on the bus for the last tour, which inspired all of us to blow most of our per-diems on vinyl. I literally came home with a crate of records (old and new). Records at the house is nothing new, but the living room wasn't as conducive to the kind of listening I crave as my little green room."

_______

Drive-By Truckers:

"Thanks to everyone who came out to the final leg of The Dirt Underneath and for helping to make 07 in many ways the best year in our bands bumpy history."

_______

Wooo-hooo Shonna!

Nine Bullets.org: a DBT fansite Shonna premieres 'I'm Sorry Houston' in New York:

"We all knew it was coming, just didn't know when. Well, this past Friday night at the Bowery Ballroom in New York Shonna finally stepped up to the mic and sang her first lead vocal as a Drive-By Trucker. Then she did it again on Saturday in Brooklyn. And again on Sunday in Baltimore. And if that's not enough, Bettye LaVette joined DBT on stage Friday night in New York to perform her song 'I Still Want To Be Your Baby'. Fortunately for all of us, the A/V club was out in full force this weekend..."

_______

MySpace.com - View Comments:

"JENNY JENNY Oct 22, 2007 6:59 AM Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket Hello Patterson...this is my new Great Dane puppy named Patterson after my favorite singer/songwriter. I have never said your name so many times as I have in the last 24 hrs I have had him..'Patterson No', 'Patterson stop', Good boy Patterson', 'Patterson go potty' 'Patterson get down'....etc."

_______

Cleveland - Music - Shifting Gears:

"Of course, after 20 years of writing together — first in their college band, Adam's House Cat, and now in the Drive-By Truckers — Cooley should know Hood pretty well. Looking back on their partnership, he says one thing comes to mind. 'What the fuck was I thinking?' Cooley chuckles, reflecting on all the wrong turns and cul-de-sacs along the way. 'At any given moment, one of us had a bad idea, and the other one agreed with it.'
.....
"Then he gets serious and remembers the moment — when both of them were in their 30s — that he felt their partnership just might succeed. They were working dead-end jobs and saw no future, but somehow, something clicked. 'Suddenly we got to a point where we didn't care; we were just having fun, and damn if people didn't start liking it.'"
.....
"'Once you start being honest with yourself and doing what it is you do, that's when it's going to work or not,' offers Cooley. 'And generally it does.'"

_______

NineBullets.org - a DBT fansite :: View topic - Bowery Ballroom Photos:

Oliver's Army

Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: Bowery Ballroom Photos

I've got my photos from Friday's show at the Bowery Ballroom here...

My only Dirt Underneath show and I was not disappointed. A great night. Enjoy the shots, y'all."

_______

Learn about 'Monster' Chris Quillen

MySpace.com - Chris Quillen Tribute - 37 - Male - Florence, Alabama - www.myspace.com/chrisquillen

_______

Jason Isbell

SPIN.com: Jason Isbell Keeps on Truckin'

_______

Lauderdale

dbts : Message: Lauderdale on Paste CD Sampler (No DBTs)

_______

Sons of Roswell

Stay tuned for SOR news. A little birdy told me that some big stuff is coming down the pike.

_______

Audra Brown

As most of you know, I am to be featured in the December show of Detour Memphis on channel 5 here in Memphis. I have captured a rough edit of the show and yall can sneak in and look at it. It is a 30 minute show and I start about 11 minutes in and get the rest of it!!!

You can find the preliminary file in http://www.theriserocks.com/dm. It is the file, dmtve3.wmv. This is not the final edit.

The song titles are not all correct yet and Nick says that they will add proper credits at the end. This was shot way back in the summer when I was one of the young female songwriters at Otherlands. Hope yall like it and watch it when it comes on TV. Consult my myspace for exact times for the show...

Contagiously,

Audra

www.myspace.com/audrabrown
www.audrabrown.com

_______

Film

MySpace.com: Read Bulletin:

"Do It For Johnny Success in Hollywood! Body: The Do it for Johnny crew are back in Denver after an amazing week at the Hollywood film festival. Looks like several industry people which include all the 'biggies' are interested in both 'Do it for Johnny' and 'Narcophonic the Ballad of Bad Bax'. we now officially have our toe in the door. The Hollywood industry people are beginning to call our film the 'Entourage of the real world' and are seeing this film as an expose on the reality of how hard it is to crack into the industry of commercial film. Wish us luck as we enter the next phase of our mission which is to market DIFJ and begin work on producing our dramatic feature Narcophonic."

