#The Earl of Jesus Mountain

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[farm-lesbian]

A Mountain Goats song that is, on its face, about cultivating sweet potato vine to feed a herd of wild deer: *exists*

The Mountain Goats Wiki entry > Comments by John Darnielle About this Song section:

“This song is about killing a man in Iowa City in 1993…take it away Peter.” — 2006 - 10 - 17 - Taft Ballroom - Cincinnati, OH

“In Isaiah 54:10, I believe, Jesus says ‘but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed.’ Anyway this one’s about collective bargaining power.” — 2011 - 2 - 21 - The EARL - Atlanta, GA

“When I was 14 I slammed my index finger in the rear passenger door of a 1972 Ford Galaxie and I’ll be terribly honest that hurt like a motherfucker.” — 2019 - 5 - 8 - Columbus Theatre - Providence, RI

[lady-of-lyon]

DEBATE!

[krispyweiss]

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Day Two, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 5, 2024

It was strictly bluegrass to kick off Day Two of Hardly Strictly Bluegrass as the Dry Branch Fire Squad offered stories about HSB founder Warren Hellman and songs of the Civil War and death and Jesus alongside instrumentals on the Banjo stage. There were no amps during the day-opening set that found the quartet playing and singing into shared mics and telling slow-to-develop tales with good humor.

Later in the day, Moonalice would grace the Towers of Gold audience with the second “White Rabbit” of the festival - following Molly Tuttle’s Oct. 4 version - and Tuttle would return with Golden Highway to back Steve Earle for a set that included a surprise appearance from Emmylou Harris on “Goodbye” and a rare festival encore of “This Land is Your Land” to end Oct. 5 in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

As a warm morning turned to a sweltering afternoon that found festivalgoers gathering in shady areas and leaving sun-drenched stretches of grass empty, Jobi Riccio and her rhythm section created a stripped-back, Hejira-era Joni Mitchell/Harris hybrid for the Rooster-farians, as the emcee called those gathered at Rooster stage. Playing during Buddy Miller’s daylong Cavalcade of Stars, Riccio surely earned some new fans.

Showcasing their new How to Make Mistakes LP, Fruition entertained the Swan stage shade-seekers as the quintet with multiple lead singers and multi-instrumentalist members took a a Bandian approach to 21st-century Americana with faux-blood harmonies buttressing ballads like “Still on My Mind.”

Following immediately on the adjacent Towers of Gold, Moonalice - with drummer John Molo, guitarist Barry Sless, singer Lester Chambers, bassist Pete Sears and others - turned in a hugely entertaining and soulful set that included the front-line trio of female vocalists leading the large band through such covers as Marvin Gaye’s “You’re all I Need to Get By” the Grateful Dead’s “Bird Song,” “(Turn on Your) Lovelight” and the aforementioned Airplane number.

Back on the Rooster for the ongoing Cavalcade, former Carolina Chocolate Drop Dom Flemons played bones, harmonica, guitar and quills on traditional songs to demonstrate what being an American Songster is all about. As he performed Elizabeth Cotten’s “Freight Train,” on guitar and “Brown Skinned Girl” on harmonica, Flemons proved himself the rare solo-acoustic performer who could hold a field full of festivalgoers in rapt (near) silence.

But he also had assistance from the Red Dirt Boys - who’d previously played a rich-gumbo show of their own - on original country and western songs from Traveling Wildfire and an old-timey rendition of “Going Down the Road Feeling Bad,” as he danced with rubbery legs of joy. A couple of false starts added to the spontaneous nature of this surprise mini-set.

Carlene Carter provided midafternoon lunchtime country music as the Sound Biteses prepared for Mavis Staples on the Banjo. And she did not disappoint, cooling down the afternoon with such hopeful numbers as “I’m Just Another Soldier,” “Handwriting on the Wall” “Respect Yourself” and “Freedom Highway” as she declared the healing power of music and her gruff, joyful laugh.

“We come to bring you some joy, some happiness, some inspiration - we want you to feel good,” Staples said.

And she made people feel just that though it was disheartening to see the 85-year-old American treasure needing to sit during a portion of her show, which she did not do in Ohio several months ago.

Earle, Tuttle & Golden Highway ended the day with 75 minutes - HSB’s longest performance - and opened with “Warren Hellman’s Banjo.” The show was a little under-rehearsed but a prime example of live music without a net with songs from the Del McCoury-Earle joint the Mountain, a cover of Little Feat’s “Willin’” and perhaps the most-emphatic version of “Copperhead Road” to date.

“This turned out exactly the way I wanted it to,” an exuberant Earle said with a comment that summed up Mr. and Mrs. Sound Bites’ day perfectly.

Read Sound Bites’ HSB Day One coverage here.

10/6/24

[broke-bruce-wayne]

2023 Album a Day Masterpost

I'm going to try and listen to a new (to me) album every day (or at least every weekday), so consider this an open invitation to send me suggestions. Any genre, new or old.

