As August draws to a close, there’s almost a tangible sense that summer also is doing so.
Those last few nights by the lake, or at the cottage, seem quieter. They seem longer. There’s an emptiness about them.
You know what has gone on all summer. Perhaps you miss that vibe. Perhaps you’re glad to be done [...]
And so we have reached six months of Sleepy Sundays.
Hope you have been digging it. Please know that we have the blessing of Sleepy LaBeef, national treasure, to “keep it up!”
Today, Sleepy covers an Ernest Tubb tune from 1944. It’s also been covered by a young Glen Campbell and by Elvis Presley and the Statler [...]
Why Betty Trindal ever wanted to part with today’s selection is beyond me, but I hope to give it a good home and some new life.
This afternoon, after dropping Evan off at my brother’s lake cottage for a sleepover, I headed to one of the finest small-town record stores I know.
They still have angle parking [...]
Ever go on vacation, and have a song or an album become the soundtrack to that trip?
That’s happening here this week, as our 12-year-old has commandeered the CD player in the car.
We’re not doing much, just hanging around town, but we listen to the same thing everywhere we go — music from “Naruto,” a Japanese [...]
Last month, undecided about whether to go see Alice Cooper when he came to town, I wrote a post about that. I confessed that I’d passed on previous opportunities to see Alice, saying I was just a casual fan. Still, the consensus was that I should go. So I went last night.
I have to be [...]
