I’m sitting in the Denver airport and looking through pictures. Reminiscing already. Ah, remember when…. We spent the week on scenic drives and hikes, a day of fly fishing and another of whitewater rafting. They put us up in the Vail Cascade Resort. Ashley and I couldn’t believe ourselves. A huge thanks to mom [...] Continue Reading »
Vail in pictures
4astroturf is imitation and culture is arbitrary (a new painting) and other news
2I’ll be sending out the newsletter momentarily. If you have a second, send us your email in the box to the left. We at noroomforhipsters.com, which means Ashley and I, appreciate all your help in spreading the word about this blog. Ashley has been trying new things lately. I’ve stolen the computer with all the [...] Continue Reading »
back to the concrete floor of surrender
2“The fortunes of war are changeable, my dear general; we shall retrieve tomorrow or the day after what you have lost today…Nothing is lost as long as courage remains.” Napoleon to General Massena, Montechiaro 29 July, 1796 From this blog I typically stand on a platform of courage. I may question, but my wish [...] Continue Reading »
ballad of the ring, part 2
0An engagement ring is bought in a West Virginia coal mining camp. It’s paid for with script paper at the company store. Eventually the ring is handed down to a granddaughter and one day she loses it. Twenty five years later the ring reappears in a shop on the Outer Bank island of Ocracoke. (Where [...] Continue Reading »
ballad of the ring, part 1
2As I left you yesterday, I set up a secondary studio in my neighbor’s basement. Mic stand, laptop, guitar and headphones. I came back out for coffee and my notebook and scolded myself. No coming out until some good work has happened. I was recording a song about Ashley’s engagement ring. It’s a fourth generation [...] Continue Reading »
making excuses
0There is construction happening next door, we are dog sitting a second dog and a third, whom we are trying to find a home for, is outside guarding the house. We have chorus of tiny, medium and large barks. The construction guy’s radio bleeds through the wall and his drill is every 11 seconds. These [...] Continue Reading »
anniversary, fountain city history, a police altercation, and a missing dog
6Yesterday was a remarkable day. To celebrate our anniversary we made a big breakfast of buckwheat pancakes and bacon while watching endless Parks and Recreation episodes on Netflix. The days agenda, and our anniversary gift to ourselves, was to construct a new couch; a simple, rugged, and perhaps even collapsible piece to survive a possible [...] Continue Reading »
i’d like to say a lot about nothing and a little (but a lot) about Ashley
6Tomorrow is kind of a big day for us, our seven year anniversary. We’ve been talking about what we’re going to do for a while and it’s looking like we’re going to build a couch. Ashley has some concepts, all of them minimalist, and she feels I am qualified to make the cuts and assemble [...] Continue Reading »
the next pre-number one album
0Our Kentucky guests have left, and thus our Knoxville vacation has ended. Jessica has been in Mexico so long that I had to tell her she’s the most enthusiastic Kentuckian visiting Tennessee that I’ve ever seen. Sadly, they went on their way. But not before I hit them with my four albums for the drive [...] Continue Reading »
if you could spend a day in Knoxville, TN
2We have honored guests for a couple days in Knoxville and momentarily we’ll begin a tour. Our friends from Kentucky, Bree and Jessica (the American linguist), have come to see us. To the hammock thief: Jessica brought us another one upon leaving Mexico for her visit, and it is better (double woven) and more colorful. Chains [...] Continue Reading »