“Townes Van Zandt is the best songwriter in the whole world and I’ll stand on Bob Dylan’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.” -Steve Earle

After listening to Steve’s new album, “Townes”, I would stand on that coffee table in agreement with him and add a few names of my own; like Willie Nelson who even today when he breaks out a new song at a concert never ceases to bring me to tears and Steve Earle himself who had me at “I lost my heart to a Galway girl.”

Tomorrow night I’m seeing Steve Earle live for the first time. I wish my mom was going with me…she has turned out to be my favorite concert companion and never looks at me funny when I cry during my favorite songs.  I can’t wait! It’s out doors at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens!! Woohoo!

“It was epic.”

Cloris Leachman, in her autobiography, about her one-night stand with actor Gene Hackman.

It has come to my attention that people just aren’t enjoying my Feb 20th post entitled White Heat (with puppies) as much as they ought to be. Take the following and go my friends. Go and do it over.

“I’ve been as bad an influence on American literature

as anyone I can think of.”

“Drawing on my fine command of the language, I said nothing.”

I went to a cobbler
To fix a hole in my shoe.
He took one look at my face
And said, “I can fix that hole in you.”

I beg your pardon,
I’m not looking for a cure.
I’ve seen enough of my friends
In the depths of the godsick blues.

-Acid Tongue

Now that Jenny Lewis writes some damn fine country music.  This song was on the end of last night’s episode of Without A Trace,  it reminded me that I had it and I’ve been listening to it on CD through my record player’s weird and wonderful little speakers.  I love the way everything sounds coming out of those things.

“Poetry is the establishment of a metaphorical link between white butterfly wings and the scraps of torn-up love letters.”

-Carl Sandburg, poet

“I was determined to carve out a music of my own.

I didn’t want to copy anybody.”

- Bill Monroe

The man carved out something huge when he invented bluegrass. He’s one of the only people to have gifted the world with an entire genre of music. Check out “Blue Moon of Kentucky”, you might remember Conan O’Brien performing it Elvis style on his show during the WGA strike.

“I want to seize fate by the throat.” – Ludwig van Beethoven

It’s so angry…I love it.

“The eyes are the nipples of the face.”
-Shelley, House Bunny

Just in case you didn’t know.