tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59404095781332034872024-03-05T08:11:43.227-05:00Double Coupon DayLost Song and Small Grocery RoundupAndy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-50352774324151929352011-10-05T16:49:00.004-04:002011-10-05T17:02:29.229-04:00Argo sliced peachesSince the last product I posted featured packaging that clashed with the blog, I'm now posting a can that fits right into the color scheme. <br /><br />Another massive representation of the ballsy Argo line - I featured the <a href="http://doublecouponday.blogspot.com/2009/06/awesome-can-of-peas.html"> Argo can of peas </a> in an early post. Again, for less than a dollar you get an ample amount of a classic side dish, wrapped in steakhouse brown.<br /><br />But notice something special here with the peaches - a detail that lets you know that the Argo company's balls hang low to the ground in all four seasons: Right on the front of the package we learn that these are "IRREGULAR PIECES" of "Yellow Cling." <br /><br />Telling it like it is. The last time I bought something marked "IRREGULAR," I was standing in a Marshalls, it was 1986 and I had a total of $7.00 to my name. It's now 2011, and though many things have happened, not much has changed. <br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view&current=IMG_7080-1-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_7080-1-1.jpg" border="0" width=350 height=450 alt="Photobucket"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view&current=IMG_7078-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_7078-1.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=350 alt="Photobucket"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-27355222372280400452011-07-04T00:26:00.004-04:002011-07-04T00:28:53.368-04:00Rudy's World Famous Pork RindsMy wife brought this home from Big Lots - worth posting for obvious reasons. The really striking thing to me is how much the color of this bag clashes with the color scheme of this blog.<br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view&current=IMG_6136.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_6136.jpg" border="0" height=500 width=375 alt="Photobucket"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-67660876512932068972011-04-08T15:37:00.006-04:002011-04-08T16:11:42.486-04:00Fisherman's NetFound this great can of sardines at the BIG BEAR grocery store on S. Candler Road in Decatur. It's the only place I've encountered this brand. Apparently there is no more domestic U.S. production of sardines for canning - you'll notice that this was "packed for" a company in Massachusetts, but the stamp at the top says "Product of Canada."<br /><br />You'll also notice that these fish are good until 2015 - I couldn't wait that long, and ate them in 2011. They were good! I would definitely buy this kind again - very firm and flavorful fish, what I want in a good can.<br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view&current=IMG_4759.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_4759.jpg" alt="Fisherman's Net 1" border="0" height="350" width="425" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-19736841625561347472010-12-08T23:44:00.003-05:002010-12-09T00:01:16.777-05:00The Unseen ManHere's a taut bit of Existential Country for you. This is the story of the dust, from the wind - whom you don't see, so much as slightly avoid. Similar themes to Ralph Ellison's and H.G. Wells's INVISIBLE MAN, yet without the racial or science fictional elements. Here is just a man who is so redundant, so usual and unnecessary that you barely notice him. Sad as hell.<br /><br /><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="335" height="28" id="divplaylist"><param name="movie" value="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=13448508-9f9" /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=13448508-9f9" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/Records/?action=view&current=UnseenMan.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/Records/UnseenMan.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Bob Garmon"></a><br /><br />I haven't been able to find out much about Bob Garmon - is he the Unseen Man? <br /><br />His BMI writer profile contains some intriguing titles I'd like to hear:<br />"Bummin' In A Big Wide World"<br />"My Private World"<br />"Reflections Of A Fool" <br /><br /><br />There is a hot little number called "I'm A-Ready Baby" under the "Bob Garmon & His Studio Combo" name on a 45 on little-known Amber records. This is an earlier number that Rockabilly hounds have comped and YouTubed:<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VL969qwpa64?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VL969qwpa64?