“Here Comes My Girl” hit number 58 in the US. It was the third single off of Tom Petty and the Heartbreaker‘s 1979 album, Damn the Torpedoes.
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What I’m Jamming To: May 27, 2011
Saw these guys open up for the Strokes and Australian favorites You Am I with my brother Bill in Fall 2002 at the Electric Factory. They were by far the best, most cohesive group I had ever seen. I don’t often find it appropriate to use “face-melting” in any context, but their pace, enthusiasm, and…
What I’m Jamming To: May 19, 2011
One of my all time favorites from The Faces featuring Rod Stewart, more so for Stewart’s voice and incredible footballer’s hairdo and Ronnie Wood‘s guitar than the content of the lyrics. The Faces were formed in the summer of 1969 when Stewart and Wood replaced Small Faces’ vocalist Steve Marriott, joining existing members bassist Ronnie…
Happy Birthday, Dan.
Here’s a picture of the world’s most diverse vending machine. Kit-Kats, Asprin… Florida t-shirts? According to the car, it was 84 degrees outside, shortly after midnight. I’m guessing by the amount of of fog and moisture on the windows of the small building these machines were housed in, it was likely 59 degrees in that…
Driving to Florida, in Virginia
My brother Bill was hospitalized yesterday after surviving a heart attack. Right now, I’m riding shotgun next to my mom as we make our way down to Orlando to see him. He sounds in very good spirits but has a few procedures to go. I love you, Bill. We’ll see you soon! Here are some…
The triceratops, proper, didn’t exist?
I first stumbled upon the misleading headline “Triceratops Didn’t Exist” on the Huffington Post at about 2:30 PM today. It has since been edited, but, like many articles on websites produced to procure hits, I was gullible enough to click on the link thinking the triceratops was just some fanatical creation. The article, by Bianca…
Live From the Lehigh Valley 