I saw Brad Paisley in concert last night with my friend owldolatrous, and it was awesome. Momo and I saw Brad Paisley at the Stagecoach festival in Coachella in April, too, and that was a slightly better show, but seriously. Brad Paisley is the reason to listen to anything coming out of Nashville these days. His lyrics are clever, the music is sophisticated ( Read more... )

Most of y'all know I grew up part of my childhood in Nashville, Tennessee. Yes, that Nashville, Music City, home of ASCAP and BMI, home of the Grand Ole Opry and the country music recording industry. So you might expect me to know something about country music. But I was a snooty kid. I loved classical, I loved rock, especially classic rock, I ( Read more... )

PeaceBang posted a little story about a Christmas ham past, and said she thought there ought to be a country western song about it. ( I thought I'd give it a shot. )

Friday was a long day. ( Five hours at the dentist, many errands, thoughts about new teeth, etc. )