There’s music in my memories…

He told me something very wonderful.  I cried.  I knew at that moment, it would be one of the happiest moments of my life.  And then I noticed the song on the radio.  Now, I love Rod Stewart’s Maggie May as much as the next person, but I can honestly say, when I realized it would forever be aural wallpaper during one of my greatest memories, I was a bit disappointed.  I guess its funny now. (And to be honest, I immediately knew I would write this post, but when I sat down to write it, for a brief moment, I couldn’t remember if it was Maggie May or Tonight’s the Night, so how bad could it be?)

 It could be worse.  It could have “a-zig-a-zig-ahhhh” in it!

Does everyone remember what song was playing in most of their memories? 

Sugarland - Stay

This video is so stark and emotional.  It almost made me cry!  Its like Sinead O’Conner’s Nothing Compares 2u video.  I like it though.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yIyxkZod2cM

 (I can’t embed it, its from the record label.)

Superdrag at Barley’s (tonight and tomorrow)

So, who is going and what night?

Bad pictures from a good night!

Billy Joe Shaver!

I’m really looking forward to seeing Billy Joe Shaver tonight at the Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson.  We went to see Todd Snider there earlier in the year and I really really like the venue.  Its completely covered, so if it does rain, we’re still safe and dry!  The sound was great when we saw Todd so I can safely guess it will be good tonight too. 

If you don’t know who Billy Joe Shaver is, here’s a quick spotlight from Matthew Everett in this week’s Metro Pulse:

In 1973, Waylon Jennings recorded Honky Tonk Heroes, a full album of songs by Billy Joe Shaver. The Texas-born Shaver seemed set to break through to bigger success, but he never did make the charts. He kept making music, though, cultivating a harder, Texas-blues edge with his son Eddy on guitar, and albums like Tramp on Your Street, Highway of Life, and the live Unshaven earned him new recognition from country traditionalists and alt-country carpetbaggers alike. But trouble has dogged Shaver’s steps in recent years: his wife and his mother both died in 1999; Eddy died from a drug overdose on New Year’s Eve of 2000; and Shaver suffered a heart attack onstage in 2001. In April, he was charged with assault after shooting a man in the face in a bar in Lorena, Texas. But Everybody’s Brother, Shaver’s new CD of religious songs (he once said, “If you don’t love Jesus, you can go to hell”), is getting good reviews. (Matthew Everett)Billy Joe Shaver with Peter Cooper • Thursday, Oct. 18 • 7:30 p.m. • The Shed (Maryville) • $10

Days Aren’t Long Enough

I’ve been listening to the new Steve Earle CD, Washington Square Serenade, all weekend.  I’m digging it, if for no other reason that its a classic Steve Earle sounding album.  I was particularly drawn to this song.  I’d guess its for obvious reasons.  

Another year has come and gone
Another circle ‘round the sun
Another thousand tears have fallen
I don’t ever count ‘em ‘cause
I’m surrounded by your love 
And days are never long enough

Four more seasons on parade
Show their colors then they fade
But that won’t happen to us, darlin’
We’ll remember how it was
Then begin again because 
Days are never long enough

Time’s never late
Isn’t bound by our fate
Try as we may
Love might never be found if we wait
Until the sun comes up
On another day my love
Days are never long enough

Time’s never late
Isn’t bound by our fate
Try as we may
Love might never be found if we wait
Until the sun comes up
On another day my love
Days are never long enough

What I’m reading

I’ve been wanting to read this for a while now, but never got around to picking it up.  I’ve heard some critiques of it and author, Lynne Truss, but I just finished her book on manners (or the lack thereof) called “Talk to the Hand: The Utter Bloody Rudeness of the World Today, or Six Good Reasons to Stay Home and Bolt The Door”  and I enjoyed it. 

Most of the critiques I’ve heard mentioned that there are punctuation errors in it, so it can’t be good.  I just think she’s fighting for people to care about punctuation, at least she was about manners, and not saying anyone, even she, is exempt from making punctuation mistakes.  At least I hope thats what she’s saying because, well, we do all make mistakes.

Yesterday, when I went to pick B. up from work, he brought this home.  Yay!  Perfect timing for my airport/airplane time this week.  

Here’s a nice article on Knoxville

I love my town. I moved here for college and never left, it just fits me. Its hard to explain to people, like my brother, that don’t really like Knoxville, but here’s a nice article from Frommer’s travel people. It was referenced in this week’s Metro Pulse but here is the full article. It makes me proud of what Knoxville has become and where its going. It makes me proud to have AC Entertainment, the KMA, Gregg White, Scott Schimmell (sp?), etc. in and supporting Knoxville.

