Mance Lipscomb – Farmer and Songster
I worked so hard in my lifetime, look like I dreams about it now. And I wake up in the morning, thinking I got to go to the field.-- Mance Lipscomb, I Say Me for a Parable I. The CottonThe southern extremity of Brazos County, Texas is covered by a broad expanse of...
Guest Post by Fluffy: Rainsticks – Cut the Corners
Hi, it's me again. Fluffy the Cat. Sometimes when the Food Guy is busy he lets me write his log post and then he puts it on the Winternet. Today the Food Guy has a pre-existing condition to help the Food Lady clean up her office and sort out all of her computer...
Low Ceilings – Internet Forever
Internet access is a basic human right. The words of my friend -- a charter member of the Wokenoscenti, those who have been placed on this Earth to provide the rest of us with the correct opinion on every social issue -- was a Statement of Fact, engraved on a stone...
The Soods – Oh, Mersey Days
The way in which I create myself is by means of a quest. I go out into the world in order to come back with a self... Nothing is absolutely dead: every meaning will have its homecoming festival. -- Mikhail Bakhtin We are each the weighted average of every person who...
Presenting the First Annual Reverb Raccoon T-Shirt Awards
I discovered Daniel Johnston in 2008 when I saw The Devil and Daniel Johnston. I loved his songs, and immediately ordered the iconic Hi, How Are You t-shirt from Daniel's website. I wore it the following year when I saw Daniel Johnston perform at the Austin City...
Six Songs for a Better Friday
Without government intervention, 90 percent of independent clubs don’t believe they can survive another six months of coronavirus shutdown. It could cause a near extinction of small music venues, said Jim DeRogatis, music critic and co-host of the nationally...
Guest Post by Fluffy: Crowded Shoulders – No Mystery
When I get up in the morning I go straight back to bed again. I feel best in the evening, the moment I dowse the candle... Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. -- Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or Hi, it's me again. Fluffy the Cat....
The Beatersband – Don’t Worry Baby
Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. -- Thich Nhat Hanh, The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching: Transforming Suffering into Peace,...
David Woodard – Grand Scheme of Things
Every year you pull the same trick on me. You say you're going to hold the ball while I kick it, but you never do! You always pull it away, and I land flat on my back! -- Charlie Brown to Lucy Each year Charlie Brown pelted toward the football with the deluded...
Kasey Locke – Never Get to Heaven
Last year a friend brought some tumeric roots back from Mexico, and gave us a pair. We planted them late. The leaves came up and grew a bit, then died away. I assumed that we would never see the tumeric again, and that Tumeric would be entered into our ledger of...
