"As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord." - Otis Redding, born this day in 1941.
"Real success is not being on the cover of a magazine; it's knowing that you've done, and enjoyed doing, what you set out to do." - Chrissie Hynde, born this day in 1951.
As of tomorrow, year one of Vinyl Me, D weirdness is in the books. Was able to send 45 records to new, loving homes. It was fun. I'm gonna do it again........with a twist. Last year, I chose 3 winners, and they got the complete haul for the year. This go 'round, I'm changing it up to make it...
As of tomorrow, year one of Vinyl Me, D weirdness is in the books. Was able to send 45 records to new, loving homes. It was fun. I'm gonna do it again........with a twist. Last year, I chose 3 winners, and they got the complete haul for the year. This go 'round, I'm changing it up to make it...
"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness." - Tom Waits
"What do I think the future of rock ‘n’ roll music is? What’s being played in a garage band today. The whole joy of rock ‘n’ roll music was anybody could play it if they wanted to. But the ’60s fouled that whole thing up. Everybody decided to get good and they pursued virtuosity. The thing that ruined music was virtuosity – competence – as an end in itself." - Sterling Morrison.
A couple more days to take a crack at this and possibly win some free stuff before the reveal. Even coming in late, you've got as good a chance as anybody....
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. Land really is the best art." - Andy Warhol, born this day in 1929.
"Seems to me, it aint the world that's so bad but what we're doin' to it. And all I'm saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love baby, love. That's the secret..." - Louis Armstrong. born this day in 1901.
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
Three years pass, defenses are relaxed, security loosens, complacency sets in, entrances go unchecked, guards take untimely naps and just like that your resident weird uncle manages to slip back into the AOTM thread for another eccentric installment. I had so much fun with the first one. It's...
"Rastafari means to live in nature, to see the Creator in the wind, sea and storm. Other religions pointed to the sky, and while we were looking in the sky, they dug up all the gold and diamonds and went away with them." - Jimmy Cliff, born this day in 1944.
"When it came time to hire a guitar player ... I didn't even have to think about it ... Mike Bloomfield was the best guitar player I'd ever heard." - Bob Dylan on Michael Bloomfield, born this day in 1943.
"Everybody has a different guess about what was thrown off the bridge—flowers, a ring, even a baby. Anyone can think what they want but the real message of the song, if there must be a message, revolves around the nonchalant way the family talks about the suicide. They sit there eating their peas and apple pie and talking, without even realizing that Billie Joe’s girlfriend is sitting at the table." - Bobbie Gentry
"There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody." - Carlos Santana, born this day in 1947.