I'm outta here. Open line.
Talk Business has the score on the secret Wal-Mart settlement with the thieving Tom Coughlin. A regulatory filing says they'll pay $6.75 million, rather than some $17 million he claimed he was due in retirement benefits.
I'm kindly surprised, just based on casual glances at outdoors coverage. The
Game and Fish Commission today approved used of the
spinning-wing duck decoys.
Continue Reading »
Thursday, August 21, 2008 - 14:35:56
Sideshow Tramps.
From Houston,
Sideshow Tramps draw from bluegrass, blues, Gypsy music, punk, old time and rock. In other words, they worship at the church of Tom Waits. The Tramps headline at White Water, 9 p.m., $5.
The Front Porch Freedom Fighters opens.
As usual,
Ted Ludwig starts his night out with bassist
Joe Cripps at the Capital Bar and Grill, 5 p.m., free, then teams up with his jazz trio at the Afterthought, 8 p.m., $5.
This time, it's joined by singer and multi-instrumentalist
Tonya Leeks. Hot 96.5 FM returns to Juanita's with a ladies' night, DJ'ed by
Dr. Feelgood, 9 p.m.
The Football 101 class provides an introduction to the finer points of the game for the fairer sex at the Village. The likes of Tommy Smith, Clint Stoerner and David Bazzel host, 6:30 p.m., $25.
Spooner Oldham and Dan Penn.
"I like a good groove," Dan Penn
told NPR in 2006. "I'm not looking for a big mental statement. Just give me a groove and tell me a little something I like."
What a philosophy from the architect of some of the greatest soul songs of all time. The man behind "Do Right Woman Do Right Man," "I'm Your Puppet" and, maybe my favorite song of all time, "The Dark End of the Street." A white man from tiny Vernon, Alabama, who started out by selling "Is a Bluebird Blue" to Conway Twitty, but made his name crafting soul songs for mostly black artists like James and Bobby Purify, Aretha Franklin and Percy Sldege, writing spare, conversational lyrics for them that almost seem simple, but that always lend themselves to deep, deep emotion.
He's well into his 60s, but still going strong. A couple months back, he released a new album,
"Junkyard Junky," and on
Tuesday, Sept. 16, he plays a free show at the Cabe Theater at
Hendrix. Even though he's known more for his songwriting, he's no slouch as a singer. His warm country-soul tenor — not far from Charlie Rich's voice during his Hi Records days — advances the cause of blue-eyed soul men everywhere.
The live album he cut with longtime writing partner and organist Spooner Oldham in 1999 is essential.
Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham "Do Right Woman" 
