My friend El Jefe is THE CHIEF of all things music. So when he tells you to get out and see a band, you’d better be paying attention. This time…I paid attention.

El Jefe was right.

I’d have been BEYOND disappointed if I’d have missed this band.

These guys ROCK. These guys ROLL…and they do all sorts of things in between. Their songs tell stories that make you want to pay attention AND they give it to you with that rare passion which convinces you they were meant to do JUST THIS.

They’ve been categorized as “alt country” and compared to the likes of Modest Mouse and Uncle Tupelo but I’d have to put them in a league all their own-with apologies to Jay Farrar, of course.

Yep, I pretty-much OFFICIALLY love them. 

Check ‘em out NOW and IF they roll through your town, GET OUT AND SEE THEM.

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All photographs and video property of Deer Tick

‘Darth digs hotcakes’

It’s one of my favorite gifts, this CHRISTMAS season!

The creator of Cosmic American Music.

G r a m    P a r s o n s

-Ingram Cecil Connor III-

November 5. 1946-September 19. 1973

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmMd7xWxbX0

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F-A-R-O-N. Faron, Faron, Faron! (say it like a cheerleader.)

This is The Hillbilly Heartthrob, Faron Young, singing (while winking at the camera) “It’s a Great Life”.

This tune causes toe tapping.

I’m just warnin’ ya.

And yes, I’m well aware, simply posting a link in a blog is cheating…but I’m too busy working on strengthening my scrawny biceps to blog.

So I’m cheating.

You can thank me (for it) later.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4O_NUSe-Bw

completely random:
Hank could have been a Faron.
It was on “the list”, my list anyhow.
But I think Hank was the best choice.
It fits him quite appropriately.
But I do like “Faron”.

But I forgot to chatter about it…

So here’s my WAY-delayed  ‘take away’-
 
 
I now want one of these:

(Pinzgauer High Mobility All-TerrainVehicle)

 
I do believe this vehicle would be perfectly suited for the traffic situations I encounter DAILY, sometimes MULTIPLE times (per day), on the streets of Phoenix.

Especially during the “suicide  hours” (the oh-so-enjoyable reverse center lane) on 7th Street & Avenue.
 

And I wouldn’t mind (at all) having one of these:

(PERFECT for taking out the trash and tackling that ‘honey-do’ list.)

Oh yeah…the movie!

I don’t give a rat’s hind-quarters what ANYONE says.

IT IS QUALITY FILM.

Action, adventure, excitement-all bundled up with (lots of) muscular moments.

C’mon, it’s an American SUPERHERO film!

What MORE do you want from a movie?

This is the farthest thing from a design blog and my dogs are not small but they are marvelous and they do enjoy lounging around on mid-century furnishings so,  pound for pound,  they are that much cooler than those tiny dogs.

Allow me to introduce you to Junebug.

Not only does she enjoy lounging,  she also enjoys eating watermelon,  jumping around on her hind legs (yes indeedy, like a kangaroo) and spinning in circles—while air born.  She is a bit of a spaz but she’s calmed down ten fold  in the last year. That’s how long she’s graced us with her presence.

Junebug is simply marvelous.
 

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hESxtnHkaI

Take a gander, give it a listen.

“…nobody but a fool would love you, after the way you done me,

broke every vow you made me, broke every rule…”

Connie Smith, “Nobody But A Fool”.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQHkgovIa8