El CORAZON

something happened yesterday. i turned 30. i got a bunch of really thoughtful gifts. but, i think my favorite is this silk screen:


by david amoroso.

I've had Dwight Yoakam's Guitars Cadillacs Etc. Etc. for quite a while. It's only recently become my obsession. The music is timeless. The lyrics are classic. The production is perfect.



Another great project of Yoakam's was the movie Sling Blade. Vic Chesnut is great in this film as well. Vic's album Little might be the greatest Folk LP of all time. I met Vic and Ian MacKaye on the same night at The Bayou, March 14, 1997.

the upsetter - i know a place

"I don't feel tardy."

"Hauscome yinz ain't watchin' the game? Picksburgh's on?"

this little rootsy thing happened tonight after dinner:

CAPITOLism

here is a song I wrote and did a one take recording of last night. It was in honor of our president’s state of the union address. dig the siren and Pres howl - organic, dude.

I did the same thing this time of year, 2005. that’s when I wrote and recorded Inauguration Day. Inauguration Day was one of the first songs I ever wrote, and my jam when I played tuesdays at staccato; and met ac, and kev hull; and first started playing with kb and ian walters.

Well, anyway, things ain’t changed much; so even if you find yourself behind a line in the sand or on the other side of the cafetorium, I hope you enjoy one or both of them:

1. State of the Union(1/23/07)
2. Inauguration Day(1/19/05)

"The Best Little Pasta House in Jamaica"

We stumbled upon Evita's shortly after arriving in Ocho Rios. About halfway through dinner I declared that dining at Evita's was worth both the five hour flight and two hour bus ride from DC to OR. The view, hanging of the mountain, looking down on the lights of Ochi, was certainly worth the steep, half mile climb of s curves. The menu was a perfect selection of Northern Italian meets Jamaican: homemade pasta plus the spices and produce of the island. We went on to have dinner at Evita's three of our four nights in Jamaica. It's no wonder the place has also been a hangout for Dennis Hopper, Kate Moss, Anthony Hopkins, The Marleys, and THE ROLLING STONES.

Ocho Rios, Jamaica 1/13/07-1/17/07

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virtual trash in flight, the e.p.

1. Naturegirl & Rastaboy - whatever you do(you can't be necessary)
2. virtual trash in flight - fort, laud, or dale
3. Ras Itch Cory - one very good one dub

100 years of trash present...

virtual trash in flight

1. fort, laud, or dale

"I want to bring back the pride and tradition long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers, and more importantly, with the people of Pittsburgh." Bill Cowher


Mission accomplished.

sister i'm a poet

the fed will not be at politics and prose this saturday to rawk; but, we'll be there to enjoy a gaggle of talented artists including, i believe, steven capozzola, alec gross, and ian walters, among others. here are a few upcoming shows the fed will be performing:

february 22 @ DC9
february 24 @ politics & prose
march 28 @ ellingtons on eight

the fed presents...

100 years of trash

1. mourning papers
2. the mayor/the best
3. itchylip(the shape I'm in)