tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post113318741333566006..comments2023-08-10T05:24:20.775-04:00Comments on Razing the Bar: We Can't Make It Here AnymoreAndy Whitmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133409553768541502005-11-30T22:59:00.000-05:002005-11-30T22:59:00.000-05:00Fred,Please tell me Nancy didn't buy the iPod on '...Fred,<BR/><BR/>Please tell me Nancy didn't buy the iPod on 'Buy Nothing Day.' <BR/><BR/>Just kidding.<BR/><BR/>What kind did you get?John McCollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757876504958350010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133361692296863912005-11-30T09:41:00.000-05:002005-11-30T09:41:00.000-05:00Karen, I think it's great, too. Every Thanksgivin...Karen, I think it's great, too. Every Thanksgiving 35 of us from Kate's extended family -- four generations now -- get together at a bunch of cabins at Old Man's Cave State Park and eat, drink, hike, and talk our way through the holidays. And rock 'n roll. <BR/><BR/>It's a wonderful time. Amazingly enough, everybody gets along. Well, it's really even better than that, I think. Everybody genuinely enjoys one another's company. It's chaos, but the best kind of chaos. And yes, I know that doesn't happen in many families, and I'm very thankful for it.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133360561094619722005-11-30T09:22:00.000-05:002005-11-30T09:22:00.000-05:00i think it's great that your brother-in-law and yo...i think it's great that your brother-in-law and you get along so well. that you have stuff in common. i don't think that happens all that often. :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03873045531201669483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133304193445115052005-11-29T17:43:00.000-05:002005-11-29T17:43:00.000-05:00Bill, the album was sitting in the mailbox when I ...Bill, the album was sitting in the mailbox when I arrived home from Thanksgiving, waiting for me to write my Paste review, which I did after a couple short listens because the deadline was pressing. <BR/><BR/>I wish I liked James McMurtry better as a singer. The review in a nutshell: great songs, pretty good band, not-so-great singer. There are many vocalists who are less than stellar in popular music, but even old gargle-with-Drano himself, Bob Dylan, is still idiosyncratic enough in his phrasing for me to overlook the obvious deficiencies. But McMurtry is just sort of blah. I think I can sing as well as he does, and that's not a compliment. But I really, really like the songs, particularly the one I quoted.Andy Whitmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010130934552315074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133273039198193062005-11-29T09:03:00.000-05:002005-11-29T09:03:00.000-05:00Andy, I'm glad someone besides me liked that CD. ...Andy, I'm glad someone besides me liked that CD. I think that song is outstanding, even though, as you know, the rational economic side of me rebels at some of the thoughts expressed. The raw emotion reaches that populist side of me that I'm always pleasantly surprised to see hasn't left.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad you made me aware of your blog, so that I don't have to wait to see you or to get the next Paste magazine to find out what's on your mind, musically and otherwise.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9991864.post-1133191337751853422005-11-28T10:22:00.000-05:002005-11-28T10:22:00.000-05:00That's beautiful. Thanks for posting it.That's beautiful. Thanks for posting it.John McCollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14757876504958350010noreply@blogger.com