Tumblr (3.0; @southernwriters)http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/good-as-hell.html">good as hell</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4420239998/" title=" by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4004/4420239998_91632a0505.jpg" alt=" " width="375" height="500"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Drive By Truckers - <span style="font-style: italic;">The Big To-Do</span></span> (out March 16) and <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">A Blessing and a Curse</span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/504684633651473884/Drive-By_Truckers/A_Blessing_And_A_Curse"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lala</span></a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Neil Young - <span style="font-style: italic;">On the Beach</span> (alternate version)</span> (<a href="http://rootstrata.com/rootblog/?p=3081">ROOT BLOG</a>)<br/><br/>The new Drive By-Truckers is…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/440098167http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/440098167Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:31:13 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-you-will-sit-on-dirty-seats-you.html">"and you will sit on the dirty seats you create."</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439894839http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439894839Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:50:46 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/shenanigans-aplenty.html">Shenanigans Aplenty</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439453635http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439453635Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:07 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/darkness-racket-and-twang-is-now.html">Darkness, Racket and Twang is now available on Kindle</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Racket-Twang-Essential-ebook/dp/B003BLPLTA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1268235196&sr=8-2"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 300px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Zc8as3aiL._SL500_AA266_PIkin2,BottomRight,-4,34_AA300_SH20_OU01_.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic;">Darkness, Racket and Twang</span> is now <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Darkness-Racket-Twang-Essential-ebook/dp/B003BLPLTA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=digital-text&qid=1268235196&sr=8-2">available for the Kindle</a> at the low New Journalism price of $5.99. You know you read your iPhone in the bathroom and my book is nothing if not great…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439215626http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/439215626Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:36:16 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/knuckle-sandwich.html">"knuckle sandwich"</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4418323528/" title="234 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2736/4418323528_ed08b34128.jpg" alt="234" width="375" height="500"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ian McLagan - <span style="font-style: italic;">Here Comes Trouble</span></span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rockpile - “Now & Always”</span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Orphan Town - <span style="font-style: italic;">Volume 1</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/2306124484206430874/Orphan_Town/Volume_1">lala</a>)<br/><br/>I love pub rock. Who else but a pub rocker will include searing guitar fuzz, echo…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/437512931http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/437512931Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:54:36 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/please-please-please-let-me-get-what-i.html">the "Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want" of New Yorker stories</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4419473309/" title=" by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4419473309_c1a7c18037.jpg" alt=" " width="375" height="500"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ted Leo + Pharmacists - The Brutalist Bricks</span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ian McLagan & The Bump Band - Never Say Never</span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606137878295312/Ian_McLagan_%26_The_Bump_Band/Never_Say_Never">lala</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jimmy Reed - Just Jimmy Reed</span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/937030197521753733/Jimmy_Reed/Just_Jimmy_Reed">lala</a>)<br/><br/>I came across <a href="http://www.2minutes59.com/index">something </a>dubbing Ian…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/437123972http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/437123972Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:53 -0500<a href="http://www.johntedge.com/journal/2010/3/9/march-5-the-oxford-american-food-issue-is-now-on-the.html">-</a>: <p><strong>March 5</strong></p> <p>The <a href="http://www.oxfordamerican.org/"><em>Oxford American</em></a> food issue is now on the stands.</p> <p>I guested edited. And I’m proud as hell of what we wrought. You’ll have to buy a mag to get the full scope of the effort. But here…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/436910365http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/436910365Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:44:14 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/oedipus-has-iphone-and-rage.html">Oedipus Has iPhone (and Rage)</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/436380819http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/436380819Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:53:14 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/another-classic-betwittering.html">Another Classic Betwittering</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435902633http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435902633Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:45:12 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/something-generally-is.html">something generally is</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4416637415/" title="1606 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4416637415_881cba0422.jpg" alt="1606" width="375" height="500"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Pavement - <span style="font-style: italic;">Quarantine the Past: The Best of Pavement</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/2954642830615782190/Pavement/Quarantine_The_Past:_The_Best_Of_Pavement"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">lala</span></a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ted Leo + Pharmacists - <span style="font-style: italic;">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Brutalist</span> Bricks</span></span> (out tomorrow, you can hear it at their <a href="http://www.myspace.com/tedleo"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">MySpace</span></a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Blitzen</span>…</span></p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435606041http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435606041Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:24:21 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/and-jasper-goes-to.html">And the Jasper Goes To...