Albums listened to below the cut

Enjoyability in parenthesis

Day 1: you'll be fine - Hot Mulligan (3.5/5) Day 2: Long Lost - Lord Huron (4.5/5) Day 3: Goodnight Paradise - Nightmare Club (4/5) Day 4: SOS - SZA (4.5/5) Day 5: Lies They Tell Our Children - Anti Flag (4/5) Day 6: The Stranger - Billy Joel (3.75/5) Day 7: Battle Born - The Killers (3/5) Day 8: Blue Rev - Alvvays (5/5) Day 9: Rush - Måneskin (2.5/5) Day 10: Axis: Bold as Love - The Jimi Hendrix Experience (4.5/5) Day 11: Rhombithian - Sincere Engineer (4.5/5) Day 12: Reckless - Bryan Adams (4/5) Day 13: Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You - Big Thief (4.75/5) Day 14: Let's Start Here. - Lil Yachty (4.5/5) Day 15: Arthur (or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) - The Kinks (4.5/5) Day 16: Worry. - Jeff Rosenstock (5/5) Day 17: Beat the Champ - The Mountain Goats (4.75/5) Day 18: Ants from Up There - Black Country, New Road (4.5/5) Day 19: Anarchist Gospel - Sunny War (4.25/5) Day 20: Youth of America - Wipers (4.75/5) Day 21: I'm Not Getting Any Taller - Daisy the Great (3/5) Day 22: Future Nostalgia - Dua Lipa (4/5) Day 23: Diaspora Problems - Soul Glo (4.25/5) Day 24: This is Why - Paramore (4/5) Day 25: When the Pawn... - Fiona Apple (4.75/5) Day 26: The Lonesome Crowded West - Modest Mouse (5/5) Day 27: Neveroddoreven - I Monster (4/5) Day 28: Hellfire - black midi (4.75/5) Day 29: Desire Pathway - Screaming Females (4.5/5) Day 30: Sound of Silver - LCD Soundsystem (4/5) Day 31: Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus (4.25/5) Day 32: Dhaani - Strings (4/5) Day 33: Little Green House - Anxious (4.25/5) Day 34: Cracker Island - Gorillaz (3.75/5) Day 35: Flower Boy - Tyler, the Creator (4.5/5) Day 36: The Head and the Heart - The Head and the Heart (4/5) Day 37: Tracy Chapman - Tracy Chapman (5/5) Day 38: See You in Chemistry - Carly Cosgrove (4.25/5) Day 39: Dogsbody - Model/Actriz (4.25/5) Day 40: Low - David Bowie (4.5/5) Day 41: Little Plastic Castle - Ani DiFranco(4.25/5) Day 42: Shmap'n Shmazz - Cap'n Jazz (4/5) Day 43: 40 oz to Fresno - Joyce Manor (4/5) Day 44: Oh Me Oh My - Lonnie Holley (4.25/5) Day 45: Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel (4.75/5) Day 46: You're Gonna Miss It All - Modern Baseball (4.5/5) Day 47: Eau de VIXX - VIXX (4/5) Day 48: No Thank You - Little Simz (4.25/5) Day 49: Fantasy - M83 (3.75/5) Day 50: Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys (5/5)

Day 51: Moanin' - Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers (4.5/5) Day 52: Fortress - Miniature Tigers (4/5) Day 53: Sick! - Earl Sweatshirt (4.25/5) Day 54: So Much (for) Stardust - FOB (3/5) Day 54 Bonus: Memento Mori - Depeche Mode (4.25/5) Day 55: Close to the Edge - Yes (5/5) Day 56: Come In - Weatherday (4/5) Day 57: The Moon and Antarctica - Modest Mouse (5/5) Day 58: Baby - Petrol Girls (4.5/5) Day 59: The Record - Boygenius (3.5/5) Day 60: Loveless - My Bloody Valentine (4.75/5) Day 61: Mono - RM (3.75/5) Day 62: Glow On - Turnstile (4.25/5) Day 63: Un Verano sin Ti - Bad Bunny (4.5/5) Day 64: Rat Saw God - Wednesday (4.5/5) Day 65: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco (5/5) Day 66: Rites of Spring - Tiger Really (4/5) Day 67: American Football (1999) - American Football (4.75/5) Day 68: Boat Songs - MJ Lenderman (4.75/5) Day 69: ...So Unknown - Jesus Piece (3.75/5) Day 70: Leviathan - Mastodon (4.75/5) Day 71: Sawayama - Rina Sawayama (4/5) Day 72: Brave Faces, Everyone - Spanish Love Songs (4.75/5) Day 73: Ugly Season - Perfume Genius (3.25/5) Day 74: Fuse - EBTG (3.5/5) Day 75: Horses - Patti Smith (4.5/5) Day 76: Pushing Daisies - Julie (4/5) Day 77: Get In Losers, We're Going to Eternal Damnation -Forests (4.25/5) Day 78: Lucifer on the Sofa - Spoon (3.25/5) Day 79: That! Feels! Good! - Jessie Ware (4.5/5) Day 80: Exile on Main St. - The Rolling Stones (4.5/5) Day 81: Somewhere City - Origami Angel (5/5) Day 82: El Camino - The Black Keys (4/5) Day 83: Skinty Fia - Fontaines D.C. (4.25/5) Day 84: Maps - Billy Woods & Kenny Segal (5/5) Day 85: Blue - Joni Mitchell (4.5/5) Day 86: Relationship of Command - At the Drive-In (5/5) Day 87: 濡れゆく私小説 - Indigo la End (4.25/5) Day 88: Formentera - Metric (4/5) Day 89: Why Would I Watch - Hot Mulligan (4.75/5) Day 90: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel (4.5/5) Day 91: Chet Baker Sings - Chet Baker (3.25/5) Day 92: Tigers Jaw - Tigers Jaw (4.25/5) Day 93: Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville - Ashley McBryde (4.75/5) Day 94: Seven Psalms - Paul Simon (3.5/5) Day 95: Let It Be - The Replacements (5/5) Day 96: The Weird and Wonderful Marmozets - Marmozets (4.5/5) Day 97: Joy as an Act of Resistance - IDLES (4.5/5) Day 98: Pool Kids - Pool Kids (4/5) Day 99: Scaring the Hoes - JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown (4.25/5) Day 100: Fishmonger - Underscores (3/5)

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💭 pleeeease syb thoughts and opinions on jessie:3

alfjasdfl;k doing first impressions and then a mid-reaping thought because i can't resist

first impression

Sybille is immediately intrigued by anyone who wasn't in the service who prefers to be referred to by their surname. Rook is new to the sheriff's department -- had only been there a few weeks before Sybille had shaken Earl's hand and accepted the job offer.

