March 2011
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Saw you standing in the hallway, red plastic cup, and one of those big long cigarettes
You asked me if I could play you some Dylan
I said “Dylan who?” you told me to kiss your ass
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Country Boys
I found a great deal on the dvd set of the Frontline Documentary Country Boys online, so I went ahead and treated myself to it. I’ve already seen the six-hour show twice, but I cannot get these young men’s lives out of my fascination. I’m considering talking to a professor about a tutorial focused on this doc and the David School that they attend. The culture is so rich in the...
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I was watching Big Love yesterday (season 4, ep 4) and during the scene of Bill’s (Paxton) first campaign rally for state senate, Son Volt’s “Drown” was playing as his song. He’s running as a republican, but Son Volt is one of the most liberal bands. They have called out Bush in several songs. I love the irony, but also the mix of one of my favorite shows with one...
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Drive-By Truckers Interview with Video Clip →
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“Just cuz I don’t run my mouth don’t mean I got nothin’ to say.”
– Mike Cooley
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Dragline: Why you got to go and say fifty eggs for? Why not thirty-five or thirty-nine? Luke: I thought it was a nice round number.
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A Must-See
I watched the Drive-By Truckers’ documentary, The Secret to a Happy Ending, last week and I NEED to see it again. It covered all their albums up to Brighter Than Creation’s Dark. I think they need to do a documentary based solely on Southern Rock Opera; I would love to hear commentary on all of those tracks. [Also, if I ever meet Patterson Hood, I’m gonna ask why they...
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From a Cooley interview with Las Vegas Weekly
In the website commentary for Southern Rock Opera, [co-founder] Patterson Hood says that “Zip City” is “at least 90 percent true,” and that further explanation should be left to you. So?
The feeling behind it’s true; some of the meaner things I said are not. I’ve always felt sorta bad about that (laughs). I wrote it a long time ago, and it never occurred to me that it would ever get back to the...
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