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Happy belated, Pschauwn!
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Oops. Haiku belated, Matt! happy is he who sits beside the tree of life strumming his guitar
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The Annual Thanksgiving Give-Thanks-Here Thread
j4lackey replied to gogo's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
I'm thankful for the good people I have met through VC (and the bad), for my wife and sons, our old dog and our new cat. I'm grateful that for the first time in 8 years, I don't have to wake up every morning thinking I'm living in BizarroLand. I'm grateful that black children, ALL children, can look up to the highest office in the land and see that the sky is the limit. I'm grateful for hope, and how it spreads. I'm grateful for the fun and friendships I have made over the past year by connecting my art with poets, musicians, dancers and dreamers. I'm thankful that art and community are really -
Go to poetry readings. Or coffeehouses where weirdos hang out. Eavesdrop. Play the bongos for an hour. Make up a chord no one's ever heard before. Google the absurd. Write about the thing that pisses you off the most in the world, then invert the feeling. Smell lots of things. Remember.
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Nice! If I had money, I would give it to him. Please keep us updated on his project.
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VC Book Club: The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
j4lackey replied to gogo's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
I just finished it, too, and figured I'd be behind in the discussion. Get crackin', people! -
Robert Scheider lives here. It was in the Round Barn (octoganal, actually) on a warm night (Jeff Mangum's birthday) at the Red Mile harness racing track, in the round, two eclectic looking drum sets butted up to each other in the middle of the barn, a large loop of instruments (banjos, saws, basses, amps, a seven-foot metranome) encircling them, people 12 deep surrounding them, a handful of us hanging over the railing right above them, changing out instruments, singers and players almost constantly, showed a few quirky movies here and there, the horns were warm and magnificent, some experiment
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The latest Ryan Adams thread
j4lackey replied to Duck-Billed Catechist's topic in Someone Else's Song
I heard he's got writer's block, so he's letting that one dude from ABBA write his lyrics. -
Happy Birthday!
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ABANDONED MINE IMPERILS HOME OF EX-LEGISLATOR By John Cheves jcheves@herald-leader.com An abandoned coal mine is causing an Eastern Kentucky hillside to slide slowly onto the home of former state Rep. Howard Cornett, R-Whitesburg, who championed coal companies in the legislature. The "continual flow" of water from the abandoned mine has saturated Cornett's yard and the foundation of his home, according to Steve Hohmann, director of the Division of Abandoned Mine Lands. Parts of the hill are sliding down, putting the house at risk. Long a defender of coal companies' interests, Cornett l
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VC Book Club: The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
j4lackey replied to gogo's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Got the book. Am going to start reading in 5 minutes. Asleep probably in 10. I am just beat to death.... -
VC Book Club: The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
j4lackey replied to gogo's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
I'm gonna go get this book tonight! -
Isn't it time for a new election thread?!
j4lackey replied to remphish1's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Well put, sir. -
It looked real. I think it was real. No you don't.
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Keenan is one of those people who can say anything and it's funny. And that was a hilarious delivery. I coulda watched him do that a little longer.
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Happy Birthday, E! Hope it's a real good time!
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The like, newest new election thread
j4lackey replied to Good Old Neon's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Dana Carvey-Will Ferrell: What coulda been -
The like, newest new election thread
j4lackey replied to Good Old Neon's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
Not to get too political, but I was just talking about you with some friends last night! When you coming back through KY? -
The like, newest new election thread
j4lackey replied to Good Old Neon's topic in Tongue-Tied Lightning
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The latest Ryan Adams thread
j4lackey replied to Duck-Billed Catechist's topic in Someone Else's Song
I bet this was worth the trip there all by itself. And I bet a good time was had by all! And I bet I forgot to take a photo of the crew with my stupid camera I hauled around all night! -
I thought about you the other day when I was walking downtown.
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Van Morrison Astral Weeks live in Hollywood
j4lackey replied to remphish1's topic in Someone Else's Song
Wow, a lot of Van hate here. I would give a lot to see this. I wish I had a lot. -
Happy Belated!
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Happy Birthday, Jules! Hope it's a good one. See you in the Spring?