Rook smacks loudly away at her gum and her eyes raise as Sybille exits Earl's office and enters the bullpen. She kicks her chair into a spin to swivel towards her as she passes. "Hired on the spot, huh?" She pulls an exaggerated grimace when Sybille nods. "Eesh. Red flag."

Sybille cocks a brow. "That a commentary on the department or an assessment of me?"

Rook twirls her ponytail around her finger and gives a half-hearted shrug. She then blows a bubble that's nearly the size of her head. When it pops, she looks surprised to find Sybille still standing at her desk, awaiting an answer. But instead of giving her one, she changes the subject. "You fish?"

Childish is the first thing that comes to Sybille's mind to describe her. Followed immediately by evasive. She's struck with the urge to dissect her and figure out what makes her tick. She quirks a smile. "Worked on a boat for a while down in New Orleans. Know any good spots?"

most recent thought

Every muscle in Sybille's body aches. She has no idea how much time has passed since Jacob's Chosen got the drop on her. All she knows is that she spent longer than usual in the Red Place and had to claw her way out from underneath a pile of corpses. She hadn't even bothered washing. She just shambled her way from the mountains back into the valley because jesus fucking christ, she needs a drink.

Mary May has a shot glass full of whiskey with the bottle set beside it before she even makes it to the counter. She downs it and sits on one of the bar stools. The loud creak that sounds in the empty bar is either from the wood or her bones and she's not entirely sure which.

With a sympathetic smile and gentle tap of her hand against the counter, Mary May says, "Just holler if you need anythin'."

Sybille grunts and nods, not bothering with the shot glass and drinking straight from the bottle.

Her peace and quiet doesn't last much longer than ten minutes. The door to the Spread Eagle slams open, followed immediately by an all too familiar nasally and grating voice. "Hey, Mary May I need more -- holy fuck, Syb you look like shit!"

Both Sybille and Mary May let out a prolonged exasperated groan.

[fleshybones]

Kiddie Flicks A West Side Story  Pippy Longstockings  Lassie  The Iron Giant  Moana The Croods  Road to Atlantis  Balto Pebble and The Penguin  Speed racer Dennis Quaid in The Rookie Hitchhikersguide Bedknobs and broomsticks  Scrooge McDuck Brave lil toaster  Full Metal Jacket 

Moonrise Kingdom  Her  Independence Day  The crow The happening  Smokey and the bandit  Practical magic  The green mile Half baked  Nights in rodanthe  Walter Mitty  Little darlings  City of angels  Scouts guide to the zombie apocolypse  Dr horribles sing along blog  Stargate  A fantastic fear of everything  I Am Jackie Chan: My Life in Action

80s The last star fighter  The last unixorm The gate Gremlins  The explorers  Escape from New York First blood  Fright night

Stephan Hawking A Brief History of Time

Me earl and the dying girl  The man from u.n.c.l.e Gridiron gang  The karate kid  World war z phalanx  All knowledge hitchhiker  All you need is kill - edge of tomorrow  Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson Snowden Bridges of Madison County  City of Angels  Moulin rouge  Lone star The reader Gattaca Some kind of wonderful Road to Atlantis  Flight plan  Million dollar baby  Constantanopolis The invention of lying  John Q  Stepbrothers Train to busan Harley Davidson and the marlboro man  Kisses over Babylon Requiem for a dream The green room Daniel Radcliffe as a dolphin  Room  The hurt locker Big Trouble in Little China  Phoenix lights  Fantastic beasts and where to find them Lost city of z The Joker is Wild  Dope Meryl Streep ricki and the flash  Ant-man  Mad max Lonesome Dove Moulin Rouge The limelight Charlie Chaplin  Cherrypicker  City Lights  Sliding doors Gwen Paltrow The riddlers mind machine Wild Wild West projector from dead man's head  Robocop  Bird man  Guardians  Blended  The great gatsby  Mocking jay Bridget Jones Baby Rocky Mountain High  Fast times at Ridgemont High  Wonder  Love story 

Cult movies  Rocky Horror Pictures Jesus Camp? The Virgin Suicides Heathers Dazed & Confused  Ginger snaps??  Close encounters Jesus Christ superstar? 

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..."Lance Wallnau’s book, “God’s Chaos Candidate” played a significant role in solidifying evangelical support for Donald Trump in 2016, brushing aside concerns about his obvious lack of morality. 

Paula White-Cain gave the invocation at Trump’s inauguration in 2017, at his re-election campaign kick-off in 2019 and his Jan. 6, 2021, pre-insurrection rally. On the second occasion, she gave what experts describe as a ‘spiritual warfare’ prayer: “Let every demonic network that is aligned itself against the purpose, against the calling of President Trump, let it be broken, let it be torn down in the name of Jesus.” 

Dutch Sheets engaged in a swing-state “prayer and prophecy tour” after Joe Biden’s election in November 2020, playing a leading role in building religious support for the Jan. 6 insurrection, in coordination with Trump’s White House. 

All three are prominent members of a rapidly-growing, anti-democratic religious movement known as the New Apostolic Reformation, which few Americans have heard of, except in passing or by way of heated denials. But a new book from Canadian scholar André Gagné, “American Evangelicals for Trump: Dominion, Spiritual Warfare, and the End Times,” could change that, as the NAR seems poised to play an even bigger political role in 2024. 