</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435412998http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435412998Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:43:12 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/do-dog.html">do the dog</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417403128/" title="1548 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2695/4417403128_640b6d7baf_m.jpg" alt="1548" width="240" height="180"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417403252/" title="1550 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2686/4417403252_c4756a184e_m.jpg" alt="1550" width="180" height="240"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4416638471/" title="1551 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2523/4416638471_1c565e6203_m.jpg" alt="1551" width="180" height="240"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4416638651/" title="1554 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4416638651_3911196c0b_m.jpg" alt="1554" width="240" height="180"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417405782/" title="1582 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4049/4417405782_21e6e24173_m.jpg" alt="1582" width="180" height="240"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417401934/" title="1604 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4417401934_d99f9f8824_m.jpg" alt="1604" width="240" height="180"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417401748/" title="1602 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4417401748_9ea6ff9b2d_m.jpg" alt="1602" width="240" height="180"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4417402470/" title="1537 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4417402470_c410a032b5_m.jpg" alt="1537" width="240" height="180"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4416637907/" title="1541 by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2703/4416637907_b876e3314c_m.jpg" alt="1541" width="240" height="180"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Mother Hips - <span style="font-style: italic;">Pacific Dust</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138190499822/The_Mother_Hips/Pacific_Dust">lala</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Specials - <span style="font-style: italic;">The Specials</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/576742227317304495/The_Specials/The_Specials">lala</a>)<br/><br/>This was a massive weekend that began…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435150724http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435150724Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:06:08 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/everythings-going-everywhere.html">everything's going everywhere</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/linkous452.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 452px; height: 300px;" src="http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/linkous452.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sparklehorse - <span style="font-style: italic;">Good Morning Spider</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/576742227542738075/Sparklehorse/Good_Morning_Spider">lala</a>)<br/><br/>I’ve never been that big of a Sparklehorse fan; I always felt they/he tried to put too much into a song, not beyond his capabilities or…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435150722http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/435150722Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:06:08 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/python-bit-my-brother.html">A Python Bit My Brother</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/434997132http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/434997132Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:12:15 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/award-for-best-carpet.html">The Award For Best Carpet</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/432685291http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/432685291Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:34:45 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/it-beats-arch-americana.html">It beats the arch-Americana</a>: <p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uoa2BFGZrPY/S5E0ZOcsrMI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/TfJWzgVWv4M/s1600-h/JennyHolzer_.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 249px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_uoa2BFGZrPY/S5E0ZOcsrMI/AAAAAAAAAgQ/TfJWzgVWv4M/s320/JennyHolzer_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445191032447478978" border="0"/></a><br/><br/>Smart: <a href="http://twitter.com/jennyholzer">@JennyHolzer</a> on Twitter. Straighten up yr act with some Jenny Holzer’s <a href="http://mfx.dasburo.com/art/truisms.html">truisms</a>.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Mother Hips - <span style="font-style: italic;">Pacific Dust</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138190499822/The_Mother_Hips/Pacific_Dust">lala</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shooter Jennings & Hierophant - <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Ribbons</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/504684635190116078/Shooter_Jennings_%26_Hierophant/Black_Ribbons"></a></p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/429045270http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/429045270Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:28:18 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/revolutionaries-linger.html">revolutionaries linger</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4408974082/" title=" by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2745/4408974082_a9b6bc37ca.jpg" alt=" " width="500" height="375"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thee Silver Mt. Zion memorial Orchestra - </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Kollaps Tradixionales</span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138244891256/Thee_Silver_Mt._Zion_Memorial_Orchestra/Kollaps_Tradixionales">lala</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Various Artists - <span style="font-style: italic;">Zabriskie Point</span> Soundtrack</span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/360569445169782834/Zabriskie_Point:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack/Zabriskie_Point:_Original_Motion_Picture_Soundtrack">lala</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Mother Hips - <span style="font-style: italic;">Pacific Dust</span></span> (<a href="http://www.lala.com/#album/1657606138190499822/The_Mother_Hips/Pacific_Dust">lala</a>)<br/><br/>Hey, <a href="http://culturecandy.org/content/sweet-tooth/index/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sweet Tooth</span></a></p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/428664615http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/428664615Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:56:45 -0500<a href="http://jackpendarvis.blogspot.com/2010/03/explaining-my-unicorn-pin-to-hendrik.html">Explaining My Unicorn Pin to Hendrik Hertzberg</a>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/428602977http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/428602977Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:06:34 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/rough-n-pleasant.html">rough 'n' pleasant</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4407128237/" title=" by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2583/4407128237_2ca8425f09.jpg" alt=" " width="500" height="375"/></a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel”</span> (via <a href="http://feeds.boingboing.net/%7Er/boingboing/iBag/%7E3/3N5FCwY_zYw/grandmaster-flash-an.html">BoingBoing</a>)<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid feat. Mad Professor & Lee “Scratch”…</span></p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/427735006http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/427735006Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:33:15 -0500<a href="http://alexvcook.blogspot.com/2010/03/goodness-gracious.html">goodness gracious</a>: <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44888545@N00/4407796530/" title=" by real_voodooboy, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4407796530_9f23f4f2d2.jpg" alt=" " width="500" height="375"/></a><br/><br/>This afternoon, I went to a Microsoft TechNet seminar on Visual Studio 2010 and its integration with SharePoint in the room depicted above. It’s OK if you didn’t know or forgot I was a…</p>http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/427303740http://southernwriters.oapulse.com/post/427303740Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:52:50 -0500