I featured one half (Maria Taylor, on right) of Azure Ray a while back. Here are four gorgeous songs by these two throaty southern women (Orenda Fink on left):

If You Fall (from Hold On Love):

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Safe and Sound (from Azure Ray):

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These White Lights Will Bend To Make Blue (from Hold On Love):

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November (from November - EP):

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As […]

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more rust, or as one admirer dubbed it “surrealist’s sheet music.”

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sweeping leaves from the roof can lead to some chance photography. this is rust on the tin roof above the porch.

My sister the dispatcher sent the following email to the watch commander I reported Deputy Altman to on Thanksgiving Day:
—–Original Message—–
From: Moeller, Janine L.
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:52 PM
To: Guilbault, Robert V.
Subject: THANKSGIVING DAY INCIDENT

HELLO,SIR,HOW ARE YOU?? MY NAME IS JANINE […]

Not as funny as all the hype, but plenty guffaw-inducing nonetheless. I went to see Borat by myself, so maybe it’s funnier in a group. First bonafide guffaw was at this line (paraphrased) “I come to America with few clothings and a jar of Gypsy tears to protect against the AIDS.” For some reason, I […]

As long as I keep bouncing her up and down, baby Rachel is happy. She is my sister Jill’s daughter and this is her first Thanksgiving. The thick black hair is courtesy her Hispanic father, Ray. She was born a little premature and very small, but is cute as a button. I will have no […]

Earlier today a cop harassed me for making phone calls from a public street in my mom’s (my old) neighborhood. I can’t get a cell phone signal at my mom’s house so I go outside and walk around the block for calls. I’ve been doing this for the past few days. Today, Thanksgiving Day, I […]

I will be reading another novel soon: Thomas Pynchon’s long-awaited latest, Against the Day, is officially out and my pre-ordered copy from Amazon will arrive in a week or so. It is listed as coming in at 1120 pages, just how I like ‘em. Amazon has posted a description signed by the author himself. Here […]