Nervous Tics

From one link to another link, I stumbled across a miliblog www.acutepolitics.blogspot.com The originator goes by Teflon Don. I don't know much about his personal details from the blog but I can tell he's extremely articulate and a very good writer. He's serving in Iraq and his perspective on the war is invaluable considering journalists in that country, as good as some might be, don't give the whole story. Well who does, right?

Anyways, his post Nervous Tics struck me hard. I could go on about how it profoundly conveys the mindset of this serviceman and others like him. And as great of an accomplishment it is for anyone actively serving to do that (who else has? Edward Thomas, yes) it was also a feat to take the reader's mind through a list and make them wonder 'What's next?". It's no laundry list-as one commenter put it-it's a poem.

A comment later said it should be a country western song. Maybe. But I heard Woody Guthrie in there. (yeah yeah I know- I hear Woody everywhere!). So here's my take on his post, talkingblues style.

Update: Link to the Acute Politics fixed. Also you can hear my song at my Myspace site

New Record

The new record should be ready sometime in May. May 1st, in fact, is the date planned for the mastering. Once again it'll be done by Fred Kevourkian. The artwork is all set too and I'll blog about that separately. But I felt like the music had to be finished first.

It's 9 songs coming in at just 30 and a half minutes.