_______

Literature

Sick humor is the best humor

dbts : Message: Re: [dbts] "i hope they serve beer in hell" by tucker max:

"I second that, one HILARIOUS read. Oddly enough, www.tuckermax.com offers up one of the funniest stories I have ever read in my LIFE. I was on a flight to Seattle, and reading his book. When I got to this part, I was laughing (as quietly as I could) so hard, I had tears in my eyes. Every time I would go back to reading, the laughter and tears would start again, and I had to stop, dry my eyes, and start over. It took almost 10 minutes to get through one page. This is the section in the above link, that had me in tears... Day Two: The Texas State Fair and The Embassy Suites Story Scroll down about halfway, you'll find it. Rest assured, the entire story is funny, but this should have you in tears. Again, as Steve says, NOT for those easily offended..."

_______

Music

Punk kids from Australia who I'm digging on:

MySpace.com - Operator Please - Gold Coast, AU - Indie / Alternative / Rock

Operator Please - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"2007 ARIA Awards, Breakthrough Artist - Single for 'Just a Song About Ping Pong'"

_______

Check out the Dutch singer Anouk. I'm digging on it hard.

_______

Perez Hilton � Blog Archive � Quote Of The Day:

"“Music kind of sucks. Nobody’s into being a musician. Everybody’s getting their mogul on. You’ve been so infiltrated by this corporate mentality that all the time you’d spend getting great songs together, you’re busy doing nine other things that have nothing to do with art. You know how shitty Stevie Wonder’s songs would have been if he had to run a fuckin’ clothing company and a cologne line? … Rap sucks, for the most part. Not all rap, but as an art form it’s just not at its best moment. Sammy the Bull would have made a shitty album. And I don’t really have a desire to hear Warren Buffett’s album - or the new CD by Paul Allen. That’s what everybody’s aspiring to be.” - Chris Rock tells the new issue of Rolling Stone"

_______

The Big Picture | The Eagles Disintermediate Major Labels:

"The Eagles -- the multi-platinum selling alt country/rock band circa 1970s -- are trying an interesting sales strategy for their first studio album in 28 years. For the new disc, it appears that there is: - no recording label participation; - downloads at their site only; - physical 2-CD Set purchased only at Wal-Mart, or ordered at their site ((Eaglesband.com)."

_______

Porter Wagoner, Gospel Music, King Of Country Gospel, Mr. Grand Ole Opry:

"Porter passed away peacefully last night, October 28, 2007, at 8:25PM Central Time, in a local hospice. All of his friends here at Gusto Records are deeply saddened by his loss. Porter’s family and his friends here would like to thank you all for your kind thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. Country music and the Grand Ole Opry will miss not only Porter’s music, but also his stage presence and his infectious smile. We will always hold him in our hearts, and his musical legacy will live on forever."

_______

Rosanne Cash to undergo brain surgery - Yahoo! News:

"NEW YORK - Rosanne Cash is facing brain surgery for a 'rare but benign condition' and must cancel the last four concerts on her tour. ADVERTISEMENT 'Rosanne is expected to make a full recovery and will return to the studio to complete the recording of her debut for Manhattan Records,' the music label said Tuesday. 'Ms. Cash will also resume her live performance schedule in the spring and will complete a new book to be published by Viking in early 2009"

_______

Reunited Sex Pistols' middle-aged anarchy in the USA | the Daily Mail:

"Johnny Rotten seems to have lost none of his bad boy rancour during the last 30 years. The Sex Pistols frontman snarled and shrieked his way through the band's comeback performance in an LA club ahead of their reunion tour.

_______

Radio Boycotts Bruce Springsteen's Latest:

"Alas, there's a hitch: Radio will not play 'Magic.' In fact, sources tell me that Clear Channel has sent an edict to its classic rock stations not to play tracks from 'Magic.' But it's OK to play old Springsteen tracks such as 'Dancing in the Dark,' 'Born to Run' and 'Born in the USA.'"