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-46264514541881170292010-11-12T01:20:00.006-05:002010-11-12T01:28:57.892-05:00Billy Carter song alertThanks to my friend Geoff for hipping me to this very special post on the WFMU Blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2010/11/billy-beer-drinkin-fan-mp3s.html">Billy Beer Drinkin' Fan </a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IgDU8ROX3FSDo5DNYCe7Vj_alIseEbIA5hQt_M1g-8cXgBGXHAvt8mv-F1iPeoxyXCNASoX-AB5YMMmgYxUwgO_B8p-_vYdNUZaGwDwXRF86ut6Fs9b45fvQICMn7Le0h0_cGl2cgmIJ/s1600/Drinking+Billy%2527s+Beer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9IgDU8ROX3FSDo5DNYCe7Vj_alIseEbIA5hQt_M1g-8cXgBGXHAvt8mv-F1iPeoxyXCNASoX-AB5YMMmgYxUwgO_B8p-_vYdNUZaGwDwXRF86ut6Fs9b45fvQICMn7Le0h0_cGl2cgmIJ/s320/Drinking+Billy%2527s+Beer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538545711252652386" /></a><br /><br />Greg G. Listener has rescued three Billy Carter novelty songs that I did not even know existed, so kudos to him. The song "Beer Drinking Billy" by Bill Gibbs has one of the best captured sounds of the opening of a beer can on record.Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-26624822670863067822010-10-24T23:27:00.003-04:002010-10-24T23:34:06.396-04:00Maroon polo shirt - Do I look like I work at Burger King?Having bought a handful of sale store-brand polos in a variety of colors, I only recently ventured outside of the house in the Maroon Polo.<br /><br />It's a nice feeling shirt, and the color is pleasing.<br /><br />The only problem is, I feel like I'm on my way to work at Burger King. <br /><br />What the hell.<br /><br />You might say I should put more effort into it and find just the right form-fitted maroon polo shirt. Store brand shirts fit like trash bags.<br /><br />But if I wore the fitted, I would simply feel like the Burger King Manager.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdNrQJIFRgwbTgdkazLbKEo3bpwL_hsR-_I7MFoCw37kI1VqN8CeGDURY5dLDHCW5EEUBBFRRKU4_fdgrMjchp1x9nKToxwVrV2P0-NyBE1RYuZDuaxPLKXl6ipojK0WXKiVLAOIqo1af/s1600/maroon+polo+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 197px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvdNrQJIFRgwbTgdkazLbKEo3bpwL_hsR-_I7MFoCw37kI1VqN8CeGDURY5dLDHCW5EEUBBFRRKU4_fdgrMjchp1x9nKToxwVrV2P0-NyBE1RYuZDuaxPLKXl6ipojK0WXKiVLAOIqo1af/s320/maroon+polo+3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531821573364288066" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-43371422366742980662010-09-13T01:05:00.000-04:002010-09-13T01:05:25.663-04:00Dee Edwards "Why Can't There Be Love"This song rocks my world!<br /><br /><br />The YouTube host breadmaker99, godblessum, says "I can't get my head around the guitar."<br /><br />My friend, that's because you need to get your mind IN the guitar.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object style="background-image:url(http://i3.ytimg.com/vi/JN4u6jJAirQ/hqdefault.jpg)" width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JN4u6jJAirQ?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JN4u6jJAirQ?fs=1&hl=en_US" width="425" height="344" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><br /><br />DEE EDWARDS. Dennis Coffey!<br /><br />On the Tube as: "Northern Soul - Strange 70s Brilliance - Dee Edwards"Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-73233210515751087132010-08-12T01:02:00.006-04:002010-08-12T01:10:40.095-04:00Uncle William<a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=IMG_0024.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_0024.jpg" border="0" width=400 height=360 alt="Uncle William"></a><br /><br />In these times and days any can for less than a dollar is a bargain. This was another Big Lots find ... 55 cents. <br /><br />Honking hunk of fatback doesn't even give vegetarians a chance. <br /><br />For some reason this one reminds me of Canada. And not just because their country's name begins with "can". <br /><br />These original baked beans are ones you might find for sale at fish camps, up just past where the roads end. <br /><br />Who is Uncle William?Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-40848690718737885552010-08-10T22:23:00.004-04:002010-08-10T22:29:42.996-04:00This ... right here ... is my ... pretty boy swagEy!<br /><br />Where have I been?<br /><br />The blog has been quiet while we had a son! Thank t'law he is BOUNCING. <br /><br />The can of Double Luck Cut Green Beans has served us well. It's been quite a couple months. <br /><br />Coming soon: more cans and records.<br /><br />Coming up in a bit: a mind-blowing set of records for Round 2 of Jimmy and Billy Carter novelty records.<br /><br />As for today, this is about what I'm good for:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Gm3CUR7uqOZO1lgVyHdf6LzDwE9sZCuZxC-r_m8kRMIrIjhV9j9Y3VUnYxN5f7yTczQ6IXCmgbRJLmxJp8MGpgLOmwZzxD2GDW3oWi6U5BTR0pEMOn5JaYj4sPhxIDa3Ca17vtfEhYJ/s1600/Dad+%26+Sleepy+Lito.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij-Gm3CUR7uqOZO1lgVyHdf6LzDwE9sZCuZxC-r_m8kRMIrIjhV9j9Y3VUnYxN5f7yTczQ6IXCmgbRJLmxJp8MGpgLOmwZzxD2GDW3oWi6U5BTR0pEMOn5JaYj4sPhxIDa3Ca17vtfEhYJ/s320/Dad+%26+Sleepy+Lito.