On July 12, 2009 I was standing in a field in Dublin. In the distance a band was up on the stage. They just played their main set, and returned for an encore. Halfway during the first song of that encore, a big, big man with a saxophone stepped forward to do his bit. I [...]
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Gimme Some Words I Can Live By
December 3, 2009 – 19:50
Okay, so I’ve done this one before. Only this time I didn’t need no website to find some quotes. If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything. Mark Twain, from a 1894 notebook. You are not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else, and [...]
Point Blank
November 17, 2009 – 20:58
I’m an album person. As in, I usually listen to albums from beginning to end. They’re in that order for a reason, right? Yesterday, Bruce Springsteen’s The River came up on my mp3-player. Which is one of the few Springsteen albums that doesn’t work for me. And not in a Human Touch/Lucky Town/Ghost of Tom [...]
…and for my sixtieth birthday…
September 23, 2009 – 22:39
Some people say that if a song holds up when it’s played on just an acoustic guitar, it’s a good song. I guess that “Dancing in the Dark” is one hell of a song then. Uni and her Ukelele — Dancing in the Dark Happy birthday, mr. Springsteen.
41 Shots? Get out!
August 2, 2009 – 17:04
On July 12th, 2009, Bruce Springsteen & his mighty fine E Street Band performed the song American Skin (41 Shots) for the first time since October 2003, and for the very first time outside of the US. It was one of my highlights from that show. Last night I noticed a recording of that show, [...]
