Brief thoughts on some of my new tunes

Sat, 9 May 2009

Johnny McEnroe did not always have an easy time of it. “Don’t Cry Daddy” was his young son’s request–more than once.

As the famous race car driver Parnelli Jones circled Daytona at 185 he was trouble—he didn’t want to break the girl’s heart. How could he tell her he was no longer in love?

What went through the mind of your grandfather as his Liberator smashed Germany with it’s bombs—his brother in some camp in Poland? The people who were dying below?

Thinking back to 2006

Sat, 18 Apr 2009

Living 400 yards from the ACL festival, all I wanted was some quiet- trying to sleep with four pillows over my head-my friend barged in and practically dragged me in my stupor to an ocean of people–still believing I was dreaming I looked up and saw a man in a clear plastic ball being handed over a throng of freaky Austinites.

It was the Flaming Lips concert–with Aliens–Finishing with the Tightest Tom Petty I had ever heard-The rain soaked us down–Tangerine came from that concert.