YouTube and Me

Sometimes when I'm just watching a random string of videos on YouTube on the living room TV something catches my attention... That's what happened with Trout and Coffee. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJc4pVXpmo0XfM5bv7ZZOcfK6wOJrbB5 I am not sure what it was that pulled me in to these videos... it could have been the story... or the narration... or just the beauty of the video... but…

Lunchtime Blues

We were running into Manville to get some BBQ when suddenly I had a flat. There is nothing like changing a flat tire on the hottest day of the year so far... But the BBQ was good. And Discount Tires was empty when I pulled in... So in and out was 30 minutes. I wish I could say I had…

Mercy Now – Boy George

https://youtu.be/yS3pCCEah7A?t=438 I never would have believed it... But this is a pretty good cover of Mary Gauthier's Mercy Now. Mary had this to say about it... Boy George sang "Mercy Now" for Rolling Stone and I cried. His understanding of the song and his ability to truly SING it...wow! Honest to goodness, he nailed it! Also, his eye shadow is simply THE BEST. Have a…

The Soundtrack of the Summer of ’71

During the summer of 1971 I was living with my grandparents. First in Orchard, Tx then i'm McMullen County on "The Ranch". I just had a flashback memory of driving down caliche roads, white dust flying behind the pickup truck with the Eagles on the radio out of San Antonio... This was the song I remember most from those trips..…