Chelsea Crowell is certainly making her own way in the music world, but it is no coincidence that she can claim Rodney Crowell as dad, Rosanne Cash as mom and Johnny Cash as grandfather.  Her formidable talents are evident as you listen to her music. … Read full post »

The most important thing I learned from Katrina won't really do those in the path of Irene any good:  If you haven't been through a major storm, your brain will not comprehend what you're going through until it's too late.  Hurricanes and their aftermath are ju… Read full post »

The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial was scheduled to be dedicated this weekend, before Irene intervened.  Here's a view of the Memorial from the "MLK Construction Camera."

 I'm currently reading Brad Gooch's excellent biography of the great Southern writer Flannery O'Connor. … Read full post »

Like a scene out of an updated version of the film Honeysuckle Rose, at the pivotal point in They Came To Nashville, Marshall Chapman brushes away her tears and rides the tour bus to Willie Nelson's concert at Beaumont.  Standing backstage, she tells the s… Read full post »

I love Jeff Bridges.  It's not just The Big Lebowski.  He was great in True Grit, Crazy Heart, The Fabulous Baker Boys, etc. etc.  The Big Lebowski is my favorite, though.  I could watch it once a week.  In fact, if I only had two dvd's one would be The Big Lebowski… Read full post »

A line of Spanish police officers is directly ahead of us, a twenty-something Frenchman, quite drunk, is behind us pushing and shouting, along with hundreds of others, as my three oldest sons and I stand in the Pamplona street in white clothes and red scarves at 7:20 a.m. pretending not to… Read full post »