Journalist Grady Smith presents his inspirational video: “Why Country Music was awful in 2013.”
I’m more a bluegrass fan myself, but it so happens that the vagaries of life has put me into a social circle where I’m in touch online with contemporary country music journalists. One of them, Grady Smith, put together a compilation video of what we’ll call the “redundancies” in country music videos of 2013: “Why Country Music Was Awful in 2013.” It’s pretty funny, if you have a good sense of humor, and most country music journalists had better have one. So, as this may not be on your own personal radar, I’m bringing it to the large OJB audience for your amusement and enjoyment. Country music fans know that the guys can do better than this. (More songs about ticks, please!)
(If everything seems like an Open Thread lately, it’s just that busy of a time of year.) Enjoy! And happy Festivus, and the Covered California sign-up deadline to get insured by Jan. 1, 2014 is TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT! ¡Ándale!
About Greg Diamond
Somewhat verbose attorney, semi-disabled and semi-retired, residing in northwest Brea. Occasionally ran for office against jerks who otherwise would have gonr unopposed. Got 45% of the vote against Bob Huff for State Senate in 2012; Josh Newman then won the seat in 2016. In 2014 became the first attorney to challenge OCDA Tony Rackauckas since 2002; Todd Spitzer then won that seat in 2018. Every time he's run against some rotten incumbent, the *next* person to challenge them wins! He's OK with that.
Corrupt party hacks hate him. He's OK with that too.
He does advise some local campaigns informally and (so far) without compensation. (If that last bit changes, he will declare the interest.)
His daughter is a professional campaign treasurer. He doesn't usually know whom she and her firm represent. Whether they do so never influences his endorsements or coverage. (He does have his own strong opinions.) But when he does check campaign finance forms, he is often happily surprised to learn that good candidates he respects often DO hire her firm. (Maybe bad ones are scared off by his relationship with her, but they needn't be.)
Is Vern going to post that stupid reindeer story again?
“I Drive Your Truck” was a very touching song and video. I love my truck!!
I love my truck too DWM.
I love Emmylou Harris and Alison Krause and Iris Dement. But I’m glad that you love your truck!
And I love my guns too! I have this kick-ass .54 caliber black powder rifle that is really fun to shoot …. BOOM! – black stinky smoke all over the place.
And I love my cowboy hat & boots & riding horses & my off-road jeep … and getting the hell out of Dodge for the wide open spaces.
Bluegrass?! Cool! Have you ever heard Dan Crary (CSUF prof by day!) or know if he’s still playing? I Was able to get out to the (long ago burned down) Banjo Cafe once or twice, before (decades ago) life got in the way. Memories!
No, I don’t know. I used to go to listen to bluegrass live, but don’t get around much anymore.
i got drunk the day my mom got out of prison
and i went to pick her up in the rain
but before i could get to the station in my pick up truck
she got run over by a god damn train
thank you steve goodman and david allen coe