Music....

... I have been sitting here quietly concentrating on my two latest CD purchases as they play.... Warren Zevon's "Learning to Flinch"... a collection of live recordings of some select songs... sampled from performances played in Ohio, Virginia, New Zealand, Germany, Boston, New Orleans, New York, London, Norway, Australia, and Chicago.... and Townes Van Zandt's "Live at The Old Quarter, Houston, Texas".... a live recording from a crowded, un-airconditioned, beer-filled room.. just him and his guitar...

... and wow, people... Townes is incredible... it's like Robert Frost said about "way leading on to way".. it all started with Nanci Griffith... then to Prine... and now on to Townes... this is one hella deep vein I have found, and I am loving it... incredible lyricists and fingerpickers... songwriters and storytellers... I just can't believe it has taken me so long to find them....

... and speaking of musicians, I heard too that Acidman is laid low at the moment and is in the hospital... best of luck to the Old Cracker... I hope he makes a speedy recovery...

... I remember asking Rob to play "Please Come to Boston" in Jekyll last year... it was amazing... I know I have recounted how much I liked it to Dax and Kim before.... Rob and his brother played and sang and it together... and one helluva heartbreaker, it was... it almost jerked a tear from my cynical, bloodshot eye...

... anyway, I am seriously digging Townes right now... I really am.. and there is something that I have noticed in listening to his album this morning.... something that I really can't put my finger on... maybe it is a humanity or a humor... or a sadness or a kind of irreverence... I can't pin it down.. but I do so love it....

... so there you go, rubberneckers... the SWG musical recommendation of the day... buy yourself a Van Zandt album... it'll soothe your soul... you won't understand why, of course, but it just will....