Argh, Yule tide came and went and I never noticed!
Holy crap! Billy and Natalie Merchant did a cover of "Birthday" by the Sugarcubes... and they didn't put it on the podcast. Argh! Billy does Einar!
and he has a new album out. "Mr Love and Justice" indeed.
Oh, and may I say, "Old Clash Fan Fight Song" off the Johnny Clash EP is absolutely brilliant. Can be heard on Billy's MySpace - wait, they let geezers onto MySpace?
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For a couple of hours on friday night, I got to feel like I was 18 again.
Billy Bragg was in town, playing the the State Theatre, before going on to Ithaca, where is playing the State Theatre tonight, strangely enough.
When I was four, Billy, a neighborhood bully, did something bad to my best friend.
It is friday, and I am late.
We ask the Great and Mighty iPod: is there a reason for us to get a manned presence off Earth on a time scale of a century or less?
Whoosh goes the randomizer:
Whoosh...
A very sad bit of news has come to my attention, courtesy of a reader.