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503973201735781538" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-42556853466554549432010-06-24T23:25:00.004-04:002010-06-25T13:43:06.768-04:00Double Luck35 cents at Big Lots.<br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=IMG_0022.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/IMG_0022.jpg" border="0" height=380 width=420 alt="Double Luck"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-23079104900393662532010-05-30T20:46:00.006-04:002010-05-30T21:01:02.158-04:00Pardner in the parkYesterday my band Pardner played in the park in Cabbagetown.<br /> It was a semi-private event so don't get your feelings hurt if you didn't know about it. We was good times filling up the neighborhood with some of the Pard-boogie!<br /><br />Here's the song "Boat Dock Bar Dishwasher" straight from the grass:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=11538980-a86" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=SDC10070.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/SDC10070.jpg" border="0" height=325 width=450 alt="Pard park 2"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-71625785385302657412010-04-20T23:37:00.004-04:002010-04-20T23:39:37.335-04:00Woman with parrot perched on face arrested after throwing inhaler<span style="font-weight:bold;">Dayton Daily News</span>, Dayton, OH<br />www.daytondailynews.com<br /><br />By Ryan Gauthier, Staff Writer Updated 2:54 PM Tuesday, April 20, 2010<br /><br />MIDDLETOWN — A 49-year-old woman was arrested as police claim she nearly struck an officer with a thrown inhaler.<br /><br />Janice McCoy-Nuttle, of the 900 block of Beech Street, was laying in a bed surrounded by as many as seven Chihuahaus and 10 cages filled with birds.<br /><br />Police report a white parrot was standing on her forehead at the time, biting her face, while another smaller bird was perched on her chest. She was reportedly intoxicated to the point where she could not stand up and speak to officers and was unable to remove the bird from her face.<br /><br />Police were dispatched to the residence for a reported domestic disturbance between McCoy-Nuttle, her husband and some neighbors. The couple had reportedly been out celebrating the husband's homecoming after a four-month stint away from home for work.<br /><br />Officers spoke with her husband, who appeared to be bleeding from the ear at the time. He gave officers several conflicting stories regarding his injury, ranging from McCoy-Nuttle pulling on his ear to injuring it while he was getting out of a vehicle.<br /><br />McCoy-Nuttle became upset with her husband at some point and attempted to throw an inhaler at him, nearly striking an officer in the process, police said. She was arrested for disorderly conduct and taken to the Middletown City Jail, where police report she was increasingly uncooperative and threatened to kill herself.Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-69969845827201177012010-03-19T00:45:00.003-04:002010-03-19T00:53:28.462-04:00My Gal's Outa Her Tree AgainAnother cool one from the Kudzu pile.<br /><br />50 cents!<br /><br />Kind of a silly song, but some strong secondary impressions:<br /><br />1. "<span style="font-weight:bold;">Johnny Selph</span>" sounds like an early 80s TV drama punk rocker.<br />2. The KAM label design is very cool.<br />3. I like the spelling of "Outa" <br />4. This is the only country record I own outa Orlando. <br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=10812773-928" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=JohnnySelph.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/JohnnySelph.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Johnny Selph"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-40469944842640600222010-03-10T22:13:00.000-05:002010-03-10T22:50:35.151-05:00Gentlemen Be SeatedIf the "People Hater" didn't make you feel like a misanthrope, here's a song that will really make you hate people.<br /><br />I like this song because it's a classic spoken word country tearjerk suspense play, but presents a situation so awkward and unexpected that you'll gently slap your forehead and say "Damn, I didn't know there was a song about <span style="font-style:italic;">that</span>."<br /><br />I hate this song because it's crass and callous, and predicts a C-level reality show premise. It's heartbreak heaped upon pathos heaped upon piggishness. <br /><br />The story is this: narrator calls together three men to announce the impending burial of Juanita, a woman to whom each of the men had been married. It is implied that each man cheated on and left Juanita in turn, and that somehow led to her untimely death. "So Gentlemen, be seated." There will be no flowers for her grave, nor funeral mourners unless the four men join together in their guilt and go (as a group?).<br /><br />My question to the narrator: What makes you so sure Juanita wants to see any of you jackasses?