Twisted Acres

Sounds like you & Al had a regular hoot, Jen... glad everything went flawlessly, and I'm really glad you sucked it up and got on those scary rides. Double the thrill! Welcome home, the best is yet to come.

Thanks so much, guys, it was a fantastic 40th. Patti surprised me with a huge party last weekend (which I thought was a private party gig, talk about pulling the wool over my eyes), lots of extended family there and a boatload of good friends, and one of my favorite bands from NYC played the party... so we danced all night long. Spent much of my actual 40th mowing the lawn up at the Acreage and strolling the streets of Cooperstown with my girl. No murals planned, Jen... congrats and many, many years of wedded bliss to you sweetie! Donna, the cake was marvelous, and the champagne was bliss!

Vinyl arrived yesterday, corners a bit dinged up (but the box wasn't, so I guess they bounce-pass them to each other when preparing shipments), and I promptly threw it into a frame. I'll play it when I get a record player!

A Short Reprise for Mary Todd - Sufjan Stevens American Mary - The National Bells of St. Mary's - The Drifters Bloody Mary Morning - Willie Nelson Cousin Mary - John Coltrane Dev'lish Mary - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Lawdy Miss Mary - Chuck Willis Mary - Scissor Sisters Mary Ann - Ray Charles Mary Had a Little Lamb - Fletcher Henderson Mary is Fine - Clarence Brown Mary Jane - Rick James Mary Jane's Last Dance - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Mary Jo - The Four Blazes Mary Lee - The Rainbows Mary Lou - Roy Newman Mary Provost - Nick Lowe Mary, Mary Lou - Sam Cooke Mary's Little Lam

Canada Vs. America - Broken Social Scene "slip"

U2 - Boy The Police - Outlandos d'Amour Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? Sly & the Family Stone - A Whole New Thing

Celebrate like crazy, Jen... Patti and I will be there in spirit!

Enjoy it, compadre!

James, you cad... welcome home!

lotta words with "lie" inside of 'em, I'll stick to when the actual word appears: Beauty Lies in the Eye - Sonic Youth Believe Me Baby (I Lied) - Trisha Yearwood Big Lie Small World - Sting Could You Lie - Alison Krauss Don't Lie to Me - Big Star Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Aretha Franklin Don't Play That Song (You Lied) - Ben E. King Don't You Lie to Me - B.B. King Don't You Lie to Me - Tampa Red How Much I've Lied - Gram Parsons I Believe She's Lying - Jon Brion I Could Have Lied - Red Hot Chili Peppers I Told Myself a Lie - Clyde McPhatter I'll Lie Myself to Sleep - Shelby Lynne I'm

All Aboard the Soul Funky Train - The J.B.'s Another Train Coming - Kim Weston Back Up Train - Al Green Big Train - Booker T. & the MG's Can't Stop a Train - the Derailers Car Train - Jazz Jury Coal-Train Robberies - Elvis Costells Cool Train - Sam Cooke Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne De Gospel Train - Marian Anderson Death's Black Train is Coming - Rev. J.M. Gates Don't Miss That Train - Joe Liggins & The Honeydrippers Down There By the Train - Johnny Cash Downtown Train - Rod Steward Fast Train - Solomon Burke Freight Train - Elizabeth Cotten Freight Train - Merle Travis and Joe Maphis

A Single Woman - Nina Simone And the Angels Sing - Benny Goodman And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles Are You Single? - Aurra Aretha, Sing One for Me - George Jackson As Long As I'm Singin' - Brian Setzer Orchestra Break Down and Sing - Henry Lumpkin "The Station You Sing Along To" Jingle - WCBS-FM, NYC The Grass (Will Sing For You) - Lonnie Youngblood I Got a Right to Sing the Blues - Sam Cooke I Want to Sing That Rock 'n Roll - Gillian Welch If My Heart Could Sing - Marvin Gaye Inward Singing - Tenacious D Joe the Singing Janitor - Junior Brown Jolly Mon Sing - Jimmy Buffett Just a-Picking a

Blue in Green - Miles Davis Crystalline Green - Goldfrapp Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You - Wilson Pickett Elder Green Blues - Charley Patton Forty Shades of Green - Johnny Cash Girl from Ipanema Goes to Greenland - B-52s The Grave on the Green Hillside - Carter Family Green and Gray - Nickel Creek Green Earrings - Steely Dan Green Eggs and Ham - Dylan Hears a Who Green Eyes - Coldplay Green Fingers (Ten Thumbs) - Stewart Copeland Green Flower Street - Donald Fagen Green Gloves - The National Green Love - Kraig Jarret Johnson Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs Green Pastures - Emmylou Ha

I think it was the Eurodisco sensibility and use of synths to create nearly every sound on "I Feel Love" that made them choose it... they could have just as quickly put "Rock the Boat" by Hues Corporation if they wanted to.

That was f'ing hysterical. *smell black rose* "When does your album come out?" *smell black rose again*

twas a grand, mighty place indeed... saw Nels w/Carla there, and Jon Brion (thank you Heidi)

As another person who does a boatload of image manipulation for magazines, I can say with confidence that every single photograph you see in any major magazine has had a minimum of 5 minutes of retouching done to it.

Yes, that was very "One Life to Live"-ish, wasn't it? And the kissing going on at CTU... it's a soap opera now. The shark has been jumped.

rock it, Dave! So glad you're performing as often as you are. The world needs to hear these songs!

Where have you gone, O Mighty Complete Game?

terrific story... I've always loved Mike Scott, and "The Whole of the Moon" will always be in my Top 50.

attaboy Tom! Your extended VC family is very very proud of you!

what about Yacht Rock?

Hey Michele, great to see you 'round here... hope you're getting some rest with those little ones running around. My recommendation is that M. Ward LP, Post-War, it's mighty fine. Oh, and that wonderful release by James Hunter, People Gonna Talk. -mart

I TOLD YOU HE'S REAL, MAUDIE!!!