Boards on the window, mail by the door, why would anybody leave so quickly for?

Jul 23, 2007 17:02

I do all kinds of neat things, but I'm too busy / lazy to write them all down.  One day I'm going to be sorry.  Here's the quick summary...

1. Levon Helm concert at the Ryman last Wednesday.  Oh Sweet Lord it was amazing.  I'm pretty sure I actually traveled up out of my body a couple of times.  He's had health issues (throat cancer in 2000, lost his voice until 2004), so he hasn't been able to travel outside New York.  This was his first concert at the Ryman and he said it was the best night of his life (actually he said it was the best night of life, but I filled in the blanks as I saw fit).  As Tricia said, it was like music church.  He sang Ophelia, Rag Mama Rag, The Weight, The Shape I'm In...Emmylou came out and sang Evangeline and Rough & Rocky, Sam Bush came out and sang Sittin on Top of the World and played along for some other songs (in case I haven't said it enough, Sam Bush is great.)  Little Sammy Davis came out and played the mouth harp on a few, and at the end those folks I have already mentioned plus John Hiatt, Sheryl Crow (she was in the audience), Ricky Skaggs, Buddy Miller, and probably some others I'm leaving out came on to sing I Shall Be Released.  Pretty freakin awesome.



Levon singing Ophelia



Levon and Emmylou singing Evangeline



All the folks singing I Shall Be Released

2. Roller Derby.  I'm happy to report that we have Roller Derby down here in Nashville / Alabama, so I won't have any withdrawal from watching some seriously tough ladies race around a rink.  I was pretty ecstatic when, during the breaks, these guys came out and did choreographed dancing on skates.  (This was in Huntsville, are any of my Hville friends aware that this roller dancing thing existed there?)  Also someone in a kangaroo suit came out and danced, and I'm pretty sure at that point I was embarrassingly overjoyed.  I mean, a kangaroo on roller skates!  Dancing!  It's just too much.

3. My job.  Still awesome, still lots of hours.  My apartment.  The chemical smell has faded and now it just smells like stale cigarettes.  Which is truly a bummer considering I don't smoke and I hate that smell.  But it's starting to feel like a home.  Just a smelly one.

4. Birmingham.  I visited Biggie this weekend and got to hang out with Sarah G and Mikel some as well.  Yay!  We went to Twist and Shout, which is a dueling piano bar where Dugan's used to be in Five Points.  I always liked Dugan's, so I'm happy they put something there.  I loved the whole sing along piano bar thingy, but it was super crowded and there was just way too much touching for my preference.  My advice is to go early and leave before all the drunken guys arrive.

5. Ryan Adams.  I held out long enough.  I like him now, okay?  I like that new song Two alot, and well, I'm pretty much sold on the rest of the material thanks to NPR's friday afternoon concert series.
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