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About Me

Words from the Wise

"I'm built for comfort; I ain't built for speed." - Howlin' Wolf

"I'll put my foot in yo ass." - T Model Ford

"Avalon, my home town. Always on my mind." - Mississippi John Hurt

"She ain't crazy...she's just funny that way." - Rev. Gary Davis

"The earth has music for those who listen." - William Shakespeare

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but morally treasonable to the American public." - President Theodore Roosevelt

â€œWe must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.â€ - Charles Darwin

My Interests

Coffee

Renewable Energy Sources

Protecting Our Planet's Open Spaces

I'd like to meet:

President Jimmy Carter

Senator Barack Obama

Senator Obama's Announcement!!!

Jon Stewart

Pat Robertson

(I gotta see him leg press 2000 lbs after drinking his Jesus Juice!!!)

Music:

Click pictures for more information on each artist.

Click links for videos of the selected songs.

Please feel free to send me a Message if any of the links are bad. Videos are often removed within a few weeks of posting, but I try to keep my site updated as much as time allows.

Clarence Ashley

#1.'The Cuckoo'

Dock Boggs

#1. 'Country Blues'

#2. 'I Hope I Live a Few More Days'

#3. 'Pretty Polly'

Son House

#1. 'Levee Camp Blues'

#2. 'Sometimes I Wish'

#3. 'Death Letter Blues'

#4. 'Forever My Mind'

#5. 'John the Revelator'

Reverend Gary Davis

#1. 'Children of Zion'

#2. 'Oh Glory, How Happy I Am'

#3. 'Candy Man'

Mance Lipscomb

#1. 'Jack of Diamonds'

#2. 'So Different Blues'

#3. 'Baby Please Don't Go'

#4. 'You've Got to See Your Mama Every Night'

#5. 'Ella Speed'

#6. 'Sugar Babe'

#7. 'Goin Down Slow'

#8. 'Night Time Is the Right Time'

#9. 'Ain't It Hard?'

#10. 'Motherless Children'

#11. 'Can I Do Something For You?'

Mississippi Fred McDowell

#1. 'Goin Down to the River'

#2. 'John Henry'

#3. 'My Babe'

#4. 'Shake Em On Down'

Mississippi John Hurt

#1. 'Lonesome Valley Blues'

#2. 'Spike Driver Blues'

Big Bill Broonzy

#1. 'Worried Man Blues'

#2. 'Low Light and Blue Smoke'

#3. 'Guitar Shuffle'

Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry

#1. 'Backwater Blues'

#2. 'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes'

#3. 'Cornbread, Peas and Black Molasses'

#4. 'Sun Gonna Shine In My Backdoor Someday'

#5. 'Born and Livin with the Blues'

#6. 'Stranger's Blues'

#7. 'Burnt Child (Afraid of Fire)'

#8. 'Gonna Move Across the River'

#9. 'Hootin' the Blues & When the Saints Go Marchin' In'

#10. 'Easy Rider'

Big Joe Williams

#1. 'Highway 49'

#2. 'Sloppy Drunk'

#3. 'Another Man Done Gone'

#4. 'Low Down Dirty Shame'

#5. 'Baby Please Don't Go'

#6. 'She Left Me a Mule to Ride'

Howlin' Wolf

#1. 'I'll Be Back Someday'

#2. 'Shake for Me'

#3. 'Howlin' for My Darlin'

#4. 'Howlin Wolf Story'

#5. 'How Many Years'

#6. 'Love Me Darlin'

R.L. Burnside

#1. 'Rollin' and Tumblin'

#2. 'Jumper on the Line'

#3. 'Poor Black Mattie'

#4. 'Long Haired Doney'

#5. 'Poor Boy Long Ways From Home'

#6. 'When My First Wife Left Me'

#7. 'Just Like a Woman'

#8. 'Telephone Blues'

#9. 'Suzanna'

#10. 'Jumper On the Line (v.2)'

#11. 'Come On In'

T-Model Ford

#1. 'Chickenhead Man'

#2. 'Sara's Kitchen and Sunflower Festival'

Bob Dylan

#1. 'Man of Constant Sorrow'

#2. 'With God On Our Side'

#3. 'Subterranean Homesick Blues'

#4. 'Blowin' in the Wind'

#5. 'Ballad of Hollis Brown'

#6. 'The Lonesome Death of Hattie Caroll'

#7. 'Mr. Tambourine Man'

#8. 'Only a Pawn in Their Game'

#9. 'When the Ship Comes In'

