I once hung out with Dr. Bronner's grandson and his former college roommate. Roommate was extolling the virtue of using an entire bottle of peppermint soap for a shower, but young Bronner thought that was excessive.
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I once hung out with Dr. Bronner's grandson and his former college roommate. Roommate was extolling the virtue of using an entire bottle of peppermint soap for a shower, but young Bronner thought that was excessive.
Went right, I heard?
This is awesome. I’m posting it to my desolate feed so I can find it easily when I need a pick me up.
This is brilliant.
RIP Gene Espy. On my AT Thru Hike in 1998 I got to spend an evening with Gene and Earl Shaffer at The Cabin in East Andover, Maine. Earl played some songs on the guitar, and then turned it over to me. I picked while they told early trail stories. A treasured memory. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...
This guy outside my office has a subwoofer on top of a small shopping cart. Not sure where he’s headed, but it’s going to be bumpin!
Heard recently of a fourth grader telling a classmate on the playground “if you touch that, you have to be gay with tr*mp.” Kid took it deadly serious, went to great lengths to avoid physical contact, and thought it scandalous when rulesetter touched the object in question.
Whom amongst us wouldn’t run through a wall for Marcus Freeman? #cfb
Mandatory pumping stations for all cfb coaches, now!
From the sounds of it, WV is well represented in cincy tonight.
In Cincinnati this weekend to visit kid #2, and my wife surprised me with belated birthday visits from my brother & sil and cousin and her husband. Damn glad to see everyone, but not a huge fan of surprises.
This kid’s dad once sucker punched me squarely in the face when he was drunk at a high school party. I’m conflicted when his kid is up against duke.
Tom Clancy’s “Dracula”
TIL the correct response to the spousal query “do you want me to read the ai summary about car tires?” Is most definitely not “out loud?”
I was the “bartender” at a party my parents had when I was 12. I didn’t know any better when someone asked for a cup filled with wild turkey.
Yer darn tootin’
We’re a FRESH RADIOACTIVE SHRIMP HOUSEHOLD!
I just had some. Solid grain.
I know, man.
You’re watching the wrong match. Richy just scored a ridiculous overhead goal.
Play some pigpen era tunes. Turn on Your Lovelight, Good Morning Little Schoolgirl, Hard to Handle etc. Those might be more up your alley than the classic noodly dead that scores of cover bands continue to imitate.
He cut Clapton to the bone. I think they dubbed some stuff after the show, but that ass kicking feels real.
Not sure how it will help the birth rate, but I guess we have to try.
Only a Northern Song
You’re a sick fuck, Gurt. I mean this in the most respectful sense.
The only lamentable thing about that establishment’s demise is those biscuits.
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Yea! Season 2 of ‘Cocaine and Rhinestones’ already laid out loads of stories, not to mention the long allegorical intros to each episode.
I’m sure they’ll wreck it eventually, but if you add -ai to your search it gives you regular search results without the ai summaries.
My 22 year old is going to see CVB with me in September. He got their music burned into his psyche at a young age.
Is that… a gator skin case?
I met a dog named Indiana Johnson today, so my Independence Day is a success.
Nice spot to paddle. What state am I in? #USA
True story-tonight I saw a rotating billboard that went from cannabis dispensary to kidz bop. I believe this vision is possible.
Rockin in the Free World isn’t one of Neil’s better tunes, even though I agree with the basic sentiment.
Goddamn, Neil Young still sounds great. Live from Glastonbury on bbc 2 now.
Packed my stuff for a week trip and sat down to play a few tunes. Just as I finished singing Lonesome Suze, a firefly appears in my living room. Richard Manuel was an incredible talent. Even fireflies want to hear me sing his songs.
They had Kip Knueppel at the ready and didn’t use it? Poor Kid.
Not sure I’ve heard Conway Twitty’s version, but I believe it.
My wife echoes this sentiment every year about this time.
Somehow Sonny Bono’s fatal skiiing accident came up at a family gathering last night. I may have made a terrible joke about a song title the tree quoted after their collision, but you had to be there.
Important personal update: my wife just asked me to do “a dad thing”. That thing was disposing of a dead bunny that one of our asshole cats left on the porch.
I half assed repaired a 30+ year old lawnmower. It works, but that cable isn’t supposed to be like that.
Nice track list here. The yazoo releases have pretty thorough notes.
Dancing with Mr Brownstone?
I’ve avoided Jeff Buckley for decades, mainly due to a college roommate incessantly playing his version of “Hallelujah “ after his passing. Dude had some serious pipes. I may have to give him another chance.
Masterful typo, sir.
I finally succumbed to microsoft’s incessant push for me to use copilot ai. After some flogging and corrections, it successfully did what would have been a tedious task. If I hadn’t known what I needed and trusted the first results, they would have been disastrously wrong.
I’ll take three.
Sorry. Kid is pursuing it professionally, so I’ll be going to nutcracker for the foreseeable future.
I don’t want to jinx it, but I may have attended my last dance recital. AMA.