“After the time I spent in Knoxville theater, festival, and museum-hopping, what struck me most was Knoxville’s dedication to promoting and encouraging music and arts. And then there’s that cheeriness: At Alive After Five, I found myself chatting with friendly locals whenever I was away from my table or at the cash bar. Upbeat Americana music filled the museum space, and the dance floor was packed with people, equally at home whether in jeans or dressed to the nines. They danced the two-step, laughing and grinning as they spun to the fiddle playing. After a few days in Knoxville, this jaded New Yorker found herself thawed out and renewed — it was impossible to feel like an outsider in this charming, dynamic city, and to not start smiling too. “

It reminds me of seeing Scott Miller at a live Blue Plate show at WDVX this past year. They have a video running on a plasma TV that is basically a commercial for Knoxville, showcasing festivals, fountains with kids, concerts, mountains, lakes, musicians, and all that makes Knoxville great. After about half of his set, he paused, looked up and said “That video there is distracting me. I just keep thinkin’, man, I wanna live there!”

Help a friend out!

My good friend’s brother auditioned for a new reality t.v. contest, Tontine, hosted by Boston Rob. He got a call back(!) and they asked him to post a video on youtube. 20% of his overall score to determine if he should be a cast member will be based on # of hits and ratings for his video. PLEASE check out this link, tell all your friends, spread the word far and wide! Help a “good ole boy from Tennessee” for a chance at winning the (highest ever) $10 million Grand Prize.

Reservations

How can I convince you it’s me I don’t like
When I’ve always been distant
and I’ve always told lies for love

I’m bound by these choices so hard to make
I’m bound by the feeling so easy to fake
None of this is real enough to take me from you

Oh I’ve got reservations
about so many things
but not about you

I know this isn’t what you were wanting me to say
How can I get closer and be further away
From the truth that proves it’s beautiful to lie

I’ve got reservations
about so many things
but not about you
I’ve reservations
about so many things
but not about you
not about you
not about you
not about you
it’s not about you

Saturday Night at the Bijou

We’ve got 6th (!) row tickets for Scott Miller on Saturday night at the Bijou Theatre. Scott always brings his “A” game, but this is most certainly my favorite place around here to see a concert. Its a solo show, but I hear there’s going to be some special guests. Chris Knight is opening and after seeing him at last year’s Americana conference, I’m on his bandwagon as well. Tickets are still available. What are you waiting for?

Here’s a trailer for his Mule Train thingy he did a few years ago:

Superdrag Reunion!

I just got this in a myspace bulletin!

Please visit www.superdrag.com for all the details.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE RUMORS CAN BE PUT TO REST…
ORIGINAL SUPERDRAG LINE-UP REUNITES FOR SELECT U.S. DATES

Knoxville, TN – Superdrag will be back on tour this Fall, with all four original members. Last seen onstage together more than 8 years ago, the original line-up of John Davis (guitar, vocals), Don Coffey Jr (drums), Brandon Fisher (guitar) and Tom Pappas (bass) have 6 performances scheduled for 2007.

Though Superdrag may be best-known for their 1996 major-label debut Regretfully Yours and the hit single “Sucked Out” that helped launch the band towards international success, the follow-up Head Trip In Every Key, issued in 1998, was widely regarded as the band’s creative peak. Amidst label woes and line-up changes, namely the departures of founding members Pappas and Fisher, the band would issue their third and fourth full-lengths In The Valley Of Dying Stars and Last Call For Vitriol to universal critical accolades, and expand their hard-won fanbase through incessant touring, with the help of bassist Sam Powers and guitarist Mic Harrison. Many of Superdrag’s latter-day fans have never had an opportunity to see the original line-up onstage together…until now!

Tickets will be on sale through (???) beginning July (??) for the following dates:

10.05.07 Nashville, TN City Hall
10.13.07 Chicago, IL Metro
10. 20.07 Knoxville, TN Barley’s Taproom
11.02.07 New York, NY The Fillmore @ Irving Plaza
11.03.07 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
11.08.07 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club

Superdrag formed in 1993. The band issued 3 acclaimed 7”s and one EP, The Fabulous 8-Track Sound Of Superdrag, before the release of their first proper full-length in 1996. Changin’ Tires On The Road To Ruin, a collection of b-sides, alternate versions and rarities, was released in April 2007.

Goodbye, Jane Magazine

I’m a little sad. The internet is a-buzz with rumors that Jane Magazine is folding. Conde Nast is saying it just isn’t fitting into the future plans.

I was a subscriber to Sassy, of which, Jane Pratt was the editor prior to being the namesake of Jane Mag. I was a flagship subscriber to Jane too. It was a little bit of a different magazine in that it wasn’t just a bunch of articles on “How to keep a man”. It was sometimes biting, always witty, and always full of cool things for people like me, or for the person I’d like to be. I subscribe to several magazines, Blender, Spin, Game Informer (don’t ask), among others. Now, what will be my girl-magazine?  Boo.

Flight of the Conchords

Is anyone else catching on and becoming addicted to this show? I’ve heard them compared to a New Zealand Tenacious D, but I don’t like Tenacious D, so I can’t endorse that. They ARE a parody folk-rock band though, so I can see the similarities!

Here’s a song from one of the shows:

And here’s a longer clip of the show itself:

Sights from ‘Roo