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Thank goodness for the library! After a week in Aus I’ve found a source for free, reliable, internet. We joined the library at Noarlunga yesterday and I spent an hour in wireless surfing bliss. It would have been more than an hour but apparently there is a download limit that I exceeded fairly rapidly. I […]

 

 Jane's Addiction - "Pigs In Zen": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Someone in this photo has a new toy and it isn’t Zach. So look for the quality of photography here on CDV.com to improve.
But the hero of the day was Dr. O’C and I’ve got to brag a little bit on my special lady friend. She watched a TV program a while back called “Don’t […]

 

 Wilco - "Kamera" (Enhanced EP Version): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“You get your Ph.D.
How happy you will be
When you get a job at Wendy’s
And are honored with employee of the month….”
-Barenaked Ladies - “Never Is Enough”
If just one more person gives me a skeptical, condescending or pitying look when I tell them that we’re moving to Australia without a car or a job or a […]

 

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“Weather man and the crazy chief
One says sun and one says sleet
AM, the FM, the P.M. too
Churning out that boogaloo
Gets you up and gets you out
But how long can you keep it up?”
-The Clash - “The Magnificent Seven”
The fact that we arrived in Sweden yesterday unbruised and still speaking to one another is testament to […]

 

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“Well I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
That’s right, said I think I’m losing my mind this time
This time I’m losing my mind
Yeh, you can’t front on that…”
-The Beastie Boys - “So, What’cha Want?”
The Easter holidays in Britain mean a wonderful four day weekend in the height of Spring. […]

 

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Today on A Free Man: Aussie Rules - No Through Road
“Well, I took a stroll on the old long walk
Of a day -I-ay-I-ay
I met a little girl and we stopped to talk
Of a fine soft day -I-ay-I-ay…”
-Steve Earle - “The Galway Girl”
I should cut Steve Earle some slack. Yes, his last couple of albums […]

 

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This post has nothing to do with Bill O’Reilly or GolfWeek magazine. No, today we’re talking about the wonderful world of advertising. I tend to think of myself a discerning consumer, not easily swayed by Madison Avenue’s efforts. In fact, like most people, I tend to change the channel, leave the room or tune out […]

 

 Blondie - "Heart of Glass": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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For reasons known only to a handful of English dowagers, Mother’s Day (Mothering Sunday) falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent in the British Isles. I suspect that this vacillating date was established both to test British boys’ piety and to confuse the young lads, potentially leading to a full year of maternal guilt.
Zach, with […]

 

 Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys" [2:33m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Dr. O’C pressed “Send” and there was an almost tangible change in the air of our living room - the die was cast for our Antipodean migration. We had just booked Timmins into an Australian dog jail beginning the first week of April. He has made some questionable decisions in his day, haven’t we […]

 

 The Mountain Goats - "Young Caesar 2000" [2:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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“Haul away your rolling king
Heave away, Haul away
Haul away oh hear me sing
We’re bound for South Australia…”
-The Pogues - “South Australia”
Since we moved to Britain in the autumn of 2004 we’ve been trying to figure out where to go from here. Neither of us are British, so we have no ties to the place, but […]

 

 The Pogues - "South Australia" [3:28m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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