I got Addair his first guitar today. It was a thrift store find, otherwise I might have waited a little longer. They say it’s good to play music for babies and this kid has had no shortage already. I don’t want him to be classical prodigy, but I do want him to understand the difference [...] Continue Reading »
parenting by the nashville number system
210 artists I’m listening to, and a little about why
6Mediocrity is easy and abundant. It’s getting harder than ever to find good art, which is why its evermore important to try to make it, and then to shout-out-about-it when you find it. Some good music has found me and I want to share. A few on the list you already know, but they had [...] Continue Reading »
A gallivant to the Grace Acres Depot
0by Levon who is listening to Ellie Holcomb, “Magnolia” We’re back at Grace Acres Farm for a bit. An overnight Megabus got us here, very uneventful and efficient compared to Greyhound fiascos we have found ourselves upon. The only excitement was a guy yelling to his son, naming all the monuments and giving everyone a [...] 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 tree of life, authintensity ii, a nauseating painting, and obscure songwriting cats
0Just a couple things, and thank you for coming by on this lovely Saturday morning. One, the movie “The Tree of Life” may be showing near you somewhere. Drive where you have to, but see it. See it in theaters. Watch it with the simple expectation to feel human. The Tree of Life Secondly, [...] Continue Reading »
taking a second from headphone land
2I’m taking a second from the studio to hype my new CD. People keep asking me how it’s going, I tell them, “It’s great.” Ashley wants to know. I tell her we’ll never have to work again. She’s having a hard time with her work, so I tell her that. I hit the gym and [...] Continue Reading »
itinerary
5(from Levon who is listening to Angel from Montgomery by John Prine) Two days until we head off again, and we are nearly ready to go. This time to a village in the jungle near Tuxtla Gutierrez, a city in the southernmost state of Mexico. We’ve been trying to get this off the ground since [...] Continue Reading »
a grace acres farm Christmas part ii
4(from Levon) Grace Acres Farm has been a factory of elves lately. While our gingerbread panels were baking, stockings were being constructed and theater productions rehearsed. Cinnamon and cider was on the stove and we braved ladders outside to light the house. Ashley was thrice victorious in Settlers of Catan (the German board game “Die [...] Continue Reading »
hard work on the farm
1Rebekah, Ashley’s mom, and her husband Frankie live on a small farm with Ashley’s sisters ZoË and Ysa. Its 40 minutes southwest of Washington D.C. Since I come from Kentucky I help out a lot on the farm; I blog about them, I TiVo things while they’re gone, and keep Frankie’s guitar tuned. We [...] Continue Reading »