“Too many of the larger public, and too many who report news, know little about this movement,” said John Dorhauer, recently retired general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, via email. “The trap one must avoid in writing about this subject and reporting on the movement is to do so in a way that comes across as credible without sounding like a conspiracy theorist. The truth is you are in fact writing about a conspiracy. Because of that, large swaths of the American public are just predisposed to dismiss this as too far-fetched to take seriously.”

Gagné’s book is significant, Dorhauer said, because he clarifies and differentiates “various ideologies, theologies and end-game scenarios” in ways particularly helpful to “those of us looking to think strategically about how to offset the damage to our democracy.”  

NAR, Clarkson explained, is hard to understand because it is “constantly changing, [and] has factions in tension with one another. … They are wily because they are worried that the rest of society will figure out who they are and what they are up to.”

The "most radical change" since the Protestant Reformation

Arguably the greatest strength of Gagné’s book is its “focus on how [NAR] adherents speak of their beliefs and practices,” as he describes it, providing a coherent, objective record that can that’s not an outsider’s interpretation — thus evading an objection that religious conservatives have invoked for decades when subject to unwanted scrutiny. This is reflected both in the book’s origin and in its crucial explanation of the NAR, which C. Peter Wagner, who coined the term, described as “the most radical change in how churches operate since the Protestant Reformation.”

Dominion theology, "victorious eschatology" and the Seven Mountain Mandate 

When it comes to theology, Gagné focuses on the “idea of wanting to establish the kingdom of God on earth, the notion of dominion,” a thread long present in evangelical Christianity, but largely more as an aspiration than a master plan, as it is for the NAR. “Wagner was clear on what had influenced him in terms of dominion theology,” Gagné said, and specifically referenced Calvinist philosopher and theologian R.J. Rushdoony, the founder of what is known as “Christian Reconstruction.” (See Julie Ingersoll’s book "Building God's Kingdom: Inside the World of Christian Reconstructionism,” and a Salon interview.) 

Another important influence was onetime evangelical bishop Earl Paulk, who “popularized a teaching that is called ‘kingdom now,’” Gagné said, which claimed that “Christ in us must take dominion over the earth.... The next move of God cannot occur until Christ in us takes dominion.” 

It’s worth noting here that the dominionist belief in dramatically expanding Christians’ power over the secular world is inherently in conflict with previously more popular evangelical beliefs that the sinful world should be left behind, as reflected in the popular “Left Behind” novel series. In contrast, Gagné said, “Wagner had a view which is called ‘victorious eschatology,” where he links that idea to dominion theology.” He quotes Wagner saying, “We no longer accept the idea that society will get worse and worse, because we now believe God’s mandate is to transform society, so it gets better and better.” 

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Transatlantic Teutonic Two Step Take 120 [Oct 25th 2023]

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Tracks:

Red Williams - Jesus Jones - Jesus Jones 45 (197X) [Chips - 2911]

Rod Hart - C. B. Savage - C. B. Savage 45 (1976) [Plantation Records - PL-144]

Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs - California Up Tight Band - Foggy Mountain Breakdown (1967) [CBS - 3038]

Lee Clayton - Bottles Of Booze - Bottles Of Booze 45 (1973) [MCA-40151]

Slim Free - Chalk One Up For Me - Chalk One Up For Me 45 (1966) [Stop ST-105]

Dale & Grace - Bad Luck - Stop And Think It Over 45 (1964) [Montel - 922]

Jack Scott - Goodbye Baby - Goodbye Baby 45 (1958) [Carlton 493]

Dale Hawkins - Who - Linda (1961) [Checker - 962]

Rocky Olson - Kansas City - Rocky Olson/Jet Tones Split 45 (1959) [Chess - 1723]

Marty Robbins - I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) - Singing The Blues 45 (1956) [Columbia - 4-21545]

Ernie Freeman - Raunchy - Raunchy 45 (1957) [Imperial - X5474]

Bob & Sylvia - Castration Of The Strawberry Roan - Castration Of The Strawberry Roan 45 (197x) [Spicy Records - SP 500]* *This is one of the strangest records I own. It's also pretty twisted.

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Moe Bandy Celebrates 40th Anniversary Of “Let’s Get Over Them Together” With Becky Hobbs

