When I put that shot of the Grateful Dead in the banner a few days before the end of 2008, my intention was to take it down on Jan. 1. The boys, however, had other plans. The remaining members of the band announced plans on New Year’s Day for a spring tour, from North Carolina… Read More a spring in my step.
It’s about 11:10 p.m. on Dec. 31. This won’t be posted for another hour, but I have some things I wanted to share about the past year, and I thought this would a good time to get started. At the moment, I’m sitting on a bright red-orange couch in the middle of my new living… Read More 2008 > 2009
This has been a bit of an odd Christmas, as my name came up on the newsroom’s holiday list to work today. It’s not the end of the world — this is my first Christmas shift in eight years here, and the extra holiday pay makes it worthwhile — but it has put a twist… Read More merry merry.
Today is the darkest day of the year and my new favorite satellite radio station is doing something amazing to celebrate. In observance of the winter solstice, the Grateful Dead Channel has lined up an endless stream of what most heads see as the pinnacle of the Dead’s repertoire: “Dark Star.” At some point in… Read More dark.
A couple years ago, I bitched here when XM removed its Music Lab channel — the only one that played my hippie music with any regularity — from its on-air lineup, banishing it to online-only status. And although I haven’t posted about it, I’ve been wondering more recently how the XM-Sirius merger would manifest itself… Read More 13. all better.
I need to thank Fred for jogging my memory a few days ago. He completed his alphabet assignment in a timely fashion, a great list based on the letter N. You can see his list here; pay particular attention to the entry about “Newport Jazz,” and the Duke Ellington show at the Newport festival in… Read More 12. that part in between.
Uncle Crappy 