Message to Spoonful

You are a radio show called Spoonful on Nashville's WRVU. Three songs on your Sunday night playlist while I drove three tourists to the hotel were:

Albert Collins - "Cold, Cold Feeling"
Earl Hooker - "Is You Ever Seen A One-Eyed Woman Cry?"
Boozoo Chavis - "Jealous Man Two-Step"

Note: The tourists think you are awesome.

April 19, 2008 is "Record Store Day"

Celebrate your love for music and the humans who sell it to you by checking out more info on "Record Store Day."

I'll make sure to visit Nashville's own independent record store, Grimey's, on April 19 and buy something I've never heard before that a trusted clerk thinks I'll like.

Nick Hornby, author, High Fidelity, Slam, (among others):
"Yes, yes, I know. It's easier to download music, and probably cheaper. But what's playing on your favourite download store when you walk into it? Nothing, that's what. Who are you going to meet in there? Nobody. Where are the notice boards offering flatshares and vacant slots in bands destined for superstardom? Who's going to tell you to stop listening to that and start listening to this? Go ahead and save yourself a couple of quid. The saving will cost you a career, a set of cool
friends, musical taste and, eventually, your soul. Record stores can't save your life. But they can give you a better one."

This Fisherman's Blues?

As the "Luck of the Irish" would have it, I am off Monday (St. Patrick's Day) and I am off Tuesday (Hangover Recovery Day?), but I am too broke to properly celebrate with green beer and friends in any of the wonderful bars of Nashville.

I will, however, spend the evening at home happily listening to as much music from The Waterboys, Luka Bloom, and Maura O'Connell as my beautiful wife and kids can manage.

Big thanks to my old friend and former fellow record store clerk, Kirk Anderson, for turning me onto "Fisherman's Blues" by The Waterboys o' so many years ago. It's great stuff.

People I've been told I look like...

I don't necessarily see the resemblances, but I'm available for stand-in work.

• Bob Saget
• Sylvester Stallone (Less about muscles and more about slicked back hair and dark complexion, I'm sure.)
• Noah Wyle of E.R.
• Christopher Meloni of Law & Order
• ...and most recently, Keith Olbermann (I must be getting greyer than I think.)

Now that's what I call a "blog roll."

My wife wants one of these exercise balls to sit on while she's reading blogs on the computer. She says it's supposed to be good for her abs, but I say she should call me when she rolls off of it so that I can laugh at her.

"Inventory In Progress: Please Don't Reshelve"

In the event that something bad happens to my hard drive before I can get iTunes to back-up properly (I've researched the problem and it looks like I'll have to download an older version), here is a list of CDs I'll have to replace. It's a sloppy list with little to no regard for capitalization or spelling. Also, I haven't taken the time to type out all of the compilation CDs I have. That'll be for another night when I'm too hopped up on sugar to sleep. ;)

abra moore - on the way
acdc back in black
amy winehouse back to black
area code 615
beatles abbey road
beatles revolver
beatles love
bebel gilberto
ben folds
bill conti - rocky theme
bobby thompson
bon jovi
britney spears blackout
springsteen born in the usa
springsteen greatest hits
springsteen rising
springsteen we shall overcome
christina aguilera back to basics
david and david
david baerwald
dio stand up and shout
elvis 2nd to none
frank black fast man
sinatra christmas
frankie goes to hollywood bang
genesis platinum
geoff baker know the rain
geoff baker patriot acts
guns n roses appetite
hold steady boys and girls
iron maiden best
iron maiden essential
iron maiden matter of life
jeffrey lewis last time i did acid
john gorka the company you keep
john mellencamp uh huh
john prine in spite of ourselves
john prine missing years
john williams greatest
jonathan richman i, jonathan
joss stone introducing
judas priest best of
kanye west college dropout
killers sam's town
kirsty maccoll titanic days
kirsty maccoll tropical brainstorm
lyle lovett joshua judges ruth
lyle lovett pontiac
mojo nixon otis
mojo nixon root hog or die
motley crue greatest
motely crue red white crue
murs end of the beginning
newton dominey good morning sunshine
newton dominey heater
nick drake pink moon
nina simone four women
nine inch nails year zero
ozzy blizzard of ozz
peter himmelman my green kite
peter himmelman pigeons couldn't sleep
peter himmelman skin
phil collins hits
pink floyd wish you were here
prince dirty mind
prince hits
prince lovesexy
prince sign o' the times
prince very best
prince 3121
queen flash gordon
queen greatest
r kelly double up
tom waits alice
tom waits blood money
tom waits bone machine
tom waits franks wild years
tom waits heart of saturday night
tom waits heartattack and vine
tom waits mule variations
tom waits nighthawks at the diner
tom waits orphans
tom waits rain dogs
tom waits real gone
tom waits small change
tom waits swordfishtrombones
traveling wilburys
twisted sister big hits
u2 rattle and hum
van halen best of both
van halen for unlawful carnal
van halen 1984
van morrison hymns to the silence
van morrison at the movies
weezer make believe
wu-tang clan enter the wu-tang
wynonie harris bloodshot eyes

Just a reminder for you ink fiends out there.

Henna tattoo workshop for teens here.

Real everlasting tattoos for the big dogs here.

In 1990, Human Radio stayed in heavy rotation in my Ford Tempo for the better part of the year.

Yesterday's Snow Remembered

Snow day! Eat a hunk o' snow.

He Said, She Said

Recent typical sweet-somethings that I like to say to my daughter:

I love you more than a million stars in the sky.

I love you more than a million boats on the lake.

I love you more than a million hugs in a day.

Tonight she said sweetly to me:

Daddy, I love you more than a million bushes in the dirt.

That's my favorite compliment yet.

Ink, blood, gore, and a joke by the big guy.

Mr. Webbspun interviews the man behind the Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival which will be at Nashville Marriott from March 21-23.

Speaking of Marriott, Bill Marriott makes a point about thinking outside the box at his blog, and he tells a joke that wouldn't seem out of place at the aforementioned horror festival.

The best thing I read today about Brett Favre

From Salon.com:

You know what would have been funny? If Brett Favre had signed a one-day contract with Atlanta so he could retire as a Falcon.

My Girl

She deserves longer walks, more trips to the dog park, and approximately three more treats a day.

You're in the Top 10, baby.

Bulldogs return to Top 10 breeds