MEANWHILE, ON THE SECOND COMING FRONT ...

So this guy, Dr. Jose Luis De Jesus Miranda, says he's Jesus and has his followers tattoo themselves with "666." Haven't I read about this somewhere before?

These folks keep sending me their press releases. Here's the latest:


Mexican Natives Get Marked With 666

CHIAPAS, MEXICO - More than 600 natives from Chiapas, Mexico, including young children and adults alike, proudly tatooed themselves with the 666 and SSS on their bodies as a sign of love for Dr. Jose Luis De Jesus who is the man Christ Jesus here on Earth.

Their shocking video speaks for itself: (I'll be a nice guy and just embed this )




The world is awakening to the fact that God is amongst us and they are honoring the number of His name: 666. Investigate: http://www.666news.com/

Media Contacts:

Mexico: Donaldo Flores Tel. (00521) 55 39274916
prensamexico@creciendoengracia.com
International: Axel Poessy Tel. (718) 713-8075
pr@creciendoengracia.com

The Government of God on Earth:

Ministerio Internacional Creciendo en Gracia
World Headquarters - 8000 NW 25 ST. Miami, FL 33122
Tel: (305) 994-9194 Fax: (305) 994-9195
http://www.creciendoengracia.com/


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TERRELL'S SOUND WORLD PLAYLIST

Sunday, September 14, 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
Baby Who Mutilated Everybody's Heart by Thee Mighty Ceasars
Faster Pussycat by The Cramps
What Do You Look Like by Hipbone Slim & The Knee Tremblers with Holly Golightly
Dead Moon Night by Dead Moon
Scream by Los Peyotes
Medication by The Standells
As Long As I Have You by The Detroit Cobras
Take a Good Look by The Fleshtones
CIA Man by The Fugs

Liked it a Lot by Charlie Pickett And
A Natural Man by The Dirtbombs
Dig Me a Hole by Little Freddie King
Starry Eyes by Roky Erikson
Police on My Back by The Clash
Bird Guy by Quan & The Chinese Takeouts
It's OK by The Come 'n' Go
Prison Shank by Deadbolt
Batman by John Zorn

STEVE TERRELL'S POLKA PARTY
The Happy Wanderer by Brave Combo
The Pimps of Polka by The Polkaholics
Who'd You Like to Love You by Li'l Wally
Chciago is a Polka Town by Stas Golonka & The Chicago Masters
Big City Polka by The Wallets
Who Stole the Kishka by Frankie Yankovic
Jammin' Polkas by The Steve Meisner Band
Raisin Nut Polka by Nancy Hlad
Weiner Dog Polka by Polkacide

Backwater Blues by B.B. King
I Can Make You Happy by Taj Mahal
Beware the Man (With Candy in His Hand)/The Devil is Dope by The Dramatics
There's Someone Waiting to See You by Simon Stokes
Southern California by Brian Wilson
CLOSING THEME: Over the Rainbow by Jerry Lee Lewis

THE SANTA FE OPRY PLAYLIST

Friday, September 12, 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
Steal It All Day by C.C. Adcock
You'd Better Dig It by Billy Johnson
Sag, Drag and Fall by Sid King & The Five Strings
Killer Came From Space by The Dragtones
Shortnin' Bread by The Cramps
Frankie & Johnny by Charlie Feathers
I'm So Blue by Jo Miller & Her Burley Roughnecks
Peroxide Blonde by Deke Dikerson
Countin' the Years by Yuichi & The Hilltones
Wild Trip by Flat Duo Jets

Party by The Collins Kids
Hot Rod Boogie Woogie Days by Bobby Wayne
Rawhide by Link Wray
Sugar Diet by Charlie Adams
Wild Man by Hasil Adkins
She's a Bad 'Un by Ronnie Dawson
College Man by Bill Justis
Ain't I'm a Dog by Ronnie Self
Color Me Blue, Paint Me Pink by The Legendary Stardust Cowboy
Fannie Mae by Dizzy Elmer

Father Time and Gravity by Jerry Reed
Amos Moses by Primus
Guitar Man by Junior Brown
Horny by Zeno Tornado & The Boney Google Brothers
Drunk by Desert Radio
Right or Wrong by Merle Haggard
Dixie Cannonball by The Pine Valley Cosmonauts
Hittin' It Hard by Jim Lauderdale
I Love You Honey But I Hate Your Band by The New Duncan Imperials

Chevy Headed West by Jim Stringer & The AM Band
Tiger Beer by Gann Brewer
In the Matter of Me and You by Miss Leslie
Are They Gonna Make Us Outlaws Again by Hazel Dickens
Be A Little Quiter by Porter Wagoner
Galveston by Jimmy Webb
Shanty by The Mekons
CLOSING THEME: Comin' Down by The Meat Puppets

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TERRELL'S TUNE-UP: NEW COUNTRY GOLD

A version of this was published in The Santa Fe New Mexican
September 12, 2008

Although I’ve made it a personal tradition to always begin a road trip by blasting a Ramones CD — and my recent drive to Denver for the Democratic National Convention was no exception — most of the other CDs I took along were new, or relatively new, country albums with which I wanted to spend more time. Here’s a look at some of them.

