Lee Bros. Cookbook

Matt & Ted Lee wrote this crazy southern cookbook a couple of years ago and it won the James Beard award for writing about food. I have this 'thing' about certain cookbooks. If you like food, you must own this cookbook. They also have a catalog called The Lee Brothers Boiled Peanut Catalogue. I found this video on Oxford American's website. Their annual music issue is out by the way. Mine's in the mail.

SoLost: The Lee Brothers and their Boiled Peanuts Catalogue from Oxford American on Vimeo.

I enjoy...

I've spent a considerable amount of my life surrounding myself with music. What do I mean by "surrounding" myself with music you ask? Let's make a list, shall we?

I enjoy listening to music

I enjoy reading about music

I enjoy discussing music with other people

I enjoy searching for music

I enjoy buying music

I enjoy a variety of styles

I enjoy alphabetizing music

I enjoy 45's, LP's, cd's, mp3's

I enjoy going to see music played live

I enjoy trying to play music on a guitar

I enjoy lyrics

I enjoy melody

I enjoy dissonance

I enjoy the artwork on the cover

I enjoy reading liner notes

I enjoy sharing music with others

I enjoy having others share music with me

I enjoy scouring ebay for lp's and 45's

I enjoy watching music-related movies

Sounds like a Tom T. Hall song.

On no other subject could I create such a list. What does this mean. I don't feel like an obsessive person. Except that I continue to buy everything Robert Pollard puts out on both digital and vinyl. I dream about finding Half Japanese's first lp release, a 3 record set, 1/2 Gentlemen, Not Beasts. I spend hours looking at you tube live music clips. I've read more books about music in the last two years than anything else. (Reading Fargo Rock City right now. A treatise on 80's Metal Bands and their impact on one young author and pop culture.) I'm listening to a live Bob Mould cd while I write this.

Honestly, I'm tired. My hobby could be the benefits of artificial insemination in Semmintal cattle. That would lead to a few less interesting conversations.

31,000 songs

After adding this month's emusic downloads, I noticed my itunes now has 31,000 songs loaded in it. 110Gig's!! Somewhat freakish.

Emusic Downloads for January & February

January's Selections:

Neko Case - Middle Cyclone

David Bazan - Curse Your Branches

Peter Holsapple & Chris Stamey - Here and Now

Big Star - Live at Columbia Missouri

February's Selections:

Young Fresh Fellows - I Think This Is

The Soft Pack - s/t

The Microphones - The Glow, Part 2

Leadbelly - Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Bobby Charles - s/t

Quaker Gun

Lovemeknots & Hitchhike at The Vollrath Tavern last Saturday night.

Another memorable evening with the Lovemeknots. The songs from their three albums and choice covers sent me home feeling very nostalgic and lucky, quite frankly. The songs from this little band (3 guitars little!) from Indy should be in everyone's cd shelf or ipod. After a stretch of many months, years, from playing, the night went off without a hitch and had the crowd on their feet. I emailed Evan on Monday and told him what a great time I'd had and the whole nostalgia thing I had going driving home. Here's his reply.

"Thanks for coming, Derek! There was nostalgia on all sides, I think.Rich said afterwards that the more infrequent our shows get, the more meaningful they start to feel to him. And I know what he means. It didn’t occur to me back in 1995 that being in a rock band was going to turn out to be one of my life’s most meaningful experiences, but I’ll be damned if that isn’t exactly what it turned out to be."

Here's a clip I found of them recording Quaker Gun off Setting Noises.