Sunday, July 29, 2018

Wanderlust


Lately, I've been dreaming about traveling.  Just toss a few things in the truck and go. 

When I was young, I used to head out on road trips once or twice a month.  I've been all over the South and to parts of the Northeast.  Made the trip to California once.  (New Mexico really is the land of enchantment.)  Been to parts of Canada and to all five of the Great Lakes.

These days, I'm lucky if I can hit the road once every five or six years.  All these critters tend to keep me tied to the ol' farmstead, so I settle for books and songs about traveling until I get a chance to go for real. 

Always wanted to see the Badlands. 

Or the Hudson Bay. 

Or Minnesota. 

Maybe one of these days...












Friday, July 27, 2018

You Must Be Insane


Ok. Here's the deal. Me and Mrs. 17 are gonna smoke this joint, and then we're gonna enjoy some tunes.

You can play along if you'd like, and we wish you would. Or you can abstain, and we'll wonder why -- for a moment. Then we'll go back to smoking joints and enjoying music.

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Feast Of Wire


It's been twenty years since I first heard Calexico.  Didn't take long for them to become one of my favorite bands.  With a sound that blends Mariachi, Tejano and Cumbia, Country, Rock and Jazz, what's not to love? 

Feast Of Wire is their fourth studio album.  Enjoy!











Friday, July 20, 2018

I Hadda Great Thought

But Mrs 17 fucked that all up. Everyone thank Mrs 17.

So now I gotta go with shit I'd been hiding.


Wednesday, July 18, 2018

4 Way Street



Friday before last, Cass played a couple of songs from this album, reminding me that it had been way too long since I gave it a listen. 















Sunday, July 15, 2018

Friday, July 13, 2018

Father of the Year - 1986

My kids and I were having an event-free day on Friday the 13th of that year, so I broke my little girl's arm, coz that's how I roll. Mrs. 17 better toe the line tonight.


Sunday, July 8, 2018

Waiting For The Aliens


Just found out that July 2 was World UFO Day.  Seems kind of silly, but what the hell.














Friday, July 6, 2018

"Leave it all behind ya!"

On this day in 1971, American jazz trumpeter, singer and bandleader, Louis Armstrong died. He had many hits including the 1964 US #1 'Hello Dolly!', 1968 UK #1 'What A Wonderful World’ plus ‘When The Saints Go Marching In’, ‘Ain't Misbehavin’, and ‘We Have All the Time in the World.’ He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, resulting in his appearing in humorous advertisements for laxative product Swiss Kriss; the ads bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet, as viewed through a keyhole, with the slogan "Satch says, 'Leave it all behind ya!".


Do with that visual what you will.

Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Sunday, July 1, 2018

Dreaming of Canada


It's so damn hot my brain is fried...and not in a good way.

Canada's sounding real nice right now.  I hear it's 68 in Saskatoon.