Award-winning country music legend, Moe Bandy is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Top 10 duet with Becky Hobbs, “Let’s Get Over Them Together.” Written by Charlie Craig and Keith Stegall, “Let’s Get Over Them Together” became Bandy’s 16th Top 10 hit and continues to be a fan favorite. Bandy was recently inducted into the Class of 2023 of The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame along with The Texas Ranger Division of the Department of Public Safety, San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, Cleo Hearn, and Boots O’Neal. Bandy, was a proud competitor in bull riding prior to pursuing country music full-time. He now joins the ranks of Willie Nelson, George Strait, Red Steagall, Lyle Lovett, Clay Walker, Robert Earl Keen, Aaron Watson, and Bob Wills who have all received this prestigious honor. “This was such an exciting time in my life and career that I will never forget,” shares Bandy. “I was on the road and recording nonstop, which is what I had always dreamed of. When I heard Becky Hobbs for the first time, I knew she was destined for great things! When we went into the studio and recorded “Let’s Get Over Them Together,” it was clear this would be a single. We had a great run with it and hope you are still enjoying it today!” “I met Moe when I opened for him at the Coffeyville, Kansas Fair & Rodeo,” shares Becky Hobbs. “After the show, he was very complimentary and said, “If you had a hit record, you’d be dangerous!” He asked me if I’d be interested in doing a duet, and the rest is history. Moe is genuinely one of the nicest people on the planet, a heckuva singer/entertainer, and a forever friend.” Bandy recently released his new album, ‘Thank You Lord.’ Delivering a heartfelt project, Bandy recorded twelve heartfelt tracks and features special guests The Isaacs on “Family Bible” and The Oak Ridge Boys with Nora Lee Allen on “The Lord Is My Shepherd.” The title track, written by Mo Pitney, Bobby Tomberlin, and Cheryl Riddle offers a true reflection of where Bandy is in his life today, of which he is thankful for another mile, another day, and a life many could have only dreamed of. ‘Thank You Lord’ features tunes from prominent Nashville songwriters including Willie Nelson, Bill Anderson, Hank Williams, and more! The twelve-track project was produced by Michele Voan Capps and sponsored by Gus Arrendale and Springer Mountain Farms and is available on all streaming platforms now! To stream or purchase, visit HERE. “We all try to live life to the fullest and with purpose,” shares Bandy. “When you get to a certain place in your life, you reflect on your past. We have all made mistakes and decisions that we may regret, but you have to look at the positives. God has been so good to me. He has given my family blessings that I never dreamed were even possible. I am so thankful to Him and wanted this album to fully reflect my faith in God. A special thanks to Gus Arrendale and Springer Mountain Farms for their continued support and for making this album a reality.” For further information, visit HERE. ‘Thank You Lord’ Track Listing: Thank You Lord (Bobby Tomberlin, Mo Pitney, Cheryl Riddle) Family Bible ft. The Isaacs (Willie Nelson) I Believe (Drake, Graham, Shirl, Stillman) God Is Great, God Is Good (Bill Anderson) House Of Gold (Hank Williams) The Lord Is My Shepherd ft. The Oak Ridge Boys & Norah Lee Allen (Ardon A. Hollis) Shall We Gather At The River (Robert Lowry) Many Mansions (Randall, Sanders, Etheridge) What A Friend We Have In Jesus (Joseph M. Scriven) Wayfaring Stranger (Public Domain) Just A Closer Walk With Thee (Public Domain) Precious Lord Take My Hand (Thomas A. Dorsey) *Digital review copies of ‘Thank You Lord’ available upon request* Moe Bandy’s Upcoming Tour Dates: APR 22 – Texas Pride Barbecue / Adkins, Texas MAY 13 – Neon Moon / Yantis, Texas MAY 20 – Ohio Valley Opry / McConnelsville, Ohio MAY 26 – Cailloux Theater / Kerrville, Texas MAY 27 – Real Life Amphitheater / Selma, Texas (with Joe Stampley, Johnny Lee, T.G. Sheppard, Janie Fricke, and Moore & Moore) JUN 03 – Marion Cultural Civic Center / Marion, Ill. (with John Conlee) JUN 06 – The Moore & Moore Fan Club Party at The Nashville Nightlife / Nashville, Tenn. JUN 07 – Country For A Cause at 3rd & Lindsley / Nashville, Tenn. JUN 09 – Independence County Fair / Batesville, Ark. JUN 15 – The Palace Theatre / Corsicana, Texas JUN 16 – The Hippodrome / Waco, Texas JUN 17 – Arlington Music Hall / Arlington, Texas (with Jeannie Seely) JUN 18 – Truman Lake Opry / Tightwad, Mo JUL 07 – Riley’s Tavern / New Braunfels, Texas JUL 08 – 2920 Roadhouse / Hockley, Texas AUG 05 – Sugar Creek Casino / Hinton, Texas (with T.G. Sheppard, Janie Fricke, T. Graham Brown, and Jeannie Seely) AUG 12 – Carthage Civic Center / Carthage, Texas (with Joe Stampley) AUG 19 – Broken Horn Bar & Grill / Midland, Texas SEP 02 – Pedrotti’s Ranch / Helotes, Texas OCT 12 – Granbury Live / Granbury, Texas OCT 13 – 11th Street Cowboy Bar / Bandera, Texas OCT 14 – 2920 Roadhouse / Hockley, Texas (with Joe Stampley) OCT 21 – Park Theater / McMinnville, Tenn. (with Buddy Jewell) NOV 11 – Bosque Arts Center / Clifton, Texas DEC 02 – Chisholm Trail Christmas Ball / Belton, Texas DEC 03 – Dosey Doe / The Woodlands, Texas (with Janie Fricke) For more information, tickets, and to keep up with everything Moe Bandy, visit HERE. About Moe Bandy: Moe Bandy’s country music accomplishments are many, including ten No. 1 hit songs, many Top Ten hits, five Gold records, and numerous ACM and CMA Awards. He started his recording career while he was a sheet metal worker in San Antonio, Texas, but after a decade of hard labor, Bandy traded his sheet metal for Gold albums. In the mid-seventies when the country pop Kenny Rogers, John Denver and the outlaw sound of Waylon and Willie was all the rage, along came the traditionalist Moe Bandy. Bandy recently penned an autobiography, Moe Bandy: Lucky Me, available for purchase now at moebandybook.com. For more information on Moe Bandy, visit moebandy.com. Suggested post: .@MoeBandyMusic and #BeckyHobbs celebrate 40th Anniversary of Top 10 duet #LetsGetOverThemTogether. New album #ThankYouLord is available now and Bandy is latest inductee into #TexasCowboyHallofFame. To stream or purchase: ffm.to/mb_tyl Read the full article

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Movie Review: Billy Bob, Robin Wright, Jackie Earle & Co. go Appalachian for “Devil’s Peak”

“Ah don’t have to remind you that her daddy thinks he is the ‘Jesus J. Edgar Christ’ of the Appalachian Mountains,” the mountaineer crime patriarch drawls in warning to his only son, who has taken up with a local prosecutor’s “rabbit-ass daughter.” “Mah daddy, his his daddy before’im, and now you — we do not choose this way of life,” he tells his boy, Jacob (Hopper Penn). It chose us.” There is…

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[movienation]

Movie Review: Billy Bob, Robin Wright, Jackie Earle & Co. go Appalachian for "Devil's Peak"

“Ah don’t have to remind you that her daddy thinks he is the ‘Jesus J. Edgar Christ’ of the Appalachian Mountains,” the mountaineer crime patriarch drawls in warning to his only son, who has taken up with a local prosecutor’s “rabbit-ass daughter.” “Mah daddy, his his daddy before’im, and now you — we do not choose this way of life,” he tells his boy, Jacob (Hopper Penn). It chose us.” There is…

[wutbju]

Martha Colette Chandler, known as Colette, passed away to be with Jesus on July 7, 2022 at Northside Gwinnett Medical Center.