No way. Had to be the five year old.
PSA- listening to Slippin’ and Slidin’ on a 78, even with improper stylus and a mid stereo, makes the “lossless” version of Little Richard that comes out of your airpods seem impossibly tame.
Being ambulatory has the added benefit of quickly getting out of unwanted interactions.
That’s a solid drummer.
The he drums kicked in as he crested the hill and he just kept going.
I recommend not finding out. And it’s 18 minutes long?
A friend of ours described it as ‘painfully mediocre’, but we got some moments on tape. It was all just a lark that grew legs for a bit.
I rank them as somewhat overrated, but not worthy of the hate they get. Years ago I fronted a jokey band called PLUGGGG. People said my vocals sounded like a cross between Jim Morrison and Glenn Danzig. plugggg.bandcamp.com/album/plugggg
It kinda slaps. As R&B as Frank gets. He basically rips a solo over a soul music bed and doesn’t do any weird Zappa stuff til the very end. I understand the aversion, but click it and see.
the weashel
Once watched this film in college with a guy on a bad acid trip. In retrospect, we should have known it wasn’t going to calm him down.
When my oldest got onto two wheels, he rode the greenway to our town’s ‘poop plant’. He was expecting something with foliage, and was quite disappointed.
'Fight for Your Right to Party' came on as I clicked post. Not sure where it ranks with the others, but that's the top 3 blackest tracks I've heard at the Y since January 20th. I've got my own sounds in my ears, but I'm wired so music can't ever really fade into the background like it does for some
About four months ago the Y where I work out changed the music to a far more caucasian persuasion, not sure what prompted it. I’ve registered a few complaints, but the blackest tune I’ve heard since is either Phil Collins and Phillip Bailey’s ‘Easy Lover’ or Grateful Dead’s ‘Easy Wind’.
This is the tip everyone needs. I prefer to use other searches, but this makes google results much more useful.
Once Steely Dan got a mention, the coke was the logical next step.
The sharks with the jets. I don’t hate it.
Great recollection. We showed it to our older son when he turned seven, and let his four year old brother watch. Little bro was pumped, bragged about it to people on the street, and walked around humming the imperial death march for months afterwards.
Right. They were certainly a gateway band for me. The varied influences have become more evident over time. I’ll check out that pod and hope not to end up back down the rabbit hole.
I think of deadheads as people who barely recognize that any other music exists. A buddy once had someone claim Memphis Jug Band ‘On the Road Again’ from the 1920s was a dead ripoff. Uhh
I’m listening to radio stream. Sounds like a cracker. How’s Ray’s energy level without his little Argentinian muse?
Can I interest you in the NPR radio drama?
Observing the legendary Blind Willie McTell’s 127th birthday with a bit of Dyin Crapshooters Blues, from his excellent 1949 Atlantic LP “Atlanta 12 String”.
And the smallest sincere gesture means infinitely more than most of us can comprehend.
Just had nice brunch with wife and younger son. Guitarist at spot was a very good jazz fingerpicker, but kept playing soulless blues tunes. At least he played well enough that I was moderately entertained, but not moved in the slightest.
When I was hiking the AT I had this on cassette. Loaned it to a friend once who was having a bad day. This very tune brought her to tears, the emotional kind you need on a crappy trail day. She and I are married now.
Spinning a $1 copy of “Red Headed Stranger“. Released 50 years ago today. A few crackles, but still glad I parted with a dollar for it in 2009.
It’s a put on.
Good choice. Whiskey River for the show, Time Slips Away for the radio.
Those little rests can help out in a seven game series. And the corporate partner activations really add tremendous value.
Leads the association in playoff review minutes to determine if his shot grazed the rim.
Ja be coming home for lunch these days.
All asses matter!
Maybe if I tell him I saw SINNERS this afternoon it will change his mind?
Five year old next door asked me how church was today; told him I hadn’t gone. “You don’t worship god?” Not sure he was satisfied with my answer.
Went to DMV to get Real ID. They wouldn't accept my hospital issue birth certificate with the footprints on it. Fortunately a former employee of mine works there, and she got me hooked up with a birth cert. reissue so I could complete the damn thing. Rarely feel like a VIP there, but I did today.
But who has the power to penetrate that rubicon?
Then you’re stuck. I hope it turns out acceptably and you don’t ruin any clothing.
Only if you already did coat one.
That’s a significant cultural deficit that should be remedied. You may even think it’s some cheesy ass shit when it kicks off, but ol’ Conway will have you eating out his hand by the chorus.
Retroactive ivy status? I can think of some classmates who’d covet the mere suggestion.
Also, the hit makers behind “In a Big Country“, the band Big Country, would like a word.
An old timer with a sentient trick knee is also a good alternative.
And he increases the lethality of the gesture weapon by exactly one.
It can’t be denied.
I can’t imagine many worse service industry jobs than working at a dmv starbucks.
Quoting favorite signs from hands off rally?
Aww bummer. How was the show?