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It’s never as bad as you think it’s going to be.
No part of our trip, from our pre-dawn departure from Sweden in blowing snow to our pre-dawn walk on the beach 32 hours later, was a lot of fun. Neither was it the disaster that it could have been when we got of the ground […]

 

 Wilco - "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" [6:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Bob: It gets a whole lot more complicated when you have kids.
Charlotte: It’s scary.
Bob: The most terrifying day of your life is the day the first one is born.
Charlotte: Nobody ever tells you that.
Bob: Your life, as you know it… is gone. Never to return. But they learn how to walk, and they learn how […]

 

 The Jesus & Mary Chain - "Just Like Honey" [3:00m]: 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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“I was dreaming of a steel guitar engagement
When you drink my health in scented jasmine tea
You knifed me in my dirty filthy basement
With that jaded faded junky nurse
Oh, what pleasant company…”
-The Rolling Stones - “Let It Bleed”*
I’ve not got a lot of great photos of Sweden to share with you today because, if the truth […]

 

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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 […]

 

 Steve Earle - "The Galway Girl" [3:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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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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“I appreciate your courtesy, your well earned politesse
But you got yourself into your own mess
You know the demons in the design
A good idea at the time…”
-OK Go - “A Good Idea At The Time”
Well, Great Interview Week began with self-indulgent navel gazing and thus it shall end. Hopefully the bits in between have made the […]

 

 OK Go - "A Good Idea At The Time" [3:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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