She was born and raised in Amory, Mississippi, a small railroad town, to Clarence Earl Jaudon, Sr. and Ada Lou Smith. Colette graduated from Amory High School in 1945 and then attended Bob Jones University. Upon completing her education, she moved to Birmingham, Alabama to begin a work career. Soon after, Colette relocated to Memphis, Tennessee to work as an administrative assistant with Chicago & Southern Airlines, where she also met her future husband Ceward Lebron Chandler. Colette and her husband moved two more times for his career to Bayshore, Long Island, New York and then to College Park, Georgia. During these years Colette became a mother to Celeste Kay and Carol Alaine Chandler.

Colette was a devout Christian and active in her church and many ladies Bible studies. She was a woman of God’s word and lived out her faith daily. She was also a member of PEO, an educational scholarship organization for young women around the world.

While raising her daughters, Colette worked as a licensed real estate agent, substitute classroom teacher and administrative assistant. She also managed to make time as a hospital volunteer in the communities in which she lived.

In addition to a work life, Colette was a woman of so many talents. She was a musician (piano and flute), artist, gardener, caterer, and home decorator. Everything Colette did was beautiful and reflected her love of God, life, people and nature.

Colette is survived by her daughters, Celeste Kay Chandler and Carol Chandler Wood (Steve), granddaughter Angela Kneeburg (Andrew), great granddaughter Faith, nephews Ron Jaudon, Don Chandler (Elizabeth), Doug Chandler (Britt), Larry Chandler (Marie), Greg Chandler (Pam) and Jeff Chandler (Darlene) and numerous great nephews and nieces.

Visitation will take place at Bill Head Funeral Home in Tucker, GA on Friday, July 15th from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm. On Saturday, July 16th , visitation will be at Mountain Park First Baptist Church in Stone Mountain, GA from noon – 1 pm with the funeral service and celebration of Colette’s life beginning at 1 pm. Interment will immediately follow at Arlington Memorial Park in Sandy Springs, GA.

Online condolences may be left at www.billheadfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements by Bill Head Funeral Home & Crematory Lilburn/Tucker Chapel. 770-564-2726

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Days like these were known to be particularly slow with the rain coming down in sheets, the wind tossing the trees gently along the skyline visible from her dirty office window, the lull of typing from the other office, and the pattering of water along the tin roof. It was enough to almost put someone to sleep, but the semi-newly appointed Deputy Sheriff Marion had more than several stacked reports due, and trying to finish them was seemingly a daunting task in and of itself. She despised paperwork- and sometimes it was unfortunately reflected in her work with sloppy signatures and hastily scribbled notes. Nobody was perfect, right?  Thumbing over a few different pages, she soon tosses the stack that was in her hands onto the worn desk with an exasperated sigh and a quick pinch of the ridge of her nose, eyes screwing shut as that sigh sharpens into a groan. The wet scent of dirt and the humid air was forbidding and reminded her of home perhaps a little bit too much. What a miserable day, right? And to think she had plans to barbecue tonight, that wasn't happening. Even with everything happening in Hope County, she still found ways to throw herself a pity party. People were dying, being maimed and tortured and killed and skinned alive and left as roadkill- and here she was, quietly bitching to herself about the fact she'd have to grab something else. 

Settling back into her chair and humming, Marion makes quick work of tidying up her messy black hair into a clip and stares fruitlessly out the window- shit. Though, she was looking forward to those steaks. The wooden chair that probably had been in this building since the 70s creaks gently under her weight as she rocks back and forth- as far as the old lacquered mess would allow her. Hope County could have been a wonderful place to live if it weren't for this supposed cult. A quaint community tucked away in the mountains and the valleys that hugged it were just as beautiful as their older and greater counterparts. A truly magnificent place to be if you were sitting with the cool kids, so to speak. Earl had never spoken fondly of Eden's Gate, and she knew it was because of this outlandishly fucked up shit they as a whole were pulling, but there was something deep in her bones that couldn't help but resonate with the message...  Maybe it was being born in Louisiana and being run over the coals with televangelism and billboards streaming for miles preaching about Jesus and how he alone is the path to salvation, how the church was the one to intervene in her youth with the abuse and yet held the hand of the abuser to further the agenda. It was all very confusing to her growing up.   Everything, she thought, would tell itself in time-- but time was a cruel mistress and she was impatient. The wind picks up outside, howling past the trees and picking up debris in its wake- a trashcan falling over unceremoniously outside the window made her jump slightly and shake her head-- However... The unmistakable electronic *Ding* from the front of the building hovers in the air, the door closing back up the vacuum bubble that was the Sherriff's office...  Something in the air changes, and Marion finds herself straightening in her seat and turning back to the desk- trying to make herself look busy and not like she's just idling. Heavy boot steps echo down the short hallway, and soon there is a hand attaching itself to the brass knob on her office door, and its screaming hinges gave way to a stranger.

