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Is there a better Bob Wills clip than this? I've never seen it, if so. BTW, these were designed to be rear-projected, so everything is reversed —that's why Wills, Joe Holley, Bobby Koefer, and Cotton Whittington all seem to be playing leftie.
I suppose it was about five years ago. Erica was explaining that some dude had accidentally erased all of the music on her "iPod." This, apparently, was some sort of tragedy. I tried to sympathize. "I can't believe that jerk! Are you alright?" I consoled.
Meanwhile, I didn't even know what an iPod was.
Have I mentioned that I've never owned a portable music player of any sort? Unless, of course, you count the Magnavox boombox, which is semi-portable. I mean, it has a handle. If I wanted to, I could hoist that baby up on my shoulder and walk down Jersey Avenue in…
As much as I loved the zen of sourdough maintenance and loved the resulting loaves, I gave up my weekly baking sessions because of the "tyranny of the dough." Honest to God, it was like having another pet—worse, in some ways. Huck and Bagheera are cute enough that we can get cat-sitters when we travel. Ever tried to get anybody to feed your sourdough starter?
Keith "tha missile" Bailey played bass for Gong, many years ago. After that, for his sins, he served as Gong's booking agent. He tells the tale of what happened one night in Hamburg when famed drummer Pierre Moerlen went AWOL, Daevid Allen went into a wizardly rage, and Bailey went on as the band's drummer.
Is there a moral to this madcap story? Yes: Never trust a man who hits things for a living.