= This is the final post on the Old Blue Bus. =A New Year is upon us. The fresh calendar on the wall holds promise for a better year. Here on the Bus, the new year brings a long awaited change. In the coming weeks we will be moving to our new homestead. Our new home and acreage is located on a hilltop, surrounded by hardwood forest and just a quarter mile off the paved road. Several acres are ...
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"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate." - Thomas Jefferson Woody Guthrie - This Land Is Your Land.mp3 Phil Ochs - Power And The Glory.mp3 John McCutcheon - Our Flag Was Still There.mp3
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Young ghosts and ghouls will be making the rounds from door to door tonight seeking sweet rewards for their frightful efforts. Once again, it is time for telling ghost stories around a flickering campfire or visiting the local mega-plex to be scarred senseless by Hollywood's latest slasher movie sequel. When our children were young my wife would accompany the little goblins on their quest f...
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Young ghosts and ghouls will be making the rounds from door to door tonight seeking sweet rewards for their frightful efforts. Once again, it is time for telling ghost stories around a flickering campfire or visiting the local mega-plex to be scarred senseless by Hollywood's latest slasher movie sequel.When our children were young my wife would accompany the little goblins on their quest for su...
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Because of the trouble caused by the recent trojan attack on the server here, I've really fallen behind in posting new releases that have arrived at the Bus. I will be trying to catch up over the next few weeks. Photo: Kate Chapple I got a note from Franc Cinelli of Goodtimes Goodtimes several weeks ago. He wants everyone to know he is working on a new album and starting a new tour. He's sen...
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From the beginning, the bend in the mighty Mississippi river known as New Orleans has been a place of trade and inter-cultural exchange. The Zydepunks take this intermingling of cultures to an extreme. The Zydepunks are "New Orleans' favorite Cajun Irish Breton Klezmer Slavic Zydeco Punk band." Eve Venema and Juan Kuffner met while street-performing in the French Quarter with a clown on a u...
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From the beginning, the bend in the mighty Mississippi river known as New Orleans has been a place of trade and inter-cultural exchange. The Zydepunks take this intermingling of cultures to an extreme. The Zydepunks are "New Orleans' favorite Cajun Irish Breton Klezmer Slavic Zydeco Punk band."Eve Venema and Juan Kuffner met while street-performing in the French Quarter with a clown on a unicyc...
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photo by Sandlin Gaither Ashville, North Carolina's Mad Tea Party is the out-of-the-ordinary combination of a fresh blend of musical styles and under-appreciated instruments. Ami Worthen (vocals, ukulele, guitar) and Jason Krekel (vocals, guitar, fiddle, foot drums) conspire to creat the upbeat music they describe as a blend of Uke-abilly, Retro-Pop, and Rock 'n' Roll. With less than one mon...
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"Somewhere between Spicewood TX and Franklin TN lies the mythical state of Texasee" proclaims Luke Powers. Musically, Texasee lies somewhere between Austin and Nashville, down some dusty road.Once again Luke Powers has crafted a CD of story songs meant to provoke thought and wonder at alternative possibilities. Those alternative possibilities are central to the unique vision of our world as se...
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I'm happy to report that the restoration of my infected hard drive was (nearly) a complete success. I haven't done a complete inventory yet, but it appears that only a small number of audio files were lost. Fortunately, the ones I have found so far that were unrecoverable were made from records in my personal collection and can be duplicated. All of my photographs and personal files were r...
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The server on the Bus has been infested with a tenacious virus leaving me unable to post. I have spent many hours trying to exterminate this bug with no success. The only option remaining is to wipe the drives and start fresh. Unfortunately, many files important to me have been lost, including a large collection of music, all photographs, and all email received in the past two weeks.Most of the...
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Beer stained floorboards, trailer parks, prostitutes, and hard luck are the world of Grayson Capps. His hard driving blend of Southern soul, country blues, and back country stomp was dubbed “Rott ‘N’ Roll” by his fans in New Orleans and is the title of his fourth album.Grayson Capps is an articulate and insightful writer. A poet-laureate of the underclass. Born and raised in south Alabama,
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Eight years ago, George W. Bush was nominated as the GOP's candidate for president of the United States. Here are some excerpts from his acceptance speech at the 2000 Republican National Convention."This is a remarkable moment in the life of our nation. Never has the promise of prosperity been so vivid…America has a strong economy and a surplus. .. We will strengthen Social Security and Medicar.
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Rae Spoon is a transgender folk/indie singer/songwriter from Calgary, Alberta who describes his own brand of music as “cowboy-folk that’s armed to the teeth with punk rock attitude."Rae Spoon made his entrance into the music world at the age of twenty as one of the world’s only transgender (born female, now identifies as male) country singers. Spoon has toured Canada, Europe, Australia and t
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Johnny Flynn is a Shakespearean actor turned modern troubadour. The music is a blending of American and English folk traditions with the polish of pop.YouTube Video: Johnny Flynn - “The Box”For more information and three streaming songs from A Larum, see his interview on NPR’s “All things Considered” here.Johnny Flynn will be bringing his troubadour stylings to North American audiences f
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The music of Bob Dylan provided the soundtrack for an entire generation. Tell Tale Signs is the 8th installment in the best-selling and critically lauded Bootleg Series which launched 1991. This two CD boxed set will be released by Columbia Records on Tuesday, October 7 and will also be available as a limited edition four LP boxed set. Both box sets include a 60 page booklet with rare photos, e...
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This third release from Jim Boggia may well be the consummate power-pop record I have ever heard. Granted, I do not normally listen to pop, much less feature it here on the Bus. But the proficiency with which Boggia presents his craft crosses the musical walls that many of us erect. To be sure Misadventures in Stereo is filled with the smooth harmonies and emotion-grabbing hooks that define the...
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This fall is shaping up to be a great festival season. Thanks to all who wrote to let me know of festivals that I had neglected to include in the Fall Festival List. Our friend and frequent rider, John, reminded us of the Fox Valley Festival. Although I missed the festival, John took some great photos, check them out (link is in the comments to the original post.) Looks like a great time.A very...
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This fall is shaping up to be a great festival season. Thanks to all who wrote to let me know of festivals that I had neglected to include in the Fall Festival List. Our friend and frequent rider, John, reminded us of the Fox Valley Festival. Although I missed the festival, John took some great photos, check them out (link is in the comments to the original post.) Looks like a great time.A very...
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With Labor/Labour Day weekend just a few short days away, it's time to plan your visits to a few of the splendid Fall festivals. Labor Day may be the symbolic end of the summer vacation season, but it also ushers in the much awaited Fall festival season. The days will soon be cooler and just right for sprawling out on a blanket in the grass and enjoying some good food and drink and some gr...
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