tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:34:21 +0000http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/ejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)Blogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-8184656605947537326Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:20:00 +00002009-11-18T15:35:27.526-06:00Avett BrothershousekeepingFayetteville FlyererrataThanks to the folks at The Fayetteville Flyer for adding this blog to the Flyer Blogfolio. If you wander here from over there, please drop me a note. I'm still messing around with the format, and since I can't find a way to caption it I'll jsut tell you here that the picture at the top of the page is Windy Austin and Jojo Thompson playing the same piano at the Library Club, around 1988. The http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanks-fayetteville-flyer.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-1654588378377867317Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:25:00 +00002009-11-18T14:41:04.565-06:00Southern MusicFayetteville MusicPeace and Justice Centerlive musicblue Boy Orlis and the stompersHi FolksSince the recordings from the last two weeks were from Orlis' archive, I decided to put up some of his music this week. This is called Same Old Man, and it's the song I always want to use when I introduce the Stompers to people. it was the the first song we recorded when we set up the four track at the Peace & Justice Center in 1993. It was January of 1993 in fact, and listening to it http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-music-friday-blue-boy-orlis.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-8754430519420268277Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:30:00 +00002009-10-10T01:35:39.355-05:00Fayettevillethe Library Clublive musicKiwiKiwi, at the Library Club 1981. The song is a full-on, over the top cover of "I am The Walrus" by two (three?) musicians, an excerpt from a sociomusical relic, a cassette recording called Kiwi's Last Stand. Lead singer Tommy Elskes is still playing in Texas (*update, no, the google is telling me something about Colorado and now New Orleans...) He's put out a couple of albums and there are http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/10/free-music-friday-kiwi-at-library-club.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-2930056897597830483Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:04:00 +00002009-10-02T11:36:16.949-05:00Alright folks,I'm going to start putting songs up here, and I think I figured out how. I'm hoping to generate some conversations about the music that I'm listening to, mostly related to my project on Northwest Arkansas. So let me know what you think. Here's a test: It's Jojo Thompson, playing at his own birthday party at the American Legion Hall in Fayetteville, Arkansas, sometime in the late http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/10/test-jojo-thompson-in-cybersapce.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-3748117553308316644Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:16:00 +00002009-09-14T15:41:45.293-05:00RIPmemoryMusic videoswhen I met my friend Billy in 1985 he had a cassette tape of the Jim Carroll Band playing this song, "It's Too Late" on Fridays. he'd recorded it by holding his cassette player up to the TV speaker. That cassette was/is like a holy relic to us, or at least to me and I think to him. Despite what some might think, it isn't any less so because can go fetch the audio and video from all three songshttp://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/09/when-i-met-my-friend-billy-in-1985-he.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-5928666590616430652Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:11:00 +00002009-08-23T23:20:46.288-05:00North Mississippi All StarsJim dickinsonRIPlive musicMemphisI was searching out blog remembrances of Jim Dickinson, when I came across this. It's from Mary Lindsay Dickinson via Robert Gordon via Paul Duane via Joe Nick Patoski:"People have been asking me what they could do to help us. I didn't know what to say until yesterday when I woke up with Jim's voice in my head, saying as he often did, "I am never insulted by money." This fits into Cody and http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/08/keeping-zebra-ranch-going.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-8748585371810281636Sun, 16 Aug 2009 05:12:00 +00002009-08-16T01:52:11.491-05:00(L-R: Lee Baker, Jim Dickinson, Sid Selvidge, Jimmy Crosthwait, photo by William Eggleston)The first time I heard the album Dixie Fried and really heard it was late at night in the Record Exchange in the Boardwalk at the top of Dickson street. Subsequently, every time I listen to something from the body of work that flows back to Jim Dickinson, it's with the awareness that I'm in danger of http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/08/im-just-dead-im-not-gone.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-7691804323966251070Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:44:00 +00002009-08-08T22:53:31.294-05:00Mike Seeger has passed. I'm not the one to tell you about him though. There are a couple of good remembrances here and here.http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/08/rip-mike-seeger.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-6947736566293407450Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:41:00 +00002009-08-01T16:50:38.558-05:001980sTouringlive musicThe BandPostersCate BrothersDiscuss.http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-post.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-2950838776198956200Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:57:00 +00002009-06-17T15:04:20.932-05:00Southern MusicBuddy HayesRonnie HawkinsOzark IdentityFayetteville Historyspout springmemoryRockwood ClubCate BrothersThe Fayetteville Flyer reports on a meeting of the Fayetteville Forward Historic and Heritage Resources Group, led by local preservationist and past pro-sound ordinance/anti local music crusader Paula Marinoni, and asks "What are some of the historic places in Fayetteville that need to be preserved? What are our traditions? What are some of the things that you’d consider Fayetteville heritage?"http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/06/buddy-hayes-park.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-5508564747652639615Thu, 29 Jan 2009 04:51:00 +00002009-01-28T23:14:38.787-06:00Well, unlike Stuart Hall, who, according to Kembrew speaks in eerily complete sentences dense with complex and well reasoned thought even during supposedly normal conversation, I do give a damn about popular culture. But not enough to post about it very often here these days. I do have thoughts brewing, like how to pay tribute at the passing of the very top of the order of my favorite rock http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/01/well-unlike-stuart-hall-who-according.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-4710682444863728560Wed, 14 Jan 2009 04:56:00 +00002009-01-13T22:57:15.488-06:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/01/normal-0-false-false-false.