(or What I Spent My Grocery Money On)
You all know by now my penchant for owning the physical disc. Even when times are hard. I’d love to tell you it’s because my high morals won’t allow me to copy OPD’s (other people’s discs) but, well, I just really like to peel off the wrappers and pop out the pretty inserts and stuff.
And, I do like to cuss the postal system when it’s late, cuss the state of our society because there are no independent music stores – you know, get myself a little worked up. Then, when I finally get my hands on the actual item, I run my fingers over the lyrics booklet, read the dedication and thank yous and all before I listen from track one to the very end.
From the moment I sussed out the info that Steve Earle was releasing "Townes", I knew I’d have to have that one. It’s a forever keeper. And, Guy Clark’s "Sometimes the Song Writes You" was getting multiple rave reviews before I’d ever heard of it, so I internet-ordered that. Kris Kristofferson’s "Closer to the Bone" kept me camped out by the mailbox for a while. Well worth the frostbite, though.
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It’s coming…
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the idea that Cokie Roberts wrote this.
Don’t you just hate it when one person has to ruin it for everybody?
I’m sure it was nothing, probably just a fan who wanted to ask Todd Snider to play a favorite song. Or something.
But she definitely took the wrong approach Friday night at The Sons Of Hermann Hall.
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Dallas, June 29, 2007
The Todd Snider show at the Sons of Hermann Hall in Dallas Thursday night was called off at the last minute when word came that Todd’s flight out of Nashville was cancelled. Damn rain! We arrived early to find the handwritten sign pictured here tacked to the door.
I saw quite a few people leave unhappy but our little group thought, "What the hell? We’re here, the opening act, The Amanda Shires Band, is still playing, there’s no cover and we can come back later in July and see Todd." You know, wherever you go, there you are.
It turned out to be the best possible decision.
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Front Porch House Concerts, Boulder, March 6, 2007
Soiled Dove, Denver, March 7, 2007
Todd Snider played Colorado last week: March 6 at Front Porch House Concerts in Boulder and March 7 at the larger more commercial Soiled Dove down in Denver. I was lucky enough to go to both shows and here’s what happened.
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