In the Light (1990 Remaster)

The magic commences at 4:13, energized by noneother than John Bonham.

Ten Years Gone (1990 Remaster)

Like Spinning Plates (Live)

The Beths - "Expert In A Dying Field" (Official)

The Smile - We Don't Know What Tomorrow Brings (Live at Primavera, June ...

The Smile - Bodies Laughing (Live at Primavera, June 2022)

Pictures from the Compound

The milkweed quickly adapted to being brought down by the elements by reassembling its leaves in order to maximize photosynthesis despite its handicap. The swallowtail seen here is displaying its amazing undercarriage for me.

Dreamer composer Roger Hodgson, co-founder of Supertramp, w Orchestra

Knoxville Blues - Hackensaw Boys

To Love a Woman

To really love a woman you must pay a great toll in all liklihood for that initial joy. The "glory of the flower." Because it will not likely last. That fact, though, when weighed against the absolutely overwhelming intoxication of new love, is all but lost completely. Until, that is, it finally becomes time to pay up.

This is a picture of me when I'm in love with a woman. I'm fully invested in matters of heat and heart. But then comes the wind and change brought on by our conflicting breezes, and the once fierce love becomes a longing to retro-fit, knowing well that it won't. So then comes sadness. There's never been a better word for it. It can't kill you unless you either let it or do it yourself.

TV On The Radio - Happy Idiot

Perfect.

Zero 7 - Swing

God what a song.

Grant Lee Buffalo - Bethlehem Steel

It's 4:20

Time to play, "Do You Know Who the Fuck You Are?"

I've a Dove in my Chimney

It is singing to me, which echoes into the house like a microphone. Beautiful and unexpected. What a gift from the earth. She's telling me to stay put.

Friends -- Led Zeppelin (Thank you)

During times like these, true friends are fundamentally important in getting back on one's feet. To those few, Thank you.

Home Base Pics

Warning

Beware of anyone who brings a bonesaw to your interrogation.

Caleb Meyer - Gillian Welch & David Rawlings

The ballad of a rape and immediate, sweet revenge.

Gillian Welch - The Way It Goes

Big Thief - “Not” (Live at The Bunker Studio)

Adrianne Lenker and Buck Meek (aka, Joey Santiago, Jr.), masterfully wear a guitar duet out toward the end of this intense chunk of alternative rock.

You're Dead

Appalachian American Ennui: José González - Head On (Official Music Video)

Appalachian American Ennui: José González - Head On (Official Music Video)

Sleeping on the Blacktop

Riddle Of The Universe - To the Memory of Pete McGuire, the Philosopher of the South Central Appalachians

Some of the most clever lyrics in contemporary music. This song is easily great.

Freedom From Religion Foundation Publication of May 2012 (Paul Whetstone, Attorney versus Judge Jay Taylor)

‘9 Commandments’ judge loses robe FFRF started fighting a proposed Ten Commandments display and the judge pushing it in July 2010 at the Hawkins County Justice Center in Rogersville, Tenn. It was a pet project of Juvenile Judge James “Jay” Taylor, whose personal website was plastered with piety. As it turns out, all that piety blew up horrendously in his face after FFRF took an interest in the case. The Knoxville News Sentinel reported that Taylor agreed to resign May 1 in an agreement with the Tennessee Court of Judiciary, which charged him with taking $9,000 from clients for personal gain. “He is a charlatan, and his charlatanry is about to come to an end,” said Morristown lawyer Paul Whetstone, who represents two clients who have filed civil suits. The Court of the Judiciary earlier sanctioned Taylor for lobbying the County Commission to support the “Foundations of American Law and Government” display and fundraising for it. A county committee had approved the display, heavily weighted with religious elements, including the Ten Commandments, all obviously meant to show that America is a Christian nation. Besides the constitutional violations, as FFRF noted in a follow-up complaint, shouldn’t a decalogue that’s supposed to be historical at least have ten commandments? Taylor’s proposed plaque listed only nine (omitting adultery — hmm — see below), and mixed up the Roman numeral XI for IX. Local media neglected to pick up on the errors, which Taylor corrected after FFRF’s letter pointed them out. The display, which has never been put up, also contained numerous historical inaccuracies. A petition for discipline filed in February by the Board of Personal Responsibility alleged Taylor used about $6,000 of display donations for his personal use. Taylor is also the subject of a $3 million lawsuit by a former employee alleging he violated her civil rights, made “unwelcome and unwanted” sexual advances and unlawfully fired her.