_______

Led Zeppelin saves the world / Because your kid deserves 'Kashmir' as a ringtone. Hey, at least it's not the Beatles:

"There's this moment in 'The Song Remains the Same,' the often wildly cheesy yet still utterly groin-tingling epic 1976 Led Zeppelin concert film/fantasia where a reed-thin, black-clad, heavily sequined Jimmy Page is so violently violating his Les Paul with a shredded violin bow it sounds like demons f-ing in a hurricane."

_______

Alter Your Mind

Fresh Beer Every Friday:

"Got a new small standard fridge for the basement. Primary purpose is for storing beer, and also allows a nice little annex to the freezer upstairs."

_______

Test created for wine headache chemicals - Yahoo! News:

"BERKELEY, Calif. - The effects are all too familiar: a fancy dinner, some fine wine and then, a few hours later, a racing heart and a pounding headache. But a device developed by University of California, Berkeley, researchers could help avoid the dreaded 'red wine headache."

_______

Cannabis use down since legal change

Gordon Brown's plans to tighten the law on cannabis by increasing the penalties for possession suffered a fresh blow yesterday as the latest official figures showed the decision to downgrade the drug had been followed by a significant fall in its use.

British Crime Survey statistics showed that the proportion of 16- to 24-year-olds using cannabis slumped from 28% a decade ago to 21% now, with its declining popularity accelerating after the decision to downgrade the drug to class C was announced in January 2004.

_______
_____
___

DBT WIR - 10/19/07

Via Calvin from Patterson's MySpace Comments:

MySpace.com - View Comments:

'I think we need to be put back in touch with our childhood...to be reminded of what's important, like memories about people we loved, or things that happened to us that affected our lives, things we can laugh about and shed a few tears about... I think storytelling is a way of saying 'I love you. I love you enough to tell you something that means a great deal to me.' ' -- Kathryn Tucker Windham"

Ms Windham wrote a book called 13 Alabama Ghosts. If you were raised in Alabama you know this book about as well as you know the Bible. Especially around this time of year.

13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey:

"13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey is a book first published in 1969 by folklorist Kathryn Tucker Windham and her former English teacher, Margaret Gillis Figh. The book contains thirteen 'true' ghost stories from the U.S. state of Alabama. The book was the first in a series of seven '...and Jeffrey' books, most featuring ghost stories from a Southern state. Jeffrey in the book's title refers to a ghost that allegedly haunts Windham's home."

_______

Nine Bullets.org: - Cooley spills the beans: Shonna to sing 3 tracks on next DBT record!:

In an interview last week in the Urban Tulsa Weekly, Cooley slipped a pretty big reveal about the new album... 'Shonna (Tucker, the band's bassist) actually came in with three songs. It's her first contribution and all three of her songs are going on the new record.' We've actually been sitting on that piece of news for a pretty long time. Nice to finally have it confirmed publicly. Can't wait to hear Shonna belting out a few on the new record! Word is she sang one at a recent soundcheck. "

_______

Patterson as an action hero? Still not sure why he would work for Dick Cheney though.

JibJab | Funny Jokes, Animated Videos, Cartoons, Flash Movies, Hilarious Clips, Parody, Satire

_______

Alabama music comes to Madison this fall:

"As eclectic as it is, Jason Isbell finds a unifying characteristic among this wealth of Shoals-based music. 'Everything recorded in Muscle Shoals -- from straight-up country to the Stones -- was soul music,' Isbell argues"

_______

If you've been around DBT for a while then, assuredly, you are familiar with the legend of Chris 'Monster' Quillen.

Some friends have created a memorial MySpace for Chris. Go read the stories and quotes from the truley amazing individual.

MySpace.com - Chris Quillen Tribute - 37 - Male - Florence, Alabama

_______

Marina hooks up with more TDUTubage

_______

Bettye LaVette singing Fiona Apple.

YouTube - Bettye Lavette - Sleep to Dream & I Do Not Want What I Haven

_______

EZB is moonlighting (I mean, he's no John "100 bands and counting" Neff, but still....).

