A couple weeks ago, I sat down to listen to a stream of Wilco playing in Madison. While I listened, Jeff Tweedy took advantage of a break in the music to gently chide Madison, for a lack of official attention on the part of city officials while the band was in town. Tweedy noted that… Read More the best ever.
My friend Ethel just finished a post that mentioned how this song, Roger Miller’s “King of the Road,” got stuck in her mom’s head recently, prompting a mother-daughter singalong while they strolled around her mother’s nursing home. I can’t think about this song without thinking of REM, and the boozy version that was included on… Read More a man of means by no means.
I’ve done this here once before, but after a fun Twitter discussion tonight, I thought we”d try again. We’ve been talking about our first concerts. Some of us have some cringe-worthy choices (although many of us can blame those on parents) and some got to see some great stuff the first time they saw a… Read More first time, again.
Hi. My name is Uncle Crappy, and it’s been six days since my last post. (Hi, Uncle Crappy.) In and of itself, six days isn’t a big deal for me — in fact, I used to take longer breaks, intentional or not, pretty regularly. But I did just promise a couple weeks ago that I… Read More remember me?
An Uncle Crappy Problem: I forgot to bring headphones when I went to Seven Springs today, so I had to ski without my usual soundtrack.* An Actual Problem: One hundred and fifty Haitian orphans, many of whom are this close having their adoptions finalized, who need to get out of the country. Their orphanage collapsed… Read More problems and solutions.
If you are of the Groundhog persuasion, you’ll want to go here for a tantalizing taste of what’s to come the weekend of February 5, 6 and 7. Or you could just check your email. We’ll have some details there too. UPDATE, Tuesday afternoon: The email is out and the FogHogBlog has been updated. Wooo!
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