The Very Rich Hours of the Lambrights

I’m killing a little time before the opening keynote address at Computers in Libraries.  Got settled in yesterday.  I did catch the Lincoln exhibit at the Smithsonian but didn’t do much else.  The long day of travel wore me out more than I had realized until I actually contemplated more walking.  So I settled for [...]

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Cracker has posted a video sneak preview of their next album, due out in May:

Cracker on iLike – Get updates inside iTunes

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Election Day is finally here.  It’s too early to have much in the way of results but I’ll keep an eye on the TV tonight in hopes of good news.  I voted late this morning, around 11:00, and had no problems.  No lines, no confusion–everything went pretty well.  I’m curious to hear how it went [...]

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I can’t think of a better way to celebrate the day than to watch a video of the Pogues.
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Got some new pictures of Rayna up on the photo page.  Some of them are a couple of months old; I cleaned out my cellphone and found a bunch of pictures taken with the camera.  She’s getting cuter every day.
Tommy Makem passed away today at the age of 74.  He was a key figure in [...]

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Here’s a video of one of my favorite bands, Los Straitjackets, that I ran across tonight on YouTube. It’s amateur footage of a live gig (an outdoors gig at that), so the sound isn’t spectacular but it’ll give you some idea of why I like these guys so much. They deserve to be [...]

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The Crane Wife is the latest album from The Decemberists, who have become one of my favorite bands in the last couple of years. It’s hard to describe The Decemberists. More of a pop band than a bunch of rockers, they blend folk and pop and add a strong dose of literary style. [...]

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