THAT'S THE NEWS

My analysis of the latest Bill Richardson television commercial can be found HERE . You can watch the commercial itself HERE.


My colleague Dave Miles got the scoop about my buddy Gregg Turner settling his lawsuit against Highlands University. Read it HERE. Because of my friendship with Turner I've had to stay out of this one. (I sang at his wedding several years ago and he's forgiven me for it. That's true friendship.)

Speaking of Turner and music, the former Angry Samoan is playing a solo set Friday night at Gelato Benissimo, behind Willee's. One of these days we're going to gig together again.


UPDATE:
Funny Typos Dept. : For several hours on this post, I referred to Greg Turner as "my biddy." It's been corrected.

MUSIC PHOTOS

Santa Fe photographer David Goldberg has a Web site, including his shots of local and touring musicians. CLICK HERE to check them out.

(Pictured here is Bethleham & Eggs, featuring Michael Kott preaching the gospel in his own peculiar way. See Goldberg's full-size version HERE)

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I've been dabbling in the fine art of rock 'n' roll photography myself lately. My amatuer shots can be found HERE .

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And speaking of music photography, about every two months someone sends me a the "Bad Album Covers" e-mail -- featuring the covers I blogged about HERE.

Fooling around on FLICKR this morning I came across a site dedicated to bad album covers. (There's actually two volumes of the site, the second being HERE)

All your favorites like Devastatin' Dave, Julie's Sixteenth Birthday, Let Me Touch Him, etc. are there.

But there's dozens of others, mainly thrift-store treasures, but some newer covers including that of Radio Pyongyang, which I reviewed a couple of weeks ago. (Actually I find the CD cover not nearly as bad as the music inside, but that's probably true of a lot of these.)

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, July 23, 2006
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
Psychotic Reaction by The Cramps
Heavy Soul by The Black Keys
A Fix Back East by The Tarbox Ramblers
Rock and Shock by Screaming Lord Sutch
Don't Slander Me by Roky Erikson
Get Lost by Boogy Hut
Designed to Kill by James Chance
Goin' on Down to the BBQ by Drywall

The Devil in Miss Jones by Mike Ness
Vampires & Failures by Grandpaboy
Soul Letter by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Death in the Afternoon by Havana 3 a.m.
Broadway by The Clash
Dead to Rights by The Twilight Singers
Rockin' All Night by Richie Valens
My Little Bimbo Down on the Bamboo Isle by Frank Crumit

The Meth of a Rockette's Kick by Mercury Rev
Heroes & Villains by The Beach Boys
Violenza Domestica by Mr. Bungle
Spider Wisdom by Nels Cline
I'm in No Mood by Fiery Furnaces

She Floated Away by Husker Du
Donna Sumeria by Mission of Burma
(title unknown -- track 12) by Chocolate Helicopter
An Untitled Protest by Country Joe & The Fish
This One's From the Heart by Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

MISC. SUNDAY

My story on Stan Fulton -- owner of Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino and bigtime political contributor to N.M. politicos -- published in today's New Mexican can be found HERE.

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I forgot to post a link to my interview with Republican National Committee Chairman Ken Mehlman last week. You can find that HERE.

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But enough about poltics. Here's a music announcement Kendra from Hundred Year Flood sent me:

Frogville Independent Records is proud to announce
the 2nd Annual FROGFEST
Aug 19 & 20, 2006
at the Santa Fe Brewing Company (35 Fire Place, Santa Fe, NM)


FROGFEST 2 is two days of incredible music from 12 noon to 12 midnight, featuring:

James McMurtry, Hundred Year Flood, the Texas Sapphires, Goshen, Boris McCutcheon, the Bill Hearne Trio, Nathan Moore (from Thamusemeant),
the Santa Fe All Stars, Toast, Taarka, Jono Manson, Ryan McGarvey, Dave Insley's Careless Smokers.... and much more!

Santa Fe Brewing Company has a great atmosphere, with two stages (indoor and outdoor), awesome beer, food, and ice cream!

TICKETS are $25 per day in advance, or $40 for both days in advance. They will be $30 per day at the door (no two-day passes sold at the door)

ALL AGES WELCOME, children under 12 FREE

Tickets available at these locations:
Lensic Box Office & Tickets Santa Fe Online 505-988-1234
the Candyman in Santa Fe, 505-983-9309
Birdland in Albuquerque, 505-255-9205
Santa Fe Brewing Co 505-424-3333
Online from Frogville HERE

For More Information, please check out:
http://www.frogvilleplanet.com/frogfest2.html
or call 505-982-4001

LET'S ELOPE!

My beautiful daughter Molly was supposed to get married this coming November.

But she and John decided to elope instead, so that's what they did Friday evening.

They got married in the backroom of the Aztec Cafe, where they met 11 years ago, in front of just a handful of friends.

She let me and her mother know a few minutes after the vows were exchanged. I caught up with them at The Cowgirl -- though I had to rush off to do my radio show. (Yes, that's what my "Wedding Set" on The Santa Fe Opry was about.)


Speaking of which, I couldn't help but see a strange irony in the difference between a couple of classic country songs I played. There was "The Ceremony" by George & Tammy -- a very solemn, deadly serious and extremely corny song in which the couple exchange their vows. Then there's "Jackson" by Johnny & June -- irreverent, funny, sexy ...

George and Tammy split after a miserable few years together. Johnny and June stayed together more than 30 years. Til death did they part.

Maybe my daughter and my son-in-law instinctively knew that it might just be better to get married in a fever.

It's hard to believe that my little girl, my firstborn, is now a married woman. But she and John seem so happy that happiness is all I feel.

That and a little shock.

More pictures of this surprise development can be found HERE and HERE.