NEAL CASAL: roots & wings

super excited for the release of the super kind & sweet album from neal casal, roots & wings. please go check it out at his BRAND NEW awesome new website HERE...poke around there~ you can listen to some songs on the new deal, then buy it right from his site!!!

sososo stoked for him~ would LOVE to see him tour behind this album next...

****edit: forgot to mention my favorite track on the new album is "A YEAR AND A DAY"~ andy goessling from railroad earth plucks away on the banjo~ LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

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tonight!!!

ooh ooh ooh...i'm so excited!!!

i'm going to see big light open for the mother hips tonight in fairfax!!!

yes yes~ can't wait!!!

cool documentary ish on the 'hips

Let Go Of The Worry

in case you folks out there haven't seen this, its the announcement of ryan's current decision to bail from the cardinals. its been a long time coming...the constant struggle to be in his skin was often lubed by his band of brothers, those angels called the cardinals, and now, ryan is finally feeling like fleeing the nest, to fly into skies of the unknown, without the safety net that the cardinals provided.

hopefully we'll hear from him before too, too long. otherwise, its been amazing and a privilege to be a part of this incredible ride~ i really hope to catch some of this last tour, on a wing and a prayer...

announcement
"final" tour dates

Much Gratitude for The Cardinals & Ryan Adams

Goodnight Rose
We're going to win
Put your troubles behind you
And go on to bed
Let go of the worry
There's so much nobody understands
Don't live your life in such a hurry
Life goes by us all so fast
And the sun will come up again
And I will be here
If you get scared just hold my hand
Tomorrow is yours and who knows
Maybe we'll win the whole shabang
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose
Good morning sunshine
A new day begins
And the hustle and bustle of the traffic greets you kindly,
I can tell because you're smiling
C'mon give 'em everything that the winning demands
Just one more ribbon Rose
Before the mantle place caves in
And the sun will come up again
And I will be here Rose
If you get scared just hold my hand
Get out of that dress
Go on to bed
The bar is closed...
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose
Goodnight Rose, goodnight, goodnight Rose

Phish Summer 2009

Phish Summer 2009

just finally saw this today...i love how it takes me a whole week after the announcement to actually go to their website...pretty sweet little vid, actually~ most of you have prob already seen this, but in case you haven't, well, here ya go.

p.s. i LOVE punch you in the eye

DEAL WITH IT

GREAT vid!!! i love that i got inspired to find some music of my roots recently, with this youtube of (mini) ekoostik hookah. found this song all too fitting, for my personal climate~ good time to remember the only thing constant is change...right?

(chorus): You can't run from your trouble
You can't hide from the truth
You can't fight getting older
You can't stay in your youth

When I was young
I hadn't a care
Drinkin' beer and chasin' women
Goin' home to smoke up in my easy chair.

Daddy said I wouldn't amount to nothin'
I said that I was only havin' fun
Mama said you better settle down, boy
before one of them women has a bun,
in the oven, that is

Chorus

Then I met Annie
Willin' and Wild
Seems like mama wasn't jokin'
Nine months later we was having us a child

Annie said I wouldn't amount to nothin'
I said that I was only having fun
She said you better stop that messin' around, boy
now I got to be your only one
But I didn't care

Chorus

My old lady up and left me
Me and my son workin' hard and makin' money
And I can't find me any time to have no fun
Now I'm trying hard to amount to something
Living a life that's all too real
Sometimes I wish I had a chance to do it over
Now I've got no choice but to deal with it.

Chorus

SO FAR PAST SAD I'M CRAZY~~~>

that 8.23.08 fillmore ryan and the cardinals show finally surfaced!!! pretty exciting reliving this incredible night of music again. major gratitude especially to the r.a. camp for being so fucking cool about taping. major major thx*

here's a link to the torrent for that show.

to listen immediately, go here and stream it.

either way, exciting!!! also, here's a link to my review from back when the show happened.

let it go

greetings in 2009.

lagg-o-rama on getting this happy new year post out, but still. here's a tiny sliver of goodness from the 2008 pie of music that just filled me up to the rim.



i saw some GREAT GREAT GREAT cardinals shows this year (thank god~~~> it really is the best medicine for my heart & soul). ironically i DIDN'T see this dublin show that i am posting, and also these pix are NOT from dublin, i just love them (and took them). i really do find this dublin show to be my favorite cardinals recording of 2008. which is why i'm finally posting it, in my first post of 2009. hope you enjoy it. find a way to make 2009 your favorite year!!!

ryan adams and the cardinals from dublin: 11.08.08