Around town an on the internets a lot of people are saying, “Come on Irene.” This is a mondegreen of the 1982 song by Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen.” A mondegreen is a misheard lyric. I just wanted to point this out because as a fan of 1980′s music, I feel that a classic [...]
Big Tex, You posed an article by Robert Frank of the Wall St. Journal on my wall so I felt compelled to read it and respond thoroughly. Upon finishing my first read of the article, my mind was reeling attempting to harmonize its clever craftsmanship and highly disingenuous message; the WSJ is certainly getting its [...]
Our media is so pervasive that sometimes I wonder what it would be like to go without it entirely. Even in remote Uzbekistan, I had shortwave radio and satellite TV. I am particularly interested in reading James Howard Kuntsler’s second book in the “World Made By Hand” series titled The Witch of Hebron. I long [...]
Regular readers will know of my fondness for Bill Moyers, and his thoughtful brand of journalism. The conversation below with Barry Lopez, someone of whom I had not heard, is simply marvelous. I’ll miss the Journal badly. Bill brought an inquisitive, boyish and affirming spirit to his work; in so doing, he gave voice to [...]
Hardin, Montana, population approximately 3,500, situated on the remote northern Great Plains, not far from Little Bighorn. Like countless other small towns, Hardin’s fortunes have waned as traditional industries have become less profitable or simply moved on. In 2004 the city created the Two River Authority (TRA), a quasi-governmental economic development agency charged with creating [...]
Come On, _____
Around town an on the internets a lot of people are saying, “Come on Irene.” This is a mondegreen of the 1982 song by Dexy’s Midnight Runners “Come on Eileen.” A mondegreen is a misheard lyric. I just wanted to point this out because as a fan of 1980′s music, I feel that a classic [...]