Since I don’t seem to be listening to nothing else but Steve Earle since finishing his biography, here’s video of him and The Pogues recording “Johnny Come Lately.” Steve Earle and Shane MacGowan in the same room. How could that … Continue reading
I was impressed to hear that Townes sold more copies in the first week than any of Earle’s other albums. I could do without the pro-Obama stump speech, of course, especially given Obama’s desire to keep killing all the same … Continue reading
And CCKMP. There’s some banter between songs that’s been reminding me how much I enjoy being in my late thirties and living a pretty tame life right now.
Lifted from Hardcore Troubadour: The Life and Near Death of Steve Earle, which I was up until fucking midnight with last night. I write because I hate. A lot. Hard. — William Gass
There’s only one song that seems appropriate. Or maybe this.
That’s what’s on my summer to do list.
(Just got the following from Ward Churchill’s wife, Natsu Saito.) July 7, 2009 On April 2, 2009, after hearing evidence for a month, a Denver jury unanimously found that Ward Churchill had been fired from the University of Colorado not … Continue reading
From The Columbus Dispatch. After all, an Earle quote that he now regrets — “Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world, and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that” … Continue reading
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