June 2009
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When Clare sent me this link to a story about the new world record for people dressed as Smurfs, I assumed it was done by Americans. Way to go, Swansea! Nice to know we’re not the only people goofy enough to do this sort of thing. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Mister Frog seems to think it’s his. (Click for larger version.) Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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That’s Bob Dylan’s paradoxical yet perfect description of Roscoe Holcomb’s sound. You keep thinking his phrasing can’t possibly work, that the song is about to fall apart completely (the vocal, anyway—the guitar or banjo is always steady as a rock) but somehow he pulls it together and it works. Here’s “Darlin’ Corey,” which is sort…
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On Dauphin Street this morning, I noticed this bumper sticker on a white Ford F-150 truck with a tool box: PRACTICE RANDOM KINDNESS AND SENSELESS ACTS OF BEAUTY You remember that fad from a few years back, I’m sure. Not exactly the sort of touchie-feelie sentiment you expect to see on an F-150 with a…
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I read this book some years ago (at least twenty-five) and it made a big impression on me. I’ve recently finished reading it for the second time, and it made an even bigger impression, but I’m a little less confident that I fully understand it. No, say rather I’m confident that I did not fully…
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