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andy cole

Where's the MUSIC?

About Me

Hmmmmm...

My Interests

Music (I play harmonica) outdoor stuff, hiking, cooking (especially cajun, Indian and "experimental"), travel, other cultures, reading.

I'd like to meet:

John Popper..."So how do you do that John?"

Music:

A lot. Blues, rock, some classical, funk, bluegrass, folk. Bob Dylan, SRV, Robert Johnson, BB King, MOFRO, Galactic, Ivan Neville and Dumpstaphunk, Jason Ricci, Wynton Marsalis, Norah Jones, Muddy Waters, Junior Kimbrough, Steve Earl, Lyle Lovitt, Daniel Lanois, U2, Papa Mali, Bonerama, Drink Small, Robert Lighthouse, ...etc.etc.etc.

Movies:

To Kill a Mockingbird; Saving Private Ryan; Napolean Dynamite; Undercover Brother; Full Metal Jacket; Easy Rider; O Brother Where Art Thou..

Television:

The Colbert Report; John Stewart; Almost anything on Discovery Channel; Dirty Jobs; My Name is Earl; The Office;

Books:

The Things We Carried, Tim O'Brien; Breakfast of Champions, Kurt Vonnegut; To Kill a Mockingbirg, Harper Lee; The Bible, God.

Heroes:

My dad, I didn't find out until he was gone what a great man he was. My wife, she's there for me, and forgives me my trespasses. My kids, don't know what's wrong with them, but they love me. Mr. Bill Gissendanner, the truest of American heroes. Andy Anderson for being who he was.

My Blog

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It's my anniversary.  OK, mine and my wife's.For nine years we've been together, which is longer than I've ever held a job, or stayed with one at least.I love Lynne more than anyone I've ever lov...
Posted by andy cole on Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:23:00 PST

The Saints

Ah, things are right with the world.  Sitting on the couch watching football on a Sunday afternoon.  Just watched the Saints beat the Bucs in the season opener, and while I don't want to jin...
Posted by andy cole on Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:19:00 PST

Republican convention

I watched the Republican convention last night, and I was pretty dissapointed.  One person after another took the stage to pull out an old Republican standby---"it's the media's fault." This is ...
Posted by andy cole on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 06:22:00 PST

8 month hangover

Three years ago today, I came home from Iraq...on my son's 14th birhday...he's 17 today...Happy Birthday son... I love you. I slept off a 36 hour jet lag, and an 8 month George Bush power trip hangove...
Posted by andy cole on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:31:00 PST