Tagged: country
Sunday Spins Part 2: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2
Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol 2 is not a double-LP like Vol 1, and it has been pared down in scope, but it still slaps.
Saturday Spins Part 1: Sturgill Simpson’s Cuttin’ Grass Vol. 1
20 tracks of reinvented Sturgill Simpson and Sunday Valley songs, because Sturgill Simpson is a bit of a cosmic gift to country music.
Saturday Spins: The Notting Hillbillies
What is so different about the Notting Hillbillies is that Mark Knopfler eschewed front man status, and opted for a more background role.
Saturday Spins: John Prine’s Common Sense
It’s unfortunate that we lost John Prine this year. He is up there on my singer-songwriter Mt. Rushmore with Dylan, Petty, et. al.
Saturday Spins: Sturgill Simpson
Sound & Fury is decidedly not a country album in any way. That is what makes it and Sturgill so great.This is also where the divisiveness sets in…
And Just Like That, Billy Ray Cyrus is Cool Again
Wonder what the proverb for living long enough for Billy Ray Cyrus to be cool again is…
Jonah Goldberg’s Very Small Penis : How One NRO Correspondent Plans to Kill Your Children, Eat Your Puppies & Sodomize Your Kittens
I should probably start off by saying that as far as I know Jonah Goldberg has a fine and average sized (or bigger!) penis, and that to my knowledge he has never advocated any...
I Wanna Catch That Fireball Mail…
It’s not quite Friday night, but Earl Scruggs, one of this country’s musical greats, deserves it.
Timothy Sandefur at PLF
My friend Timothy Sandefur just happens to be one of the country’s leading libertarian public-interest attorneys. He’s doing some great work explaining and commenting on the Obamacare case at the Pacific Legal Foundation’s blog....
We also lay on guard for thee
Don’t look now, but Ontario just legalized prostitution, sweeping aside the country’s anti-prostitution laws. No word yet about whether Canadian prostitutes take Canadian Tire money.
Portlandia in Portland, The Enders Game in South Carolina, and Why I Prefer Living In A Nation Over a Confederacy
There are few things on television today that are as beloved by we denizens of the Rose City as IFC’s Portlandia. While I believe that quite a few people in other parts of the...
“What’chu talking ’bout, Willis?”
When I was growing up there was a period when the above phrase was uttered by everyone, all the time. I’ve seen similar things happen to, among others, “Show me the money!,” “Time to...
The Importance of Farm Subsidies
It’s almost that time of year. Farmers around the country are buying seed and other supplies, getting their equipment in working order. Last year was a boom year for agriculture and this year is...
Retroactive Table of Contents: March 2 to March 9
It was a somewhat tumultuous week here at the League of Ordinary Nerds. After this, let us never speak of it again. Story of the Week: Limbaughpalooza 2012 Tod was shocked by Limbaugh’s apology...
Helping Our Neighbors
I was going to work on post about hunting dogs tonight but I keep thinking about something I saw at church this morning. There is an image that I can’t get out of my...
Thursday Morning Jukebox
I know, it breaks from the Friday Night mold a bit, but I am feeling particularly musical this morning, and not terribly political, and beyond that this leaves room for someone else to post...
