MAYBE I SHOULD JUST STICK TO THE TEXT BOOK

While studying for my upcoming test in my political science class, I took a little side trip to read up on James Madison -- and came across a very funky influence in his first administration as president.

No evidence though that Bootsy ever served as secretary of war.

(I took this photo myself at the 1994 Lollapalooza in Phoenix)

A MUSICAL TIME WASTER

As if I have that much time to waste ...

I don't know why, but driving down to Albuquerque this morning listening to the Waco Brothers, I got the idea to compile an Amazon.com list of my favorite alt country albums of the '90s.

You can find The Santa Fe Opry's Top 10 Alt Country Albums of the '90s HERE.


My numero uno was The Waco Brothers' Cowboy in Flames, which I still lvoe more and believe is more essential than anything by Whiskeytown or Steve Earle or Lucinda ... or anything the Wacos have done since. (If you disagree, feel free to use the comment feature here to express your incorrect opinion.)

No, this isn't the first Amazon list I've created. A couple of years ago I did The Santa Fe Opry's Proto Alt Country Albums (60s & 70s). You can find that HERE

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, August 28, 2005
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Now Webcasting
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
Guest co-host Stanley "Rosebud" Rosen

ANNUAL LABOR SHOW: SONGS FOR THE WORKING FOLK
OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
Plenty Tough Union Made by The Waco Brothers
There is Power in the Union/We Shall Not Be Moved/Public Workers Stand Together by The Solidarity Singers
How can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live by The Del-Lords
If Jimmy Didn't Have to Go by Charlie King & Karen Brandow
Sad State of Affairs by The Descendents
Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man by Randy Newman
Working Man's Blues by Merle Haggard
A Working Man Can't get Nowhere Today by Peter Case
Joe Hill by Paul Robeson
De Colores/We Were There by The Brooklyn Women's Chorus
The Rebel Girl by Hazel Dickens

Morning Dew by Bonnie Dobson
Kill for Peace by The Fugs
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy by Pete Seeger
Welcome to My Working Week by Elvis Costello
Babies in the Mill by Dorsey Dixon
Wreck of the Old '97 by Johnny Cash
Sweetheart on the Barricade by Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson
Laurence/Bread & Roses by Utah Phillips & Ani DiFranco
El Picket Sign by Tatro Compesino
La Lucha Continuara by Danny & Judy Rose Redwood
16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford
Talking Union/Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream by Pete Seeger
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, September 9, 2005
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Now Webcasting
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Fiesta by The Pogues
Guacamole by The Texas Tornados
El Mosquito by Eddie Dimas
Una Mas Cerveza by Billy Bacon & The Forbidden Pigs
All You Ever Do is Bring me Down by The Mavericks
Volver Volver by Angel Espinosa
La Bamba by Los Lobos
Yo Soy Chicano by The Royal Jesters

Join the Club by The Waco Brothers
Cherry Lane by Ryan Adams
The Bloody Bucket by Grey DeLisle
Private Thoughts by Chip Taylor & Carrie Rodriguez
To Ramona by The Flying Burrito Brothers
We Never Killed Each Other (But Didn't We Try) by Dallas Wayne
Sold American by Kinky Friedman & The Texas Jewboys
My Girl's Pussy by R. Crumb & The Cheap Suit Serenaders

Country Jones by Goshen
Politics of the Dead by Hundred Year Flood
The Combines Are Comin' by Joe West
Let's Waste Another Evening by Josh Lederman y Los Diablos
First There Was by Johnny Dowd with Maggie Brown
A-11 by Marti Brom
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream by Johnny Cash
Crawdad Song by Clothesline Revival with Mrs. Vernon Allen

Joe Thibodeux by Jimmy Lee Hannaford
Can't You See I'm Soulful by Eleni Mandel
Responsibility by Steve Forbert
If I Told You by Mary Alice Wood
I Ain't Got No Home by Bruce Springsteen
I Wish I Was in New Orleans by Tom Waits
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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VIVA LA FIESTA!!!!

I was too exhausted last night to post about the burning of Zozobra, but I've got to say it was one of the best burnings I've ever seen. The fireworks easily were the most impressive I've ever seen, plus the pageantry just keeps getting better and better. (I was told that my buddy Al Faaet was one of the drummers during the burning. I thought I saw Al up there, but it was pretty far away ..)

A little personal perspective: I've only missed two Zozobra burnings since moving to Santa Fe in 1968. Once in 1973 when my college friends and I got too drunk and arrived late, and in 2003 when I had to cover a presidential debate in Albuquerque.


I first saw Zozobra as a toddler back in the '50s, back when people used to drive their cars into Fort Marcy Ballpark. It scared the living crap out of me, but I was fascinated at the fiery, moaning monster.

Here's a picture of my daughter Molly and me at the 1981 Zozobra. She was about 7 months old at the time. (Unfortunately no such pictures of my son Anton exist. By the time he was born, i'd gotten out of the habit of taking a camera to Zozobra.)

Looking forward to lunch on the Plaza. Pig Boy Willy is gone (no, Coventry, I'm not talking about the governor) but those fajitas from San Antonio make me happy.

Viva la Fiesta!

Here's The New Mexican's account of Zozobra.

And here's some funny old New Mexican coverage, going back to the '30s. (I wish I could write stories that had "Wild Eyed Monster" in the headline ...)

UPDATE (Friday afternoon): This is horrible! El Rey de Los Fajitas, the food booth from San Antonio that is home to the "Texas Tornadoe" (sic) chicken and beef fajita, is not on the Plaza this year! Known for the colorful fighting roosters painte on the booth, maybe all the anti-cockfighting activity here scared them off. Fiesta has lost both Pig Boy Willy and El Rey. What a revoltin' development ...