Check out the two tracks EZB played on: "Something Unseen" and "An Uncertain Flight

MySpace.com - Chris McKay & The Critical Darlings - ATHENS, GA, Georgia

In 2007, the Critical Darlings expanded to a quartet (with the addition of guitarist / vocalist Joe Orr and drummer Josh Coulliard) and have started work on their second album, tentatively titled Satisfactionista, with producer David Barbe (R.E.M., Drive-By Truckers) behind the board. Of special interest is the collaboration with David Bowie’s inimitable pianist Mike Garson (Aladdin Sane, Diamond Dogs, Young Americans) who appears on the track “Something Unseen” (which also finds Drive-By Truckers’ Brad Morgan on drums). If that’s not enough, The Darlings are one of the first to employ Pete Townshend’s Lifehouse Method in “co-composing” several tracks with The WHO’s songwriter / guitarist via software that produces a unique song based on data input. It's no wonder that Lee Valentine Smith of Creative Loafing has named the Critical Darlings “a great little buzz-worthy band” and dubbed McKay “power pop potentate.” For more info, mp3s, photos and the latest updates, visit...

www.criticaldarlings.com

_______

75 or Less album reviews.:

" Lauderdale: Eleven of the thirteen tracks come in between 3:18 and 3:55, so they know the formula and execute it effortlessly. 'Exhale' reminds me of a grittier Gin Blossoms with Eddie Vedder-like vocals while 'Breathless P.M.' slows things down and adds a slide guitar. At different points they seem on the verge of anger, but instead cooler heads prevail and no punches are thrown. Overall, consistency rules and highs and lows are avoided. It echoes the Goo Goo Dolls thirty drummers ago crossed with mid-tempo Americana country rock. - mark"

_______

For JennB:

The Superficial - Anthony Kiedis thinks he’s a forest creature:

"Anthony Kiedis (the lead singer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and his girlfriend Heather Christie gave birth to their son last week. The child’s name is Everly Bear. He was named after Anthony’s favorite band the Everly Brothers. As for the bear part, it was a little part mom and a little part, well, crazy. People has the details: 'The mama came up with Bear,' Kiedis says. 'That made sense to me because he's from me and I feel like I'm part of the bear clan, and I think it's nice to have a little bit of earth in your name.' Whoa, whoa, whoa. If the ground rules for naming your kid are using your favorite band and what animal you think you are, I am so on board. As soon as I find an Amazon woman whose womb is capable of nurturing my super-child, I’ve got the perfect name: Dethklok Triceratops"

_______

Radiohead Fans Feel Duped By Low-Quality In Rainbows:

"When Radiohead announced last week that they would be releasing their seventh album, In Rainbows, via their official Web site, there was much fanfare and some honest-to-goodness debate about the future of the music industry, the validity of major labels and just how people consume music."

_______

Slash and burn | OMM | The Observer

Slash memoir recounts Guns N' Roses mayhem:

"NEW YORK (Billboard) - He was the chain-smoking, Jack Daniels-drinking guitarist for one of the most explosive bands in history. But in his memoir 'Slash,' out October 30 via HarperEntertainment, the former Guns N' Roses member wants to set the record straight."

_______

Indie band's master tracks seized by Feds:

"The guitarist for indie pop rockers Death Cab for Cutie still expects to release his solo album in January even though federal border agents seized a computer hard drive containing the master tracks. A courier was headed to Seattle-based Barsuk Records from a studio in Vancouver, British Columbia, when U.S. Border Patrol agents seized the hard drive Sept. 19, Chris Walla said Wednesday. 'I don't know what red flag could possibly have gone up at the border,' Walla said in a phone interview from Portland, Ore. 'It's so baffling to me.'"

_______

There's so much garbage in the LBC. It's kinda hard being Snoop D-O-doubleG.

Snoop Dogg to pick up trash - CNN.com:

"SANTA ANA, California (AP) -- Snoop Dogg will pick up trash and perform other park maintenance as part of his sentence for carrying an illegal weapon in an airport last year, authorities said Thursday. Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg was arrested last year for carrying a collapsible baton at John Wayne Airport. The rapper, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr., will do 'everything from raking leaves to painting benches' in order to meet the 160 hours of community service he was ordered to perform, said his attorney, Donald Etra. 'He's glad to make a contribution to Orange County,' the attorney said."

_______
_____
___