Summer's gone

Last day of summer

Last two days of summer

Last three days of summer

"I cannot even do one sit-up because sit-ups are so bourgeoisie."

Stephen Malkmus, "Tigers" and "No One"

Here are acoustic versions of two songs from the new Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks album Mirror Traffic that's due later this month. I can't really say that I'm crazy about either of these yet, but I have to love a line like "I cannot even do one sit-up because sit-ups are so bourgeoisie."

"Your Own Sweet Way"

The Notting Hillbillies, "Your Own Sweet Way"

There are a bunch of live versions with video of this on YouTube that would give you something to look at, but I think I prefer the studio version. Mark Knopfler is the man.

Waiting to take on the winner

These are some doors

Boston, Cambridge, Memphis

Woodpecker drinks the hummingbird Kool-Aid

"And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene"

Widespread Panic covering "Sultans of Swing," 6/26/2011

Trumpeter Swans

Seney National Wildlife Refuge, Michigan's Upper Peninsula

Outside our window

Pittsburgh

 January, 1940

Newsboys

St. Louis, 1910

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

On the grounds at the Augustus Saint-Gaudens home in Cornish, NH

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

The grounds at the Augustus Saint-Gaudens home in Cornish, NH

Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site

The Augustus Saint-Gaudens home in Cornish, NH

"He had his reasons, or so he thought."

Big Dipper - "Ron Klaus Wrecked his House" 1988

"But on second thought, not."

Camper Van Beethoven - "Seven Languages"

Lake Winnipesaukee

If we were summering on Lake Winnipesaukee, this might be the view from our window.

But it could look something like this.

"All Night Long"

"My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If I find another chord, I leave it for another song." 

Junior Kimbrough

Junior Kimbrough - "All Night Long" 

Beacon Street

Boston, MA

"Take me back to the bridge . . . "

Asie Payton - "Goin' Back to the Bridge"

"Meet me over in the city . . . "

Junior Kimbrough, "Meet Me in the City"

Monkey with chicken

Evil monkey at the bottom of our stairs

"Yeah . . . that was a good moment."

Ueli Steck — Solo Speed Eiger Ascent Record, 2 Hours, 47 minutes 

Watch at YouTube

Wigman, the Wigginator

Egyptian Gallery

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY