I just like Will Hoge. He makes interesting records, and he hates Trump. This isn't as angry (or, frankly, as good) as last year's POTUS-savaging My American Dream, but The Overthrow at least seems like a wish that finally came true...
Slow dancing with a straw man
With a match and gasoline
Darth Vader with a spray tan
And a girly magazine
Dance little monkeys
See you feasting on the crumbs
It's almost over
Hear them banging on the drums
The emptiness it shows
And I don't believe it
I don't think you know
But here comes the overthrow
Beyond that track, this is a more straightforward Americana record, with songs like Even The River Runs Out Of This Town and Midway Motel treading reassuringly familiar territory. Tiny Little Movies they may be, but they all bear repeated viewings...
I guess you can call this my "Ladies of Americana" post. Four fine albums that I struggled to pick a favourite from, all worthy of merit... so why not give them all a mention?
Courtney Marie Andrews - Old Flowers
I was undecided on Courtney Marie Andrews until this record. It convinced me.
I almost put this post to bed, and then I remembered the best of the bunch. Gretchen Peters recorded an album of songs written by Mickey (Just Dropped In To See What Condition My Condition Was In) Newbury. And every one's a belter...
I still have no internet, by the way. This week's posts were written off-line then uploaded in one block to cut down on tethering charges. This is why I haven't popped over to read any of your blogs recently. My apologies. I will catch up. They say we will have internet week commencing the 21st. I'm not holding my breath.
Answers...
10. Favoured by cats and dogs, eight or nine hours ago.
Greetings Common People! If you've got a thirst for knowledge this Saturday morning, here's ten clues to quench it.
Pour yourself a rum and Coca Cola and see how you get on...
10. Favoured by cats and dogs, eight or nine hours ago.
9. Fancy jewel will be missing for almost a year.
8. Where everybody knows your name (geographically), there's something really scary behind you.
7. Diamondy capital; my favourite drink.
6. Earthquake deep under ground makes no noise, respendently.
5. Beach Boys zero in on their favourite sport.
4. Chairman's daughter lost in greeny brown forest, with Moe Tucker, before lunch.
3. Where Hugh Grant meets Jed Clampett... tired of being at work.
2. Formula for a water bed...?
1. Sounds like you're certainly fated to end up in Red Square.
Rent a flat above a shop Cut your hair and get a job Smoke some fags and play some pool Pretend you never went to school... ...and then come back here tomorrow morning for the answers.