#10. 'Just Like a Woman'

#11. 'Like a Rolling Stone'

#12. 'Hurricane'

Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash

#1. 'Girl from the North Country'

#2. 'One Too Many Mornings (1000 Miles Apart)'

The Beatles

#1. 'Get Back'

#2. 'Don't Let Me Down'

#3. 'Revolution'

#4. 'Yesterday'

#5. 'Hey Jude'

#6. 'Hey Bulldog'

#6. 'Let it Be'

Compay Segundo

#1. 'Chan Chan'

#2. 'El Camison de Pepa'

Townes Van Zandt

#1. 'Waitin Around to Die'

#2. 'Concert Footage'

#3. 'Pancho and Lefty'

#4. 'Snowin' on Raton'

#5. 'Racin in the Streets'

#6. 'If I Needed You'

#7. 'Pancho and Lefty (v.2)'

Uncle Tupelo

#1. 'Graveyard Shift and Factory Belt'

#2. 'Gun'

#3. 'Looking For a Way Out'

#4. 'Still Be Around'

#5. 'Chickamauga'

Wilco

#1. 'Radio Cure'

#2. 'Jesus, Etc. (Tonight Show)'

#3. 'Jesus, etc. (MTV Video)'

#4. 'Jesus, etc. (Lollapalooza 2006)'

#5. 'Hummingbird (Letterman)'

#6. 'Forget the Flowers'

#7. 'Handshake Drugs'

#8. 'I'm the Man Who Loves You'

#9. 'Airline to Heaven'

#10. 'At Least That's What You Said'

#11. 'Wishful Thinking'

#12. 'Heavy Metal Drummer'

#13. 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart'

#14. 'Box Full of Letters'

#15. 'I Must Be High'

#16. 'Casino Queen'

#17. 'Monday'

#18. 'Outtasite(Outta Mind)'

#19. 'War on War'

#20. 'James Alley Blues'

Jeff Tweedy

#1. 'Sunken Treasure'

#2. 'Sunken Treasure (v.2)'

#3. 'The Thanks I Get'

#4. 'Theologians'

#5. 'Acuff Rose'

Son Volt

#1. 'Afterglow 61'

#2. 'Catching On'

#3. 'Windfall'

#4. 'Chickamauga'

#5. 'Medication'

#6. 'Drown'

Jay Farrar

#1. 'Rex's Blues (w/Kelly Willis)'

#2. 'Highways and Cigarettes'

#3. 'Mercy'

The Bottle Rockets

#1. 'Indianapolis'

#2. 'Nancy Sinatra'

#3. 'Alone In Bad Company'

#4. 'I'll Be Coming Around'

#5. 'Mountain to Climb'

#6. 'Get Down River'

Golden Smog

#1. 'Please Tell My Brother'

#2. 'Frying Pan Eyes'

Jesse Irwin

#1. 'My Eyes Rest Easy'

Robbie Fulks

#1. 'Cigarette State'

#2. 'Cigarette State (v.2)'

#3. 'Goodbye Cruel Girl'

#4. 'Goodbye Cruel Girl (v.2)'

#5. 'Scrapple'

#6. 'Georgia Hard'

#7. 'Each Night I Try'

#8. 'Live at Club Cafe (Pitt, PA)'

Scott H. Biram

#1. 'Hit the Road'

#2. 'Plow You Under'

#3. 'Pastures of Plenty'

#4. 'Ain't It a Shame'

#5. 'Fixin' to Die/Dazed and Confused'

#6. 'Cocaine Blues'

#7. 'Sunset Tavern (Seattle, WA)'

#8. 'Blue Moon Saloon (Lafayette, LA)'

#9. 'Blue Moon Saloon- pt.2 (Lafayette, LA)'

Gillian Welch

#1. 'Time (The Revelator)'

#2. 'Annabelle'

#3. 'Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor'

#4. 'The Weight'

#5. 'Look at Miss Ohio'

#6. 'Queen Jane Approximately'

#7. 'To Be Young'

#8. 'Elvis Presley Blues'

#10. 'I Want to Sing that Rock n' Roll'

#10. 'I Want to Sing that Rock n' Roll (v.2)'

#11. 'I'll Fly Away'

#12. 'I'm Going to Jackson'

#13. 'Hickory Wind'

Mumblin' Deaf Ro

#1. 'Every Now and Then She Gets a Moment'

The Jayhawks

#1. 'Waiting for the Sun'

#2. 'Blue'