<br /><br />Also I like literally visualizing the title command. By the third time he says "Gentlemen, be seated," I picture the three other guys just kind of shifting around on their feet and scratching the backs of their heads but not wanting to sit down for this ill-advised pity party.<br /><br />Finally, after he apparently gets them seated and buys them a round, narrator says "gentlemen, set down your drinks and come with me." At this point I picture the hawk faced and whisky-stiff narrator leading the way, two embarrassed guys shuffling behind, just because it seems like they should do the right thing. And then the fourth guy stays seated at the bar, arms crossed like "hell no, I ain't goin' to that bitch's funeral." Maybe I should write an answer song as one of the "Gentlemen"?<br /><br />The backup band sounds hypnotic and great on this record.<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=10727352-cb9" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=Gentlemen.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/Gentlemen.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Gentlemen Be Seated"></a><br /><br />To read about <span style="font-weight:bold;">Neal Merritt</span> see the page on <a href="http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/story/index.php?id=15433">Hillbilly-Music.com</a>, where you will find out more about his prolific songwriting career including his biggest hit, "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose".Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-23402682132953018792010-02-25T01:49:00.000-05:002010-02-25T02:00:27.980-05:00Chicken Wing Robbery<span style="font-size:78%;">The Associated Press </span><br /><br />COLUMBUS, Ga. — Police in Georgia are searching for a pair of hungry bandits who stole an order of chicken wings from a pizza delivery driver.<br /><br />Columbus Police say the 19-year-old Domino's driver was approached outside a home Tuesday night by two men who asked for money. One of the men pointed a chrome pistol.<br /><br />Police say one of the men then said, "give me the wings." They fled the scene with the $36 order.<br /><br />No cash was taken and the driver was not injured.<br /><br />___<br /><br />Information from: Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, http://www.ledger-enquirer.com<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.wondercostumes.com/images/products/AD21350.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 450px; height: 650px;" src="http://www.wondercostumes.com/images/products/AD21350.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-81594992196325910832010-02-16T23:47:00.000-05:002010-02-17T00:05:47.392-05:00The People HaterThis is why we do it! This is why we look for the records.<br /><br />I picked this one up for 50 cents. The guy with the best booth at Kudzu Antiques put out a couple boxes of rinked oddball 45s, and this was in there.<br /><br />I hate people. <span style="font-style: italic;">I hate people.</span><br /><br />The arresting and discordant breakdown puts this song decades ahead of its time. Apparently <a href="http://www.globaldogproductions.info/s/shad.html">released in 1959</a>, Brad and Jerry's tune sounds to me like Chuck Berry style fun. But that breakdown! This is just too early to be punk, even in the old sense of garage punk. This is not a movement, this is lunacy and honesty.<br /><br />Shad Records is part of a group of small early rock'n'roll labels run by one Bob Shad. This song and many others are available on the compilation <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Rockin-Broadway-Time-Brent-Story/dp/B00004SD1T/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1266382717&sr=1-1">Rockin' On Broadway: The Time, Brent, Shad, Story</a> released on the UK Ace label and available from Amazon.<br /><br />Right now there is only one user review on Amazon - and I think the person has a really low opinion of The People Hater:<br /><br />"This collection of 30 tunes from these labels contains the hits, the near misses and some sides that make one think studio time and tape must have been way too cheap. ... More could have or should have been hits, like the Jades' "So Blue". Then there are the sides like "Bury The Hatchet" and "The People Hater" that beg the question "Whaaaa?"."<br /><br />I am going to get this compilation and see what's Whaaaa. Who could turn their nose up at such exciting music?! <span style="font-style:italic;">I hate people. </span><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=10497741-498" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" height="28" width="335"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view&current=PeopleHater.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/PeopleHater.jpg" alt="The People Hater" border="0" height="400" width="400" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-46542375863345739962010-01-30T23:55:00.000-05:002010-01-31T12:09:11.978-05:00We Finally Saw Willie Nelson<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpKcCgtm3LkfvOfotreFVNX0DQDfztbn-T4XaA2ht7YR4W3XCKsLqDPpbz7K8C1H73M4LyXRC03PMc_pqr32WMRhtCBHRkZ6vFC4rQeByjRaE_QggofMJPAmiJYEuPPl4HgGAOq2y5kJR/s400/willie.