When the man entered, her whole body felt like it had taken a screenshot. There was a cause of the sudden shift in the building's air. 

Almost instinctively, Marion reaches out and firmly shakes his hand; He has a remarkable grip, and remarkable scars- a remarkable look about him altogether, however, she keeps herself steady and nods, a slightly concerned smile wavering over her cleft features. "Oh, so you're the guy huh? Nice to meetcha', Jacob. Not gonna lie, I'm not used to having a welcomin' party, but I appreciate it... Also not sure how my boss is gonna feel either, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it, yeah?" Her swampy drawl hangs heavy in the air like the humidity on their skin, it could tell a million stories of bayou dreams and warm your bones like bourbon. "...I gotta know, though... Why come on out here to say hello? Couldn't possibly be southern hospitality~" Marion laughs- it's all in good fun, she feels safe in her office, whether or not this bear of a man was in the vicinity. She was seemingly taking her chances, willing to gamble on the interaction that just decided to pop up like a fresh spring daisy.

DESTINY

[ a lil starter for @atallephoculary ]

In the Montana mountains, a rainy morning paints the landscape in shades of gray and green. Mist flowing in the rugged peaks as raindrops dance off the pine leaves, creating a soothing symphony. Puddles form, reflecting the dreary sky, while streams began to flow from the rocks with newfound vigor across the roadways, mud puddles just awaiting a victim to step in them. Despite the downpour, there's an undeniable beauty, a resilience that defines mountain life. It was normal for the eldest Seed brother to rise earlier than the sun and commence his duties.

In the quiet solitude of his mountain home, Jacob stirred reluctantly from his sleep. With a heavy sigh, he reluctantly opened his eyes, greeted not by the warmth of the sun, but by the dim light filtering through the clouded sky. Echoes of gunfire and the distant rumble of explosions seemed to reverberate in the stillness of the morning, a haunting reminder of the past he could never fully escape.

Pulling himself from the embrace of his bed, Jacob moved with a stiffness bred from old injuries and unspoken traumas. The familiar ache in his bones served as a constant reminder of the price he had paid for his years of service, not to mention the scarred tissue to add insult to the injury. With each step, he traversed the familiar terrain of his home, the solitude of the mountains offering both solace and isolation. Outside, the world awaited, but within the confines of his sanctuary, Jacob found himself reluctant to face the day ahead, for him, waking up was not a cause for celebration, but rather a reminder of the battles he still fought within himself. Yet, somehow he managed to pull himself up every day to heed the wishes of his beloved brother and prophet Joseph, something he would be grateful for, a purpose.

After a cup of coffee in the quiet of his kitchen, he then decided to check his phone. It was a text from a few of the cultists who had done reconnaissance on the police station, it would seem the new deputy sheriff was settled in nicely. A clank of his coffee mug on the marble countertop, he slid it aside as he stood and grabbed his coat. It was about time he was able to put a name to the face, there had been rumors of her. tenacious, stubborn and allegedly scary, which only intrigued him that much more. Puddled mud splashed around Jacob’s military boots, the sludging trail to his truck wasn’t unfamiliar to him and given the circumstances he had been through in life, mud was hardly as appalling to him as most.

The drive was calming, the pitter patter of raindrops beaming against his windshield in different directions as he picked up speed. There was a surrealness to driving in the rain, something he always looked forward to when it came to spring. It was easy to get lost in it, which made the drive the drive seem shorter than it was, and now he arrived at the sheriff station. Usually, when it would rain, a normal person would park close to the building but… Jacob didn’t. instead, he parked in the corner of the lot and began his walk to the main entrance. Each raindrop felt like heaven, the heat however was only threatening humidity. With each step, the puddles splashed under the power of his weight against the concrete, the water rinsing his previously mudded boots that now left a sleek shine, almost as if they were new but from the scuffs it was clear they’d been abused.

The door swung open briefly to allow him to step in, a cautious gaze around the office told him that it was a slow day, but without breaking his stride, he began to walk further into the building while whipping both of his hands at the wrist to rid it of stray water droplets. “I’m looking for Marion Fuller.” When he spoke, each word reverberated with richness and depth, carrying a weight that demanded attention, which he got. It wasn’t uncommon for the locals to shake like leaves when it came to Jacob, in the dim light of the room, the intimidating figure stood like a colossus, but it wasn't just his physical presence that was made them look away; it was the faint yet unmistakable burn scars that marred a quarter of his face, trailing down his neck and disappearing beneath the collar of his shirt. They spoke of a past marked by fire and pain, leaving behind a haunting reminder of battles fought and wounds endured. The secretary, who Jacob had stood before gestured to the door he would need to go through, the shakiness in her hand only caused a faint smile to appear beneath his scruffy beard.

The sound of his footsteps thundered through the seemingly quiet building, it was eerily quiet but of course it was early and there wasn’t too much noise. The door however, seemed to creak open so painfully loud that a wince formed on his face as he stepped through. His eyes landed on the deputy, which he was shocked she wasn’t older. “huh” he slipped out.

Most criminals would be shaken by standing in front of authority, but Jacob stood mere feet away from the newly appointed sheriff deputy unphased and seemingly confrontational, however he instead offered his hand. “Miss Fuller, my name is Jacob Seed. I’d like to formally introduce myself and let you know that as head of security for Eden’s Gate, if you need anything, I’m the one to come to.” Although innocent enough, there's a coldness to his tone, a calculated precision that leaves no doubt as to the subtly of his threat if it were to be looked for. It's the voice of someone who knows how to wield intimidation, using it to instill fear and assert dominance without needing to raise his voice.

[blakeboldt-blog]

Best Albums of 2019

Top 10:

"Jaime," Brittany Howard.

