Fish, or Cut Bait?

Time to address the nightly question: three hours of iPod solitaire, or one lorazepam and 30 minutes of iPod solitaire?

And it's winter in New Jersey
And it's Christmas in New York
With a giggle and a stare
And a bottle and a fork...

LUNA, "Superfreaky Memories"

Can't, Sir

Ain't gonna worry wrinklin' my brow
'Cause nothin's ever gonna be alright nohow
No matter how I struggle and strive
I'll never get out of this world alive...

HANK WILLIAMS, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive"

Bimonthly visit to the oncologist this morning. Numbers okay, but unexpected internal swelling has landed me an appointment with another specialist, as well as a return to the oncology center in a month.

Ah, well - fuck it. Great life if you don't weaken - and what better evidence of this than Hank III covering one of his granddaddy's many timeless classics...

DMFS - "Do You Gotta Disease?"

Mobtown's own Dirty Marmaduke Flute Squad ask the burning question, unplugged, at the Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! No. 11 release party on June 17, 2009, at Cyclops Books in Baltimore...

"Stupid Fucking White Man"

Probably my favorite Johnny Depp movie, Jim Jarmusch's DEAD MAN is also on my short list of all-time favorite flix, period.

Slip Between the Covers...

...of Smile, Hon, You're in Baltimore! No. 11, now available at Atomic Books, Cyclops Books, Red Emma's, or wherever fine submission-based, digest-sized lit-zines ostensibly focused on life in Baltimore are sold!

Familiar, Yet Strange...

Conspiracy talk surrounds everything from the JFK assassination to the Federal Reserve. But consider, if you will, that in 1997 ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau passed away....as did John Denver, who recorded the song "Calypso" (named after Cousteau's research vessel) in tribute to Cousteau and his team. Also, that same year, the Calypso sank...

Coincidence?

FRIDAY WITH WARREN

Today's FRIDAY WITH WARREN feature is a fantastic live performance given on June 20, 1976, at The Main Point in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. The show closely follows the release of his self-titled major-label debut. Anyone who's read I'LL SLEEP WHEN I'M DEAD: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon, penned by Zevon's ex-wife, Crystal, will have some context of the state of Warren's life at this point in time, and in this performance it shows like the tiny hairline cracks in the finest porcelain.

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