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilpKcCgtm3LkfvOfotreFVNX0DQDfztbn-T4XaA2ht7YR4W3XCKsLqDPpbz7K8C1H73M4LyXRC03PMc_pqr32WMRhtCBHRkZ6vFC4rQeByjRaE_QggofMJPAmiJYEuPPl4HgGAOq2y5kJR/s400/willie.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />What forces conspire against a band and its fans?<br /><br />Some of you who know me know that I wanted to see Willie. Got cursed once, and we drove all the way from Chicago to Ft. Wayne, Indiana with sweet tickets in hand, only to find the show was canceled.<br /><br />Well, we got to see Willie in Rome, Georgia last night at The Forum!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bad weather</span> ,Willie's <span style="font-weight: bold;">hand</span>, and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">law</span> threatened to continue the curse, but our luck was all good. <span style="font-weight: bold;">They canceled the show <span style="font-style: italic;">before </span>ours, but they made it to Rome and played. </span><br />We drove through the rain. The bleacher seats we found to be inhumane:<br /><br />The tickets I bought said "Bleacher Section," but I didn't realize they were literally bleacher seats, the kind you can collapse into the wall. These seats would only be comfortable for elementary school students, but here they were selling them to Willie's older, larger fans. You can't even sit straight in the seat without your knees pressing into the person's back in front of you. And it was like something out of a movie, the guy in front of us was a 300-pound biker type with a Harley Davidson t-shirt and a long braid. Didn't seem like a good idea to knee him in the back! <br /><br />So we retreated to the nosebleeds, where we could max and relax in the relative luxury of the bucket seats, shoes off.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Willie Nelson sounded great. </span>He can still sing and play clear as a bell, even coming out of a cold January rain.<br /><br />The band was small, no full drum set, only a snare with brushes. Willie's vocal phrasing was like a snake in a bag. The backup band had to duck or jump a few times to catch a verse. He sang all the hits, including "Me and Paul," one of my favorite songs. We enjoyed a moment during his beautiful rendition of "You Were Always On My Mind," and for that moment it felt as if the circle would be unbroken, by and by.<br /><br />A review of the forces that conspired to spook the horses:<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The hand:</span> Lucas Nelson (Willie's son) opened the show. He was sort of like Young Willie mixed with Stevie Ray Vaughan. He was actually pretty damn good.<br /><br />On the day of the show, the Rome News-Tribune "printed" an article entitled, "<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/5697101/article-Forum-manager--Despite-band-s-legal-trouble--Willie-Nelson-show-still-on?">Forum manager: Despite band's legal trouble, Willie Nelson show still on</a></span>." The Rome News-Tribune points us to the <a href="http://www.jdnews.com/news/willie-72230-nelson-thursday.html">Jacksonville News </a>site, reporting that on Thursday, January 28, members of Willie's tour band were busted in Jacksonville, North Carolina for moonshine and marijuana.<br /><br />On the day of the show, following these news reports about the band bust, Lucas Nelson posted a message on www.willienelson.com that focused instead on Willie's hand:<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">We have just cancelled tonight’s performance in Kenansville, NC. Dad’s hand ( the one he had the carpel tunnel operation on) was in pain, too much to play his guitar Trigger. Doctors say to just give it a rest. He is going to try and finish the tour ( tomorrow night Rome, Georgia and then Asheville, NC) before taking it on home to Texas for ten days.</span>"</span><br /><br />I will tell you that they made it to the stage in Rome! Both Lucas and Willie's hands were in sterling shape as they rang out notes to the rafters. Fate smiled.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />The law:</span> Here is the bust according to the Jacksonville News:<br />"N.C. Alcohol Law Enforcement agents from Wilmington confiscated moonshine and small amounts of marijuana from members of the band who were in a van outside the events center. Band members were cited with a misdemeanor charges of marijuana possession, said District Attorney Dewey Hudson, who was at the concert."<br /><br />At the merchandise table in Rome, bandanas were $15 and t-shirts were $35. One t-shirt featured a large marijuana leaf and the insignia "WILLIE NELSON: FIRST AID".<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The bad weather</span>: <a href="http://www.romenews-tribune.com/view/full_story/5695923/article-Icy-weather-breezes-through-region?