HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

As promised, here is the link to my new political blog, ROUNDHOUSE ROUNDUP: THE BLOG.

It's up and online now, so check it out and bookmark the dang thing.

In case you think I'm totally pathetic and sitting at my computer blogging on New Year's Eve, this and the post on the political blog both were written hours in advance and were posted at 12:01 by the magic of advanced scheduling.

If all goes according to plan I'll be rocking out with The Gluey Brothers at Santa Fe Brewing Company as this appears on the Internet. (The photo below was taken last summer at the Gluey show.)

So HAPPY NEW YEAR, bloglubbers!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR BLOG

Actually I'm a couple of days late.

Dec. 28 was the fifth anniversary of this here blog. Yes, I started this mess with this post

Please, in lieu of champagne, just donate to your favorite charity.

But seriously, as this blog goes into its sixth year, there's going to be a major change.

Beginning on Jan. 1, I'll be launching a blog dedicated to state politics -- and sometimes national politics when New Mexico is affected. Roundhouse Roundup: The Blog will be the new home of my weekly column by that name as well as other political observations, insights, wisecracks and links to my newspaper stories and other noteworthy sites. For the past several years I've done a Legislature blog. The new blog will be where I do that from now on.

You might already have noticed the altered title here on this site. This joint is going to remain the home of Terrell's Tuneup, the play lists for my KSFR radio shows, my podcasts, my monthly eMusic download reviews, my rants against the music industry, my love letters to former New Mexico Music Commissioner Tony Orlando, etc.

I haven't done any demographic studies of my readership or anything, but I'm pretty sure there's two major factions -- political junkies and music freaks. I know the two groups do intersect to some degree. For you folks, you can just open this blog in one tab and the political blog in another and toggle fiercely between the two.

I'll announce the link to the new blog on New Year's Day.

TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, December 29, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, N.M.
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Sundays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Let it Out (Let it All Hang Out) by The Hombres
America the Beautiful by The Dictators
All Dressed Up by The Yayhoos
Oowee Baby by The Cramps
Walking Down the Aisle by Ike Turner
Kewpie Doll by The Birthday Party
Alexander by The Fuzztones
Waddlin' Around by The King Khan & BBQ Show
Out of My Head by The Green Hornets

Glam Racket by The Fall
Grown So Ugly by Captain Beefheart
What's Under the Log by Bichos
Special Rider by Insect Trust
Life Stinks by Pere Ubu
New York City by The Fleshtones
And the Shimmering Light by Mudhoney
Thunderbird (Part 1) by Ravi Harris & The Prophets
Get Me to the World on Time by The Electric Prunes

WORLD BEATERS SET
Into the Go-Go Groove by Little Gerhard (Sweden)
Busco un Camino by Grupo 606 (Bolivia)
Easy as Can Be by The Stalemates (Papua New Guinea)
Voice From the Inner Soul by The Confusions (India)
Angelita by Mod East (Hong Kong)
Al Capone by The Salvajes (Spain)
He's a Man by The Savages (Bermuda)
Soldado by The Beatniks (Argentina)
This Bad Girl by The Golden Cups (Japan)
But Why I Can't by The Brightness (Greece)
More by Los Shakers (Uruguay)

Dancing Choose by TV on the Radio
Talking Main Event Magazine Blues by Mike Edison & The Rocket Train Delta Science Arkestra
It's No Secret by The Jefferson Airplane
If I Had Wings by T-Model Ford
This Is My Life by Firewater
Bob by Primus
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, December 26, 2008
KSFR, Santa Fe, NM
Webcasting!
10 p.m. to midnight Fridays Mountain Time
Host: Steve Terrell
101.1 FM
email me during the show! terrell@ksfr.org

OPENING THEME: Buckaroo by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos
Long Hauls & Close Calls by Hank Williams III
Camel Walk by Southern Culture on the Skids
My Name is Jorge by The Gourds
Alligator Man by Jimmy C. Newman
Pine Grove Blues by Mama Rosin
Sadie Green the Vamp of New Orleans by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Albuquerque Rainbow by Chris Darrow
Drums from New Orleans by Gurf Morlix with Ruthie Foster
Funky Tonk by Moby Grape

Festival Acadiens Two Step by The Pine Leaf Boys
Diggy Liggy Lo by John Fogerty
One Foor in the Honky Tonk by The Starline Rhythm Boys
Hold Back the Tears by Miss Leslie
Dollar Bill the Cowboy by The Waco Brothers
Ridin' with the Blues by Ry Cooder
Play it Cool by Ray Campi
My Baby in the CIA by Asylum Street Spankers

The Ballad of Patch Eye and Meg by Joe West
It Took Four Beatles to Make One Elvis by Harry Hayward
The Ballad of Wayward by Ronny Elliot
Acres of Heartache by Johnny Dilks
Sittin' and Thinkin' by Ray Price
Sorrow on the Rocks by Porter Wagoner
Saturday Night Midnight Bop by Jerry J. Nixon
A Couple More Years by Jerry Lee Lewis with Willie Nelson
There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder by Gov. Jimmie Davis

There's Nothing to Eat in Tucumcari by Andy Mason
Don't Blame Me by Flat Duo Jets
Railroad Lady by Lefty Frizzell
Lonesome Hearted Blues by Cornell Hurd
Build Me a House by Kim & The Cabelleros
Down Through the Holler by Hundred Year Flood
Two Seconds by The Volebeats
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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LEGISLATURE PREVIEWS

The New Mexican published a couple of my preview stories of the upcoming session of the state Legislature.

My story on the American Civil Liberty Union's "Spying on Freedom" bill is HERE.

And my story on the looming battle over domestic partnerships is HERE