TRUE CONFESSIONS

Julia Goldberg sent me this meme.

I think the idea is to list 12 true confessions.

1) I confess that I'm not going to get too personal and revealing on this damned thing.

2) I confess that I was going to watch Ted Koppel's last night on Nightline instead of doing this, but it looked too depressing, so here I am.

3) I confess that 42 years today I was disappointed that the regular Friday night wrestling at Stockyards Coliseum in Oklahoma City -- where I spent most Friday nights during the mid '60s -- was cancelled because of the Kennedy assassination.

4) I confess that I watched the resignation of President Nixon on a black-and-white tv in the projection booth of the Master Adult Theater, where I worked during part of the summer of '74. I also confess that I was hurt and confused when the audience at the Master Adult Theater booed me when I stopped the movie to tell them about this historic event.

5) I confess that one time in college I participated in a "Pig Night" contest at the Bird of Paradise Lounge. Fortunately I lost.

6) I confess that I don't know what "Diddy Wah Diddy" means.

7) I confess that I drank well over my share of the world's liquor supply up until my late '40s. I stopped because of diabetes.

8) I confess that while I generally distain paranoia about technology, deep in my heart, I do believe that those automatic scanner machines at supermarkets are the work of Satan. One day those damned things are going to completely take the jobs of working humans -- plus they always screw up on me causing much frustration.

9) I confess that robots are stealing my luggage. (OK, I borrowed that from Steve Martin.)

10) I confess that I don't really care that much for sports -- except politics and roller derby.

11) I confess that my anger at Greg Pleshaw faded years ago, despite his bizarre phone call to my brother ... though I still wouldn't want to take a long trip with the twisted little fucker.

12) I confess that I was the one who accidently tripped on an electrical cord backstage at a Santa Fe High School talent show in the spring of '71, causing an abrupt halt to the band (I forgot their name!) that was playing a pretty rocking version of "All Along the Watchtower."

I'm sending this on to Jeff, Walt, Marlee, Ed and Paige.

SPEAKING OF NM POLITICAL BLOGS

I didn't realize until I just now stumbled upon it that veteran Santa Fe columnist Jay Miller has his own blog where he posts his Inside the Capitol columns.

To plagiarize from Jay's bio:

Inside the Capitol has a long history in New Mexico. It was originally written by Will Harrison, when he edited the Santa Fe New Mexican in the 1950's. When Harrison left the New Mexican, he syndicated the column in other newspapers. And thus began a tradition that passed down through Charlie Cullin, Fred Buckles, Bob Huber, Carroll Cagle and Fred McCaffery to Jay.

Jay's latest post is a look at Ft. Sumner/DeBaca County/Billy the Kid politics. CLICK HERE.

He also has a blog called Common Sense Santa Fe, which is dedicated to "bringing some sanity to the City Different."

Good luck with that ...

WELCOME WHITNEY

There's a new voice on the right (as opposed to the left) side of New Mexico's political blogosphere.

Whitney Cheshire of Albuquerque just launched Wednesday Morning Quarterback.

Whitney has worked as a campaign manager for U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, a spokeswoman for 2002 Republican gubernatorial candidate John Sanchez and a communications director for the state House Republican caucus.

She also has her own campaign consulting company. One of her specialties, according to her Web site is "Public relations crisis management." There's bound to be some money in that field in this state.

At this writing Whitney's only done one post, but it's a funny one.

Speaking of funny ones, contrary to what Joe Monahan says, I have no personal knowledge of the Korean War.

TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE: BUT IT GOT GEORGE R.R.

My old friend, former landlord, quarter-century Santa Fe resident and, award-winning science-fiction, fantasy and horror writer, George R. R. Martin was featured in last week's Time Magazine for his latest book A Feast For Crows.

Time calls him the "American Tolkien."

George got me a gig to play at the Hugo Awards ceremony at the World Science Fiction Convention in Denver back in 1981. (My G-string broke -- yes, I was playing guitar, not dancing -- about the time I struck my second chord in "Cajun Clones.")

Back in the daze, he used the lyrics from my song "Those Were the Daze" for the frontspiece in his 1983 novel The Armageddon Rag.

Good to see George get some national recognition.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, November 20, 2005
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Rest in Peace Link Wray

Jack the Ripper by Link Wray
Shadowman by Link Wray
Rumble by Link Wray
Bad Man by The Juicy Bananas
Hit Me! by The Fleshtones
Guns For Everyone by The (International) Noise Conspiracy
You Better Run by Iggy & The Stooges

Down in The Hole by Kazik Staszewki
Family Values by Band of Ones
Rape Me by Nirvana
High on the Hog by TAD
Run Rabbit Run by Bantam Rooster
I Started a Joke by The Dirtbombs
Break it Up by Patti Smith

A Candymaker's Knife in My Handbag by The Fiery Furnaces
Reprehensible by They Might Be Giants
Scene of the Crime by Kevin Coyne & The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Sherilyn Fenn by Screamin' Jay Hawkins
A Real Indication by The Thought Gang
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance by Frank Zappa
Outside of That by Bessie Smith

What You Talkin' About by Paul Pena
Lessons Learned From Rocky I to Rocky III by Cornershop
Dirty Old Woman by Denise La Salle
Sleep to Dream by Bettye LaVette
I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love With You by Isaac Hayes
Too Tough to Die by The Twilight Singers
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis