While We're on...

the JT songs...Alison delivers as usual...



Jerry Douglas dobro'ing if I'm not mistaken...and I'm pretty sure I'm not.

Fire and Rain...

in CA in reality is not as enjoyable as this kind...

Youthful Indescretions...

was Henry Hyde's excuse for cheating on his wife when he was in his forties....ok but what is the excuse for wearing his pants up to his armpits? Probably choked the old goat to death. Good Riddens...

It Ain't a Dead Hooker...

or even a live boy but it may be close enough...and the piling on we are likely to see in the next few days are going to make our week for sure...let's just sit back and watch the fireworks....

Malibu Was Burning..

again over the weekend...hopefully we seen the last of it for this year. Here is the view we had from bluffs in South Redondo Beach....the photo doesn't really do the sight justice but it's all I gots...

I think it enlarges if you click on.

Baseball Blogging...

Angels got Tori Hunter...and they are still looking at Tejada or Cabrerra...hmmm...

OK....if you're gonna spend, you've got some good ones there...developing..

A Goodie..

Paul Butterfield..

Son...Better Get On Down..

If You're a Blues Fan....

You've heard of the "Super Sessions"...yeah baby..Dylan was down too....

It's Not News....

if everybody already knows about it I guess...probably why the LA Times saw fit to put Scott McClellen's relevations about WH lies on page A20.

Perfect Timing...

for a photo...

Broken Government...

is the latest book by John Dean, the former White House counsel for the Nixon Admin. way back in the Watergate years. Lately he is better known for his frequent criticisms of the Bush/Cheney serial lawbreaking.

I got a chance to hear him speak at a local Democrat Club event yesterday and came away pretty impressed. Brilliant guy with a terrific grasp of multitudes of issues who really understands the nuts and bolts of government. I think that 08' candidates would help themselves by listening to his take on process and the effect that can have on future elections. His book was on my reading list for a while but as I started to delve in last night, I found a unique understanding of his prospective and insight. Seems like a good read so far...

Rare Stuff Here..

These Guys ....

were actually pretty good.....although we used beat up people that admitted to having their albums...go figure.

Baseball Bugs...

just to the right is always a treat....The Gas House Gorillas vs. the Teetotalers....gotta love it.

Shoulda Stopped When...

they told him too I guess....bummer for that guy.

Ford is Coming...

out with the new Mustang...going be known as the Bullitt Edition and only limited production is planned. 315 Horses and a very cool looking car...certainly reminiscent of the movie. But...and it's a big one...ain't no car gonna make you Steve McQueen driving it.

Luckily we can watch the original pared down to the important parts..

Not that Much Dave Alvin...

out there...especially off of this particular album...this is the title cut and a good one too, Every song on that album is worth a listen...California Snow is a Tom Russell and Dave collaboration I believe...I'll look for it and I know what to do with it too...

A RE-Post sure but...

She still sings like an angel...looks like Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Peter Rowan et al....agree too.

Great version..

Of Midnight Moonlight by a charter member of of Old and In the Way....Peter Rowen..

Good stuff...

What a Way to go...

but when your number is up...it's up man.

There...

That didn't hurt so much, did it?

Natalie and REM frontman Michael Stipe..

from way back in '93.....good stuff.




Via Curley in NY...thanks.

When You Go Back...

to '69...you'll find some good tunes.

Good Toast Recipe

http://

via indispensable dependable renegade...

A Few Good Men...

coming to LA...

Dodgers could do way worse.

Oh Yeah...

It's gonna be 85 degrees here this weekend....I may decide to have a cold adult beverage near the water somewhere.....I just might...

Blog Off, Blog On......

Red Sox bummed me out this week so much I took the week off blogging. ...I did however begin a new running routine after a bad wheel forced a 5 week layoff. Looks like I'll complete a cautious but respectable 25 miles to start. Amazing how much you can miss something so ordinary. Anyway....on to the Hot Stove league and politics for the next few months....God I hate the Red Sox.