Archive for July, 2006

I’ve Seen the Future of American Roots Music »

Over on the ThirtyWhat and Eleventh Hour blogs, they’ve been commenting on what is better and worse about Springfield circa 2006. The most obvious decline in quality of life, I chimed in last week, was the inability to procure locally one of Truett Cathy’s savory chicken sandwiches. On the positive side, I attempted to be [...]

Come Back to the Five & Dime, Foster Brooks, Foster Brooks »

(This is satire.)
It’s good to see that Springfield’s own Pinky is back in town after a stint in rehabilitation following the March tornadoes. The beloved pink elephant, of which Pinky is one, has delighted us for almost a century by parodying the whimsical side of chronic alcoholism and is an important icon in our post-temperate [...]

I was drinking when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray* »

Today’s the fourth of Julyanother June has gone byand when they light up our town I just thinkwhat a waste of gunpowder and sky

Not exactly George M. Cohan, and if you’ve ever heard the song that contains these lyrics, you know that it isn’t the type of tune that will have the kids marching across [...]