"In the Morse Code of Brake Lights," The New Pornographers.

"Between the Country," Ian Noe.

"Mint Condition," Caroline Spence.

"While I'm Livin'," Tanya Tucker.

"Father of the Bride," Vampire Weekend.

"Remind Me Tomorrow," Sharon Van Etten.

"Titanic Rising," Weyes Blood.

"Legacy! Legacy!" Jamila Woods.

"Walk Through Fire," Yola.

Honorable mention:

"U.F.O.F." Big Thief.

"Assume Form," James Blake.

"Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest," Bill Callahan.

"This Land," Gary Clark, Jr.

"In Search of the Miraculous," Desperate Journalist.

"Magdalene," FKA Twigs.

"thank u, next," Ariana Grande.

"Terms of Surrender," Hiss Golden Messenger.

"On the Line," Jenny Lewis.

"Cuz I Love You," Lizzo.

"Stronger Than the Truth," Reba McEntire.

"Blood," Allison Moorer.

"Saves the World," MUNA.

"Songs of Our Native Daughters," Our Native Daughters.

"Pony," Orville Peck."

Jimmy Lee," Raphael Saadiq.

"Dépaysé," Sinkane.

"Sound & Fury," Sturgill Simpson.

"Eraserland," Strand of Oaks.

"Miss Universe," Nilüfer Yanya.

Songs: 

"Almeda," Solange.

"Ain't Got No Money," Justin Townes Earle.

"Bad Case," Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real.

"Bags," Clairo.

“Bible and a .44," Trisha Yearwood.

"Black Patch," Kelsey Waldon.

"Blazing Highway Home," Josh Ritter.

"Blume," Nerija.

"The Bones," Maren Morris.

"A Boy Is a Gun," Tyler, the Creator.

"Burning," Maggie Rogers.

"Bus Route," Tyler Childers.

"Calliope," Cassius.

"Caught on the Inside," Ten Fé.

"Cheap Silver," Mike & the Moonpies.

"Cheatin' Songs," Midland.

"Circle Game," Pink.

"Count on Me," The Lone Bellow.

"Cruel Summer," Taylor Swift.

"Dark and Handsome," Blood Orange.

"Dark Places," Beck.

"The Daughters," Little Big Town.

"Delta Line," Emily Scott Robinson.

"Desert Man," Bat for Lashes.

"Don't Feel Like Crying," Sigrid.

"Estrella," Cass McCombs.

"Far from Home," Aubrie Sellers.

"Father," Robert Ellis.

"Fixture Picture," Aldous Harding.

"Freelance," Toro y Moi.

"Ghost," Kaina.

"Gone," Charli XCX.

"Gonna Write Me a Letter," Rhiannon Giddens/Francesco Turisi.

"Good Scare," TORRES.

"The Greatest," Lana Del Rey.

"Hallelujah," HAIM.

"He," Jai Paul.

"Heavy on My Mind," Mavis Staples.

"Hello Sunshine," Bruce Springsteen.

"Hey, Bus Driver!" Tami Nielsen.

"Hey, Ma," Bon Iver.

"Hold On," Aimee Mann.

"Hot Air Balloons," Tank and the Bangas.

"Hot Girl Summer," Megan Thee Stallion.

"Human Question," The Yawpers.

"Hungry Child," Hot Chip.

"Hurry on Home," Sleater-Kinney.

"Hurt," Gallant.

"I Don't Wanna Ride the Rails (No More)," Vince Gill.

"In the Capital," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.

"Incapable," Roisin Murphy.

"It's Time," Leonard Cohen.

"Jesus & Elvis," Hayes Carll.

"Lark," Angel Olsen.

"Light Years," The National.

"Lonely As You Are," Charles Bradley.

"Loose Change," Highwomen.

"Lovestained," Hope Tala.

"Lying Down," Celine Dion.

"Messed with My Mind," Molly Tuttle.

"Midnight Sun," Calexico/Iron & Wine.

"Mirage," Jessie Ware.

"Mirror in the Sky," Peaking Lights.

"Mother's Mother's Magazines," Cate le Bon.

"Nighttime Drive," Jay Som.

"No Bullets Spent," Spoon.

"On the Edge of Time," Jens Lekman.

"One More Song to Write," Willie Nelson.

"One Night Standards," Ashley McBryde.

"Open Book," Kalie Shorr.

"Patience," Tame Impala.

"A Perfect Wife," Frank Turner.

"Runner," Tennis.

"The Seduction of Kansas," Priests.

"Send Me a Postcard," Bob Mould.

"Shine a Little Light," The Black Keys.

"Sisyphus," Andrew Bird.

“Solid Ground," Michael Kiwanuka.

"Someone Else," Emotional Oranges.

"Sparrow," Emeli Sandé.

"Starry Night," Peggy Gou.

"Stay with Me," Hatchie.

"Suge," daBaby.

"Talk," Khalid/Disclosure.

"Tell the World I Do," Dee White."

That's Just the Way I Feel," Purple Mountains.

"The Thing That Wrecks You," Lady Antebellum w/ Little Big Town.

"Track Record," Miranda Lambert.

"Used to Be Lonely," Whitney.

"Virile," Moses Sumney.

"Want You in My Room," Carly Rae Jepsen.

"War in My Mind," Beth Hart.

"Water Me Down," Vagabon.

"Weeping Willow," Ruston Kelly.

"Where I Come From," Patty Griffin.

"Working on a Song," Todd Snider. 

"Xanny," Billie Eilish.

"Yellow Cloud," Trixie Mattel.

"You've Got Other Girls for That," Lillie Mae.

"Young Enough," Charly Bliss.