ponderosa ~ old gin road

strand of oaks @ the satellite 5.20.11

ps i am very fortunate that i can catch incredible live music at a small venue called the satellite. strand of oaks was on my wish list of music to see. check.. it happened. tim showalter played an amazing solo set with his electric guitar, pedals, and peerless voice. i am definitely a fan and suggest you listen to find out what an obsession his music can become.
ps ps strand of oaks' albums are "leave ruin" and "pope killdragon."

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http://www.myspace.com/strandofoaks
http://www.facebook.com/PopeKilldragon?sk=info
https://twitter.com/#!/Strandofoaks
http://strandofoaks.bandcamp.com/

let's listen to some strand of oaks together: http://blip.fm/CreepingElm

music for your ears:

birthday wishes sent to you mr. bob dylan

ps thank you much mr. dylan. we love you! mwahhhh.....

griffith park hike at sunset

jordie lane @ the satellite 5.20.11

recently i happened to stumble upon melbourne’s jordie lane after purchasing tickets for a joe pug show. this folk/blues/country singer was joe's opener and what a gem to be found. his music and songwriting are beautiful. at the show's end he invited two people to the stage to harmonize with him as you will see from my clicks taken. i recommend fans of wilco, bob dylan, and johnny cash will enjoy jordie's music. he has announced a second album 'blood thinner' and a national tour. "completely stripped back to the bare bones of recording techniques, the tracks on 'blood thinner' were captured between a remote desert motel room, a basement and, finally, a bleeding hot garage in eagle rock, la."* {yay eagle rock, ca} the album is out july 15 on vitamin records.


*quote taken from tony lendrum, http://www.theaureview.com/

follow jordie lane:
http://www.myspace.com/jordielanemusic
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jordie-Lane/20575243643
http://www.jordielane.com

let's listen to jordie's music together: http://blip.fm/CreepingElm

now music for your ears:

gillian welch ~ i dream a highway

ps

oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vision come and rest my soul
i dream a highway back to you

john he's kicking out the footlights
the grand ole opry's got a brand new band
lord, let me die with a hammer in my hand
i dream a highway back to you.

i think i'll move down into memphis
and thank the hatchet man who forked my tongue
i lie and wait until the wagons come
and dream a highway back to you.

the getaway kicking up cinders
an empty wagon full of rattling bones
moon in the mirror on a three-hour jones,
i dream a highway back to you.

oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vison come arrest my soul
i dream a highway back to you.

which lover are you, jack of diamonds?
now you be emmylou and i'll be gram
i send a letter, don't know who i am
i dream a highway back to you.

i'm an indisguisable shade of twilight
any second now i'm gonna turn myself on
in the blue display of the cool cathode ray
i dream a highway back to you.

i wish you knew me, jack of diamonds
fire-riding, wheeling when i lead em up
drank whisky with my water, sugar in my tea
my sails in rags with the staggers and the jags
i dream a highway back to you.

oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vision come molest my soul
i dream a highway back to you.

now give me some of what you're having
i'll take you as a viper into my head
a knife into my bed, arsenic when i'm fed
i dream a highway back to you.

hang overhead from all directions
radiation from the porcelain light
blind and blistered by the morning white
i dream a highway back to you.

sunday morning at the diner
hollywood trembles on the verge of tears
i watched the waitress for a thousand years
saw a wheel within a wheel, heard a call within a call
i dreamed a highway back to you.

oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vision come molest my soul
i dream a highway back to you.

step into the light, poor Lazarus
don't lie alone behind the window shade
let me see the mark death made
i dream a highway back to you.
i dream a highway back to you.

what will sustain us through the winter?
where did last years lessons go?
walk me out into the rain and snow
i dream a highway back to you.

oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vision come and bless my soul
i dream a highway back to you

i dream a highway back to you
oh i dream a highway back to you love
a winding ribbon with a band of gold
a silver vision come and bless my soul
i dream a highway back to you.

i come with rapture into your world

ps
my flower, once wilted
my love, once tainted.
dreaming with eyes closed where imagination flows, you were picked.
through your stem i feed you passion.
feel your mind explode as the redolence is captured.
for everyday that comes, you grow more lovelier.
at sunrise a heart becomes whimsical
as the sun falls the darkness embraces enchantment.
no more shattered voices hiding in the crevices of the mind.
you are my flower

~creepingelm