Every time I think I want to talk about something, there's about five other things that happen that make the thing I wanted to talk about seem like old news. Has there ever been a time when so many things happen every day that it's almost impossible to even have a conversation about them? And then w...

I found this on the Shakespeare Superfan page. It reminds me so much of Isbell's page. King Beer: I’m just trying to figure out this line: “To be or not to be, that is the question.” So what is the question? Hamless: Um, to be or not to be? "That" is the question. King Beer: Oh, okay, that makes a l...

as they stand for the rights of the oppressed (call it identity politics if you will) I think that frames the question very well: Is "identity politics" about protecting the oppressed and spreading opportunity or is it about handing out government candy on the basis of questionable categorizations ...

I was only surprised that more Republican senators didn't thumbs down the legislation. However, at this point in the ,Republican party there is more fear of losing a primary than losing an election so I would guess that factored in heavily. A few of them are up shit creek right now. But moderates in...

I just found this on my computer - written May 2015 and i have no idea what i was writing about or who i was writing to, maybe here? Anyway, not gloating or anything, I get more wrong than right. But what strikes me is how unsurprising it is how things have turned over the past 9 months now. Now wha...

This might be my favorite of his solo efforts, or at least the one I can see myself listening to most frequently in the coming years. I'm not sure it's a better record than Southeastern , but I think I'll find myself in the mood for it more often. SMTF only has four songs I ever really return to: "...

I have a good friend who thinks about the same as you Cole, and like you, he lives small, eats local, and cares just as much about his fellow creatures as I do, and I have no problem with him thinking differently than me on the subject. Better that someone questions and concludes differently than j...

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Nashville Sound is slow to work into my head, but Jason's albums have typically been slow growers for me and so I'll give it some time. I agree that the songwriting on Cumberland Gap and Anxiety seem to not quite be up there and there are maybe no obvious standouts like Dress Blues, Elephant, or Chi...

Pretty simple to me. We're living like drunken sailors as we sail into a major storm. Can we make it through? Maybe, we're sailors and may rally. But is it a good idea living like we do? Surely not. It seems to me the overwhelming majority of climate scholars do think we are heading toward catastrop...

I probably saw 25-30 Jason shows between 2007 and 2012 and I never saw a bad one and I never thought being drunk got in the way. That's not to say it didn't get in the way of his life because clearly it did, I just don't personally relate to the narrative that a good number of his shows were a drun...

I'm too lazy to dig through and pull quotes n all that, but I wanted to leave a couple comments. 1) Transgender. I have nearly always basically thought that people are free to be who they want to be, and it's nobody else's business and it is basically a form of bigotry to oppose things like transgen...

The most exciting Jason show I ever saw was when he was still partying. He didn't come off as too fucked up that night, but I only saw him once in those days. Might have gotten lucky. He always puts on a good show now, but as someone else here said, I doubt I'll ever see a transcendent one. Especia...

He seems to live up in his head now, and his songs now are more interesting ideas than emotionally evocative songs coming from the heart or gut. I liked when he could channel emotions more into his music, but as often as not his solo shows seemed pretty sloppy because he was too drunk to care much, ...

You might remember him as that guy who wrote the unreadable book with the awesome title. I mean "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance," pretty damn cool and unforgettable once it's in your brain, even if it never made much sense when you tried to pull it apart. I'll remember him as the guy who ...

To the extent that you can..... Toss it in the river and be free. Yes, peace to you Sacto. I know you never really get over it, it just becomes a part of you. I hope you carry many memories of him before that moment, positive ones that are the essence of who he was,and they give you strength and yo...

I think universal healthcare is inevitable. We might jack around 20 years getting there but there is no other conceivable endpoint that I can see. There is nothing else to turn back healthcare costs, the population is getting older and sicker, Alzheimers is spiraling out of control and will eat up ...

1)The Dirty South
2) Decoration Day
3)Southern Rock Opera
4) Brighter Than Creation's Dark
5) American Band
6) English Oceans
7) A Blessing A Curse
8) The Big To Do
9) Pizza Deliverance
10) Go Go Boots
11) Gangstabilly

I think universal healthcare is inevitable. We might jack around 20 years getting there but there is no other conceivable endpoint that I can see. There is nothing else to turn back healthcare costs, the population is getting older and sicker, Alzheimers is spiraling out of control and will eat up t...

Sounded great! Ready for night 2! Facebook live?

Good to read everyones posts. I don't have much to add and am too exhausted to try. Wish I could join in homecoming this year but they scheduled me to work right up to 5 Friday and it's a 7 hour drive. Bummer.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/see-roger-waters-begin-trump-resistance-in-pigs-live-video-w462244 Guessing he's singing over a voice track (Rog's voice is pretty much shot), but either way, this is REALLY FUCKING GOOD. 40 years later, perfectly perfect. Oh hell yes. I was never really a big...

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Guessing he's singing over a voice track (Rog's voice is pretty much shot), but either way, this is REALLY FUCKING GOOD. 40 years later, perfectly perfect.

Oh hell yes.

Iowan wrote:
I like all of those except Palmetto Rose.

and I'd take Palmetto Rose over Flying over Water or Easy on Yourself anyday, at least a few others as well.

But here's the question, and I mean this absolutely on the level, I'm not trying to make a point, be rhetorical or incite internet stupidity: Do you feel any better today than you did yesterday? Do the surviving family members? From my end... I wouldn't expect to feel better. And I'm not really one...

I listened to a bunch of new stuff, and really liked Carseat Headrest this time out and several other things along the way, but the old guys made their way to the top of my list in the end. I used to scoff at people who liked middle age and beyond rock. Time for some self-scoffing I guess. Bowie - B...

I agree, and yes it is worse than anything Trump has done yet. But this is exactly why I want to know whether "the people" are on board w/ it. Right now it could be a naked power grab by a party drunk on its own power and convinced it is on a mission from God, or it could actually be an expression ...

What the heck is going on in North Carolina? Do "people," i.e. the "average person" support what the legislature is doing? Do they even care? Does the mainstream media and "business community"? From this distance it seems like madness and the subversion of the American system of government. Like a ...

Vis a vis Ayn Rand, some good points have been made on both sides of the subject. Something worth remembering is those who are kind to the cruel are almost always cruel to the kind. To have a problem with the writings of Ayn Rand but a willingness to cast Fidel Castro as misunderstood is hard to un...