"Last night was the sold-out, full-capacity, fuck-that’s-a-lot-of-people, Willie Nelson show at Liberty Hall. It was a pretty intimate show for such a well-known act. Liberty Hall holds right at about 1,000 people, and there’s really not a bad seat in the house. This may account for the nearly $70 ticket..."

"“A preachment, dear friend, you are about to receive on John Barleycorn nicotine and the temptations of Eve…” - The Hombres - Let It All Hang Out Really, you never know who you’re going to meet up with out there. Six or so weeks ago, while in Jackson, MS, I..."

""There are no acceptable limits and there are no acceptable prejudices in the 21st century."Well put, Hill.  Here's hoping John McCain has similarly wonderful stuff scattered throughout his concession speech.But this line...  "If we could blast fifty women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the White House."  Um, *splat*? ..."

"In 1975, my dad brought home Tom Waits’ Nighthawks At The Diner LP. Now, I was just a sprog, but I immediately recognized there was something that made that record different from the old man’s usual diet of Bruce Springsteen, Kris Kristofferson and Billy Joel. For starters, Mom forbade him..."

"When I saw the Magnetic Fields (twice) in San Francisco, I had a nice chat with their great merch people. After a while I asked if they knew if there were any plans to release Distortion on vinyl. They told me that Stephin was actually talking with Merge about getting..."