Ink Lake

The Statue Of Liberty is NOT Kaput

Went down to the Promenade. Windy, but otherwise, business as usual.

Blown Over And Over-Blown

Local damage seemed confined to this beautiful tree on Hicks Street, and the house across the street.  

 

A Diamond In The Coal

I wanted to note with no small amount of sadness, the closing of Banjo Jim’s, my favorite place to catch music in all of New York. All of everywhere, actually.

A tiny place, with an unpretentious owner, and its patrons likewise, EV Grieve has some great notes on the passing of a wonderful, special place.

Here are Laura Cantrell, Trip Henderson, and Diane Stockwell from the great 2008 Loretta Lynn tribute show.

 

The Carter Family tribute, Amy Allison, the Y’All Stars, and more. I saw some of the best gigs of my life there, but truth be told, I never understood how the place made money (or if it ever did), but Banjo Lisa provided an amazing place, that will be missed. Thank you.

Here are some pics taken by Ahron R. Foster.

Liz Tormes

 

Boo Reiner of the Demoltion String Band, and Fiona McBain of Ollabelle.

More of Ahron’s photos here.

How Many Different Ways Are You Gonna Find To Call Me Dumb?

In 2002, the West Wing presciently anticipated a Rick Perry-type candidate in the guise of a Florida governor, played by James Brolin.

 

And the Obama campaign is right — Perry is the guy you want to be running against.

 

Home Run

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Happy Birthday, Ronnie Spector!

Here’s her vocal for “Walking In The Rain”, isolated so you can hear only her.

Her New York-accented vibrato is in full-effect, and all it took was this one take.

Below’s the full-production, by her soon-to-be husband, genius/nightmare Phil Spector.

Glad you got out. Glad you survived. Happy birthday, Ronnie!