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column">Rome News-Tribune </a>reported warnings: "Rome and Floyd County public safety officials and road crews were watching the skies nervously late Friday night as a winter weather system was making its way across the state."<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />They were watching the skies <span style="font-style: italic;">nervously</span>.</span><br /><br />As soon as they said that I pictured an old line drawing of some Nervous Norvus type with shake-lines radiating off of his shoulders. I wonder how these public safety officials would feel about being called "nervous."<br /><br />In any case, the worst of the Winter storm held off for all of Friday night, and we, Willie, and the many minions went our merry ways.Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-70801352534323511132010-01-08T23:15:00.000-05:002010-01-08T23:23:07.796-05:002 for 89 centsWe need to get a new camera.<br /><br />I had a hard time getting a good close up of this - the can is reflective under bright lights and flashes, and the sale sticker is such a bright orange. I did some tricks to get this one. I hope you will authenticate this as proof that I did get two cans of hot fish for eighty-nine cents. <br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=SDC10055.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/SDC10055.jpg" border="0" height=320 width=400 alt="2 for 89"></a><br /><br /><br />THAT'S 44 1/2 CENTS PER CAN.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bargain fuel for your ice-walking, recommended.<br /><br /><br />.Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-84516918086660340612010-01-02T01:03:00.000-05:002010-01-02T01:10:35.140-05:00Hot Fish<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRT_eCLNoRcJcsuyjKZKic9ix43aO3XNuejdWcv5un-ebTlrz_JHX9M6Dq85wsnSePDi70rwTBXZePWumRjpDJIx_3WfwjXGmbgQyedPaUh9IJBUQN0hSQ2I9Fp-xzrArgU06V2fh1oHfl/s1600-h/Brunswick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRT_eCLNoRcJcsuyjKZKic9ix43aO3XNuejdWcv5un-ebTlrz_JHX9M6Dq85wsnSePDi70rwTBXZePWumRjpDJIx_3WfwjXGmbgQyedPaUh9IJBUQN0hSQ2I9Fp-xzrArgU06V2fh1oHfl/s320/Brunswick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422020421607313538" /></a><br /><br />Coming at you.<br /><br />Happy New Year!<br /><br />Here is a can of little fish steaks so hot, they will blow your mind. Sold in an ordinary retail package as containing "Louisiana Hot Sauce," these little steaks are actually packed in a sauce infused with the most aggressive peppers. Before the slow burn of Cayenne comes: Lip Peppers. An arresting way to wake up your proteins.<br />. . . . .<br />. . . .<br />. . .<br />. . <br />.Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-64736875540562192832009-12-05T19:45:00.000-05:002009-12-05T19:51:23.931-05:00Dunk 'n DineHere's a random photo from the pile that has gotten cooler with age. Dunk 'n Dine in downtown Atlanta, circa 1990. I'm pretty sure the Dunk 'n Dine chain is no more. The one on Cheshire Bridge road lasted the longest, and became too self-aware to be a real diner any more. In this photo - I was just thinking that $6.95 seems a little steep for a plate of diner shrimp in 1990, no?<br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=Dunk-n-Dine2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/Dunk-n-Dine2.jpg" border="0" height=300 width=425 alt="Dunk-n-Dine"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-84938316443854646422009-11-28T23:19:00.000-05:002009-11-29T15:22:50.218-05:00Peanut Pie In The SkyAs this Thanksgiving pie-time wanes, so must Part 1 of the Jimmy Carter novelty song project come to a close. And "Peanut Pie In The Sky" is the perfect song, crass and depressing, to go out on. <br /><br />It's 1980. Carter is losing. Such awkward phrasing, this "trying hard to stay inside" hook. No funky ad hoc novelty band name here. (Just a list of four theater majors with a jug of chardonnay and a contract from a morning zoo crew to make a Carter-is-losing song?) The label tells us that this is from an album called "The Last Of The First Family." Scared/Interested.<br /><br />The drum machine signals an entry into the cold inverse-Kremlin Reagan era.<br /><br />President names hold weight.<br /><br />I hope to run a Part II of the Jimmy Carter song feature in the future - there are more out there! Until then, I will get back to the original blog plan of small groceries and lost songs of all types. <br /><br />Enjoy Kurt Kilpatrick, Marilyn Eastman, Teri Rini, Karl Hardman:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=9533810-92b" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=PeanutPieInTheSky.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/PeanutPieInTheSky.jpg" border="0" height=350 width=350 alt="Peanut Pie In The Sky"></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"><br />Update: just found out that Karl Hardman produced the original Night of the Living Dead film in 1968, and starred in the film along with Marilyn Eastman as the bickering older couple whose daughter was catatonic after being bitten by a zombie!