#3. 'Blue (v.2)'

#4. 'Save it for a Rainy Day (v.1)'

#5. 'Save it for a Rainy Day (v.2)'

#6. 'Baltimore Sun'

#7. 'Take Me With You'

Gary Louris

#1. 'Rainy Day'

#2. 'Every Word (v.1)'

#3. 'Every Word (v.2)'

Movies:

"Be Here To Love Me: A Film About Townes Van Zandt"

"Shut Up and Sing"

"Cheat You Fair: The Story of Maxwell Street"

"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan"

Television:

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Big Love, Rome, Real Time with Bill Maher, Grey's Anatomy, Top Chef, The Colbert Report, Da Ali G Show, Friday Night Lights, The Office.

"Deadwood"

#1.'Opening Credits'

#2.'Full Range of Expression'

"Da Ali G Show"

#1.'Borat: On Job Interviews'

#2.'Borat: In My Country There Is Problem'

"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

#1.'Bush on the Iraq War'

#2.'Sacha Baron Cohen'

"The Office"

#1.'Diversity'

#2.'Cage Match'

Books:

"The Best War Ever: Lies, Damned Lies, and the Mess in Iraq " - John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton

"Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

"Areas of My Expertise: Which Include: matters historical, matters literary, matters cryptozoological, hobo matters, food, drink and cheese (a kind of food), squirrels and lobsters and eels, haircuts, Utopia, what will happen in the future and most other subjects" - John Hodgman

Heroes:

"The Decider"

#1.'The Decider: How It All Started'

#2.'The Decider: Episode 1'

#3.'The Decider: Episode 2'

#4.'The Decider: The Origin of the Decider'

#5.'Cranky Jack Cafferty Calls Out 'The Decider''

My Blog

Iraq War De-escalation Act of 2007 - Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)

..> Dear Friend, Today, we sadly find ourselves at the very point in Iraq I feared most when I opposed giving the President the open-ended authority to wage this war in 2002 an occupation of ...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 08:27:00 PST

"Iraq, Vietnam, And The We-Are-At-War-For-National-Security Argument", by Beverly Darling

Iraq, Vietnam, And The We-Are-At-War-For-National-Security ArgumentArticle by WorldNews.com Correspondent Beverly Darling. Despite the 'fog of war' and debate over 'troop surges,' the U.S. Occupati...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST

"It's Time for Something New", Senator Barack Obama

Dear Friend, If nothing else, the last election proved that politics-by-slogan and poll-tested sound bites aren't going to cut it with the American people anymore, and that's why the real test...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:40:00 PST

Kelpie Wilson: "Where Is the Energy for Freedom?"

Kelpie Wilson: Where Is the Energy for Freedom? Friday, 19 January 2007, 11:17 am Opinion: Kelpie Wilson -->first blockquote gone!--> Where Is the Energy for Freedom? By Kelpie Wilso...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:31:00 PST

"U.S. and Iraqis Are Wrangling Over War Plans" - by John F. Burns, NY Times

January 15, 2007 U.S. and Iraqis Are Wrangling Over War Plans By JOHN F. BURNS This article was reported by John F. Burns, Sabrina Tavernise and Marc Santora, ...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 09:01:00 PST

Future not so bright as warming kicks in (Hong Kong)

Future not so bright as warming kicks in Hong Kong can look forward to overcast skies, incessant smog, balmy nights and fluctuations between flood and drought over the next centur...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:03:00 PST

Poll: Two-thirds of Americans oppose more troops in Iraq

Poll: Two-thirds of Americans oppose more troops in IraqWASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two out of three Americans oppose President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq, a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll relea...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:52:00 PST

"Americas imperial decline" - Martin Jacques: COMMENT

America's imperial declineMartin Jacques: COMMENT10 January 2007 06:00With the abject failure of the American occupation of Iraq, the neoconservative era would appear to be in its death throes. (Photo...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 08:23:00 PST

"Escalation is not the Answer" - Sen. Barack Obama, December 28, 2006

As the New Year approaches, we are told that the President is considering the deployment of tens of thousands of additional troops to Iraq in the desperate hope of subduing the burgeoning civi...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Fri, 29 Dec 2006 05:11:00 PST

Flash! President Bush Says He Reads Papers

December 25, 2006 Flash! President Bush Says He Reads Papers By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Is there hope for newspapers after all? Readers may be abandoning the printed versions, but over the l...
Posted by PJ via Chicago on Wed, 27 Dec 2006 05:55:00 PST