From loneliness to deliverance?

I hate it here
When you're gone

Wilco - Hate It Here


the path to redemption...

I'm going to view the host in white
Who travel both day and night
Comin' up from every nation
On the way to the Great Carnation

Aretha Franklin - How I Got Over


Am I saying that Jesus delivered me? No, no, probably not. Not even the liberal Jesus (Howard Dean?) did that. Mostly there's reason to hope again.

My love's growing stronger

Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)

There's Something Happening Here

Tonight's movie was supposedly the best film of 2009, The Hurt Locker, although it was actually made in 2008. It got me thinking: what's the best war-related song of all time? I think "For What It's Worth" has a pretty strong argument. It's so clichéd, I know, so how about a bunch of a different takes on it? Sure, why not!

Lou Rawls - For What It's Worth


Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 - For What It's Worth


The Staples Singers - For What It's Worth (Low Quality)


...and of course, the original:
Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth

Sweet Jane

It's a great song by the Velvet Underground, but a smoky female voice, like Margo Timmins's, more than does it justice.

Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane

Get Back

Time to get back to where I once belonged, quite possibly... the country. Or at least get back to maintaining this blog.

The Beatles - Get Back


Neil Young - Get Back to the Country