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.einsiders.com/features/images/karl_hardman.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 175px;" src="http://www.einsiders.com/features/images/karl_hardman.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-44661478869099401652009-11-08T19:55:00.000-05:002009-11-08T20:20:21.150-05:00From Peanuts to PresidentYou thought I was done...Nope. Two more stunners before I am through with the Jimmy Carter novelty record project.<br /><br />Today's entry is the kind of real-deal recording that will bring tears to the eyes of perfectionists and Plains residents alike. <br /><br />This is an ultra-obscure (autographed!) record by <span style="font-weight:bold;">Max Culler</span>, written by Gail Davis. I'm not sure where this is from (BMI gives the current address for Rusty York publishing in Greensburg, Indiana), but it will sure make you feel good about "the great state of Georgia". <br /><br />The only Gail Davis I can find with any creative credentials is the one who portrayed Annie Oakley on TV in the 1950s. Wikipedia says she lived until 1997. Might she have been struck with populist Carter pride in 1976, and written this song? The flip side, "The Hurt Is Slowly Going Away" is also sung by Max Culler and written by Gail Davis.<br /><br />OUR COUNTRY'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE...YOU GUESSED IT, JIMMY WON:<br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=9107583-312" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=MaxCuller.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/MaxCuller.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Jimmy Carter"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-29834828749459974392009-10-14T21:32:00.000-04:002009-10-14T21:36:06.977-04:00Redneck Power, the bookDoes somebody have a copy of this I can borrow?<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/523755355_346e7312b4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 303px; height: 500px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/217/523755355_346e7312b4.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-9304680745034123872009-10-11T23:31:00.000-04:002009-10-11T23:38:11.525-04:00The Ballad of Billy CarterI've been going easy on you-all so far. Now it is time we get stuck in the deep stuff. As the Billy World Turns. Your stern must be made of stiff stuff to plow into these waters. It's the Ballad of Billy Carter!<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">The pain in Plains is dulled by the Grain.</span><br /><br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=8865300-106" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=BalladOfBillyCarter.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/BalladOfBillyCarter.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Ballad Of Billy Carter"></a><br /><br />Peanuts...oh oh oh oh, Peanuts. Doodle doodle doo!<br /><br />Yeah, that'd be FRED SMERDLEY & THE DIXIE PIXIES. <br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=revell-billycarter.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/revell-billycarter.jpg" border="0" height=310 width = 400 alt="Billy Carter model truck"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940409578133203487.post-63969895270123576842009-10-04T21:14:00.001-04:002009-10-04T21:45:52.587-04:00Eatin' Peanuts & Drinkin' Billy BeerThe Jimmy Carter Time! train rolls on...<br /><br />When we talk about artists who have never gotten their due, we usually mean artists whose releases failed to capture an audience. On this record, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Bobby Mann</span> did not get his due from the outset, as <span style="font-style:italic;">his name is not even on the cover of the record</span>.<br /><br />Harkus 'Pig' Robbins and Hank Williams produced...not <span style="font-style:italic;">that</span> Hank Williams. <br /><br />In this song, Jimmy and Billy Carter serve as mere signposts to the narrator's divorce, letting us know that it must have occurred some time in the late 70s. The Carter presidency provides a rare opportunity for a sad-sack character to drown his sorrows country-style, while still maintaining a presidential flair. <br /><br /><embed src="http://www.divshare.com/flash/playlist?myId=8768053-7a1" width="335" height="28" name="divplaylist" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=EatinPeanuts-1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/EatinPeanuts-1.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=430 alt="Eatin Peanuts 2"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/?action=view¤t=EatinPeanutsLabel.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb219/Handy_Napkins/EatinPeanutsLabel.jpg" border="0" height=400 width=400 alt="Bobby Mann"></a>Andy Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14149673993917911144noreply@blogger.com1