Leonard Cohen

The night is quiet. I am listening to Leonard Cohen. It's an album called I'm Your Man. Circa 1988. Very electronic. Vocal very present. I like the sound. I have, and will continue to occaisionally work like this. I have a couple of numbers I recorded in the eighties that remind me of this style. I'll see if I can't dig a couple of these up and post 'em.

Tropical Storm Warning

I am up a little early today, and I like it very much. I went to bed around ten last night. It works for me. I like the quiet. It gives me time to leisurely get ready for my day. I am listening to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. I am learning how to live today. Learning to live in day-tight compartments, as Sir William Osler said.I have a dentist appointment this morning. Just a cleaning. There is a tropical storm warning out all day today all along the coasts of North and South Carolina. I like the way the sky looks. We shouldn't see any heavy rains until later this afternoon.

Bob Dylan Jokerman Video

Seth Godin

How's this for a cool quote by Seth Godin...

"The reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort."

Well said, Seth.

His blog is awesome.

TODAY

Today fairly rings with possibilities. The morning holds out its hands. All things have become new.

Happy Birthday Betsy

Today is my wife Betsy's birthday. Happy birthday honey!

New Morning

This is a brand new morning filled with promise. What magic will unfold today? What opportunities will arise to better oneself? What choices will be made today? Will you live or be lived? Are your emotions in charge of your will, or are you driving? Hmmmm? These are the questions I ask myself today, since I am so easliy swayed by my feelings. I am making a conscious effort today to see the glass half full, and it's working so far. I am leaning on God's grace to get me through.

I need the lenses of my soul polished and focused, and the blinders discarded. Open up and bloom!

Tonight's Gig At Ron Jon's

The gig went Well. Good crowd. Good sound. At least 5 or 6 new old songs covered, plus a few of mine, which makes it all worthwhile.

The original material is all I am interested in, in the scheme of things. That's what I'm about.

Lay Down

lay down

your misconceptions

your pre-conceived notions

your attitudes

your moods

rest here a while

savor

the flavor

of now

Off To Charlotte

Betsy and I are off to Charlotte to see my mom. She turned 81 on the 20th of July. She is currently visiting my niece Cathy, who hit the big 4o yesterday! Wow. The persistence of time.....

Ron Jon's/Birthday People

The gig tonight was a great one. Rex Alan Polk, my old pal and bandmate in a few bands is in town and sat in on djembe tonight. Djembe is a hand drum with many sonic textures. Rex laid it down for us and we rocked as a trio. It was cool being onstage with my dear friend again. Rex brought Chris with him, whom we call Elvis, because he knows everything there is to know about the King. Chris also does a mean Ed Sullivan impersonation and has introduced our bands countless times in the past. It's too bad that not everyone knows who Sullivan was anymore, but I suppose that just shows my age! It was also Wayne's birthday who is a friend of ours and happened to be partying at Ron Jon's. After a while there were three birthday people sitting with Wayne and Andi, his lovely bride. This just happens to be my Mom's 81st birthday as well!


It was a great night.

Yale Brothers Show #1

The first Yale Brothers podcast is up. Click the link above to go to the show page, or go here for a direct link to the show mp3.

I hope you guys enjoy.

Podcast #3

Podcast #3

A rainy and hot evening in Myrtle Beach.

Direct link by the show here.

Tonight's Gig

The gig tonight was cool. The first set had a couple of low points, the second set was good, but the third set really rocked! The crowd was great. We tried out a few new covers tonight. Mr. Jones by Counting Crowes went well. So did Take It On The Run by REO Speedwagon. I like that one. Creep by Radiohead went over well. Of course the original music is what I'm about, but playing some fun covers is, well, fun. Rog says I should enjoy them more. Me, I dig the original shit, with respect to the other shit.

BTW, I've been delving deep into Dylan. As always.

Currently listening: Infidels By Bob Dylan Release date: By 01 June, 2004

Drink Deeply

Drink deeply from the well of life
Be rude
Be gluttonous
Gorge yourself with its sweet nectar
for it will not last
it dribbles down the side of the face
so fast

Tubing Accident

Katie had a tubing accident down in Charleston yesterday afternoon. She and her friend Grace were thrown into an oyster bed and cut themselves up pretty badly. We went down and got Katie out of the hospital ER in Mount Pleasant. Katie has a couple of big lacerations and is not allowed to go into the sun for six months, so her scarring will be diminished. Oyster cuts are bad cuts. They are jagged. Her outdoor summer activities are pretty much shot as far as beach or swimming or tanning are concerned. The girls had to have a resident plastic surgeon come in to fix them up. Katie’s friend Grace has the worst injuries. She has some pretty bad tendon damage in her shoulder and had to stay in the hospital for surgery. It turned out worse than they thought for her as when she went in to surgery, the doctor found shell fragments and tendon damage and had to do a lot of work on her. She is a dancer and as it turns out she will not be able to do any dancing all season so she will be able to heal.

Both of these two wonderful young ladies are beautiful. It could have been a whole lot worse. They could have had their faces severely damaged or shredded. The Lord spared them, if you ask me. Don't get me wrong. It was a horrible thing for them. They had just gotten down there that day and had lots of cool activities planned with Grace's aunt and uncle. It was to ba a five day affair. That was not to be.

43

Roger, my twin brother, and I, turn forty-three today. Wow. Weren't we fifteen a blink of an eye ago? Unbelieveable.

Gig

Great night at Ron Jon's last night. We had fun trying out a few new old songs (covers) , and got through 'em pretty well. I got to play a few more of my tunes as well, which were well received.

See you next week at Ron Jon's.

Podcast #2

I have posted up a new podcast. Check it out here.

Unholy Sadness

Holy sadness could be considered a lament; unholy sadness a self-righteous chasm of dread. Not a great place to be mired. The quicksand of despair always looks like an easy highway until you are too far into it to turn back. See it for what it is and don't go there. That asphalt is soft and it will hold you fast. If you struggle, you will be pulled in deeper; the weight of your remorse will be your undoing. Enervation is not a vacation. Don't pitch your tent there.