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On New Year’s Eve, my Uncle Harry sat down with the Simmon cousins in the midst of Simmstock 2009 to play jug on the Louden Wainright song, “Dead Skunk in the Middle of the Road.” Before we began, he treated us to his world-famous rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner,” for which ABC News dubbed [...]

I was out of town when the email with this link got sent out so this is a little late. Enjoy…

Back before Arthur Adams moved out to San Francisco to seek his fame and fortune, he made and played music here in Vermont. One of my favorite tunes he used to sing was called “It’s Time.” Well Arthur has been badgering me to submit a video for the Blammos November project and it just so [...]

Once again, San Francisco-based indy pop sensation, Blammos, is spending the month of November making music videos. In fact, the band is making and posting a new video every single day this month. They did this same thing last November and from what I’ve seen, this year’s crop of indy YouTube gems is even better [...]

This might be a new category at Candleblog.  I could write posts about Christopher Hitchens, Tom Waits and Chris Matthews in that category.  Here’s an entry: Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, co-writers of Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-long Blog, had some drinks on Labor Day weekend and sang songs about food to their webcam in their bedroom.  [...]

Here are a couple of mp3s for you to add to your playlists labeled “teh awesome.” And but so first, Arthur “Blammos” Adams has written and recorded a wonderful tribute to the late, great David Foster Wallace, somewhat ironically called Living With David Foster Wallace. This thing has been stuck in my head since Arthur [...]