MITT'S JFK MOMENT
In his recent speech addressing his faith Mitt Romney struck some very nice notes in talking about tolerance and the role of religion in public life but he excluded even a throwaway reference to people of no faith, and that can't have been an accident. Perhaps he's more focused at this point on Iowa Republican voters than the general election, but it was a significant omission.
(WASHINGTON POST)
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Friday, December 07, 2007
LIFE ON THE BLUE DOT
Our friends Christian Grizzard and Corky Hughes of THE ELECTRIC EXPERIMENT have released their debut recording. Co-produced by 4-time Grammy winner Trina Shoemaker, LIFE ON THE BLUE DOT consists of 14 original songs and features other special guests we love: Jimmy and Donna Hall (Wet Willie), Jack Pearson (The Allman Brothers Band), The McCrary Sisters (Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Elvis), Guthrie Trapp (The Jerry Douglas Band), Lisa Mills (Big Brother and the Holding Co.), John Milham (Grayson Capps, Kung Fu Mama), Rick Chancey (Hank Williams Jr., Wet Willie), Justin Amaral (Junior Brown, Bee Speed), Stan Foster (Rollin' in the Hay), and Rob Thorworth (Gravy).
Our friends Christian Grizzard and Corky Hughes of THE ELECTRIC EXPERIMENT have released their debut recording. Co-produced by 4-time Grammy winner Trina Shoemaker, LIFE ON THE BLUE DOT consists of 14 original songs and features other special guests we love: Jimmy and Donna Hall (Wet Willie), Jack Pearson (The Allman Brothers Band), The McCrary Sisters (Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Elvis), Guthrie Trapp (The Jerry Douglas Band), Lisa Mills (Big Brother and the Holding Co.), John Milham (Grayson Capps, Kung Fu Mama), Rick Chancey (Hank Williams Jr., Wet Willie), Justin Amaral (Junior Brown, Bee Speed), Stan Foster (Rollin' in the Hay), and Rob Thorworth (Gravy).
Monday, December 03, 2007
THE ROAD TO HERE FROM THERE
"We need to take a picture of that," Carlos said, jolting me out of my interstate auto pilot daze. "Of what?" I didn't have a clue. "That trailer with the outdoor scene on it." I was still lost. The teenager pointed out the irony of the doublewide - right there in the midst of what looked like a moonscape that is the enormous Spanish Fort mall construction site. On its side was a glorious pastoral scene for the mall store that would soon be housed there. "Doesn't anyone see the contradiction?" he said. "They've destroyed that beautiful site to make an outdoors store." I was proud of him on several levels - for seeing it, for caring about it, for educating me - and we talked about the issue of development and progress and a little bit about the history of the area. I told him about THIS PIECE THAT I HAD WRITTEN for the Azalea City News & Review back in 1979 when they were building Jubilee Mall, how I would enjoy driving down the road into the country, especially the little untouched intersection near the Malbis Church where a Lowe's and a Sam's now stand.
"We need to take a picture of that," Carlos said, jolting me out of my interstate auto pilot daze. "Of what?" I didn't have a clue. "That trailer with the outdoor scene on it." I was still lost. The teenager pointed out the irony of the doublewide - right there in the midst of what looked like a moonscape that is the enormous Spanish Fort mall construction site. On its side was a glorious pastoral scene for the mall store that would soon be housed there. "Doesn't anyone see the contradiction?" he said. "They've destroyed that beautiful site to make an outdoors store." I was proud of him on several levels - for seeing it, for caring about it, for educating me - and we talked about the issue of development and progress and a little bit about the history of the area. I told him about THIS PIECE THAT I HAD WRITTEN for the Azalea City News & Review back in 1979 when they were building Jubilee Mall, how I would enjoy driving down the road into the country, especially the little untouched intersection near the Malbis Church where a Lowe's and a Sam's now stand.
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