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-4014041800195190105Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:57:00 +00002009-07-24T23:45:18.558-05:00dissertationcapital60scivil rights50sconsumerismWhat is up with the boomers’ tense relationship with property rights, and their love/lust dynamic regarding consumerism/freedom? There is a tremendous distrust of the republic and a commensurate flight into the private sector, a kind of religious (in the dogmatic, scared sense) of the innate evil and unjust nature of taxation. It’s very passionate, and the sense of hurt is real. The suspicion http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2009/01/what-is-up.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-7370929375096626892Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:43:00 +00002008-11-16T12:52:40.125-06:00I'm sure that you know what the red & blue are, guess what the black dots represent? find the answers at Strange Maps. Yes, they're going on the blogroll. Oh, and I'm also adding a link to Lost Tulsahttp://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/11/interesting.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-8712470270764696473Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:50:00 +00002008-11-05T00:33:44.534-06:00What Arkansawyer said...And: Well, I don't have much to say. I did love watching all of those people dance to "Sweet Home Chicago" and "You're Love Is Lifting Me Higher" at Grant Park before the speech. Nice speech too, great use of quotes, compact and powerful. It's crazy the way this moment activates and recasts the history of the last 40 or so years. Happy Democracy everybody!http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/11/what-arkansawyer-said.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-9133599339956898659Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:43:00 +00002008-11-03T23:45:25.280-06:00http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/11/vote.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-3744495978983362280Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:21:00 +00002008-10-27T00:28:23.364-05:00found on Edge of the American West. yes, they're on the sidebar. NO, I am not going to write anything new. Yes, I will post something besides a video from somewhere else in Al gore's interwebs sometime soon.See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Diehttp://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/found-on-edge-of-american-west.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-8096705229127806675Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +00002008-10-18T18:40:17.403-05:00Music videosCate BrothersOk, so since i've brought the Cate Brothers up a few times here, I thought I'd post these videos that I found on Youtube. The first one is from an AETN performance. it's the newest lineup of the band, but the song,"Start All Over Again" is an oldie. There's a version on one of the two Cates Gang albums, from 1970, and another one on the second Asylum album, In One Eye and Out The Other in 1976http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/cates-on-video.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-6551029380513587286Fri, 17 Oct 2008 23:32:00 +00002008-10-17T18:41:05.840-05:00RIPlive music1960smotownthe four topsWe're saying goodbye to a powerful, unique voice. As I recall, the Motown staff had trouble finding songs for the Four Tops because Levi Stubbs' voice was in a lower range than most of their lead singers. Well, they found one, and this was it:and then this one:there's more, go find 'em yourself.http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/rip-levi-stubbs.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-5489060346646719450Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:02:00 +00002008-10-15T16:02:39.624-05:00http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/blog-post.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-2576053205052484407Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:19:00 +00002008-10-09T15:31:53.927-05:00Ok, while googling for my own site as I moved that last post from the laptop to an office computer due to shitty wireless, I found a blog called..."Radio Free Lunch." What's especially weird is that the name of this (my) blog is actually a deeply idiosyncratic dual reference to:1. Camper Van Beethoven's first album, and 2. a friend of mine's long ago rant about some folks who took a student http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/this-is-weird.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-7110895791858007613Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:17:00 +00002008-10-09T15:19:32.059-05:00dissertationthe Southlive musicmemoryBrundageSorry for the long absence from this site. There's plenty on my mind, but no particular thing floating to the top that I want to blog about. so, instead, I want to share something that I read (again) today that's driving what I'm hoping to do: “We should not take for granted, then, the inevitability of the contemporary southern landscape, dense with invocations of the past. The historical South http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/10/social-history-of-remembering-in-south.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-6059856677883378133Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:57:00 +00002008-08-18T15:10:35.903-05:00kidsarkensawyerNot for me, but for Littles, who moves up to a new house in the same daycare operation. She's going to school earlier now, which is great for her (since she loves her teachers and her toddler friends who moved up with her) and great for my writing, but a little sad too because i'm sure going to miss that extra morning time that i've been lucky enough to have with her. I don't normally post http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/1st-day-of-school.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-5455862122191210312Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:52:00 +00002008-08-14T15:08:06.576-05:00dissertationFayettevilleCate BrothersMuch to my wife's chagrin, I've been listening to the Cate Brothers almost nonstop for the past two weeks. Actually, both she and the daughter let me play a greatest hits compilation that I made from the 70s major label albums almost all the way through dinner the other day. The daughter finally called for "Grover music" just as the record approached 1979's uneven Fire On the Tracks, but until http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/notes-on-cate-brothers.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6069465143211575817.post-904131973964071062Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:28:00 +00002008-08-13T16:22:30.026-05:00Saturday night we (Urk, Mrs. Urk, & the Little Toddler Sweetheart) went out to see a concert. It was a multi-band show put on by the Iowa Friends of Old Time Music at the Englert Theatre. it was a pretty great time. Opener Stones in the Field played polite versions of traditional irish songs, which is great if you like this sort of thing. I liked the variety of intruments that they brought http://noradiofreelunch.blogspot.com/2008/08/pre-school-mosh-pit.htmlejohnsonious@gmail.com (Urk)0