December 2009

Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper LIVE Part 3

2 December 2009, 12:05
Last Gig At The Mont-Vully

3 December 2009, 14:51

If you’re nearby don’t forget tonight’s last “First Thursday Of The Month” Crawfish Blues Band concert at the Hotel-Restaurant Mont-Vully!

Route du Mont 50, Lugnorre, Fribourg 1789
Starts around 7h45 pm.
Compliments To The Chef!

4 December 2009, 12:28

Last nights concert at the Hotel-Restaurant Mont-Vully turned out to be a lot of fun which was nice considering that when we got there the place was empty and no one had even reserved!

It must be said that it was one of those cold dark wet and dreary evenings that is more inclined to make you stay home, feet up on the chair in front of you, watching anything with movement on the TV while sipping at a glass of single malt; no ice please…
Fiddle And Violin History In American Culture

8 December 2009, 08:35

Last week I went over to Big Blaze’s place to work on a few tunes
Cigar Box Guitar T-Shirts

9 December 2009, 10:27

Sex, Rock ‘n’ Roll!
Kokopelli is a Native American fertility deity who is also the spirit of music and, it must be said, has a marvelous graphic presence and I love letting his influence onto a t-shirt here and there…
Pictures From The 69th.

10 December 2009, 18:30

Saturday’s opening was a bit difficult, probably just a bad moment of the cycles, but still. Years ago, when my family was living in DC. every now and then our parents would drag us kids down to the various museums which was often fun but not always. I hated the medical museum with its jars of innards and pictures of disease, and I loathed the modern art museum with its art covered walls. Strange things happening in those, decapitated heads, warrior brawls, blood spurting… Why would anyone paint stuff like that? …
Nathan James & Ben Hernandez - Kansas City

19 December 2009, 18:54
Hello Winter, Going Ons & Hugging Skeletons (Updated)

21 December 2009, 13:29

Hugging Skeletons

Haven’t had much time to write lately, one reason was getting the old car up to passing inspection level, since it didn’t pass when I took it over to the canton’s automobile department two weeks ago…
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24 December 2009, 10:50
Wooden Washboard From Sierra Leone

29 December 2009, 12:47

A friend recently brought back and gave me this African washboard from a trip to Sierra Leone. As you can see it’s a wooden board with the shape and profile sawed out. It is so rough that I can’t imagine washing cloths with it but perhaps they sand it down before using it or maybe it’s first used for heavy duty stuff and then as the wood gets smother, finer garments. Perhaps…