* Triskaidekaphilia by Jim Stringer and the AM Band. Stringer is an Austin stalwart, a hotshot guitar picker, and a lover of good basic honky-tonk and Western swing. His latest album is full of all those things that have made his past albums enjoyable.

There are some cool instrumentals, especially the opening tune, a souped-up version of Duane Eddy’s “Rebel Rouser,” to which Stringer adds snatches of television themes — including those from The Andy Griffith Show and The Simpsons. And there are some funny country numbers, like “Here’s the River” (which is about psyching out your opponents in pool, poker, and life); sentimental country songs, like “He Love Music”; and a country cover of an old Top 40 song — Jay and the Americans’ “Come a Little Bit Closer” (which I always considered a rewrite of Marty Robbins’ “El Paso”).

But there are a couple of standout originals here that showcase Stringer’s talents as a songwriter and frankly make this his best album.

“Chevy Headed West” is a bittersweet song about a couple of young guys on a road trip to California in 1968, worrying about Vietnam and learning about the assassination of Bobby Kennedy on their car radio. It’s quite a moving little number, and, as far as I’m concerned, it gets extra points for name-dropping KOMA, a renowned 50,000-watt AM radio station blasting out of my hometown of Oklahoma City across the Great Plains every night (“from Texas to Chicago,” Stringer sings, but lots of folks have told me it was a hit on teenagers’ car radios out here in New Mexico when the sun went down).

And then there’s “I Saw Them Together.” I’ve always been a sucker for a good clean murder ballad, and this sweet waltz about a bad case of mistaken identity immediately warmed my twisted heart.

* Ramblin' Man by Zeno Tornado and the Boney Google Brothers. Switzerland’s Voodoo Rhythm Records has given us Eurotrash/punk versions of rockabilly (Hipbone Slim and the Knee Tremblers, Jerry J. Nixon), Cajun (The Watzloves, Mama Rosin), blues (The Juke Joint Pimps and others), and garage rock (The Monsters and way too many others to mention).

But its greatest contribution to country music has to be Zeno Tornado.

Tornado is a native of Switzerland. His lyrics are full of humor, and the twang in his voice obviously isn’t natural. But this music shouldn’t be considered parody. He understands and appreciates good old American country-western. Tornado and band play it with aplomb, mixing in elements of rockabilly (dig that cool slap bass, especially in the song “She’s My Neighbor”) and bluegrass (there’s some nice fiddle and banjo in “Sober,” “Bone White Moon,” and others).

He also jumps head-on intoitional country themes — sex, violence, and intoxication. He’s far more explicit than most country stars, reminding me somewhat of Hank Williams III. “I’m a little lonely but very, very horny. ... I wonder under which girl I’m going to land tonight,” he sings in “Horny,” a jumpy little acoustic hillbilly song with fiddle and mandolin.

Then in “Bullet in My Mind,” he sings, “I killed her a thousand times.” It turns out to be a fantasy, but a disturbing one indeed.

Sometimes Zeno’s lyrics are slightly bizarre. “Here I am sittin’, drinkin’ my own blood,” is how he starts out the song “Blood.” Perhaps “Waiting Room” could be considered Euro-country emo. “Life’s a waiting room for death,” he sings. “Maybe I drown in icy water/Or get killed by a religious brother/I don’t care as long as I die.”

But most of this record is pretty joyful. Any vocalist who can pull off a tongue twister like, “It’s a struggle in the puddle at the bottom of a bottle, oh yeah” at breakneck speed shows he’s not completely consumed with despair.

* Honey Songs by Jim Lauderdale & The Dream Players. An underappreciated country artist, Lauderdale has been cranking out fine albums full of well-crafted and thoroughly enjoyable songs on a regular basis. (A couple of years ago, he released two albums, both pretty decent, at the same time: Country Super Hits, Vol. 1, and Bluegrass.)

He has played in Lucinda Williams’ band, done duet albums with Ralph Stanley, and had songs covered by lots of mainstream country singers like Vince Gill, George Strait, and even George Jones.

And he’s not kidding when he calls the musicians on Honey Songs “the Dream Players.” He has some members from Elvis Presley’s old touring band, including the great guitarist James Burton and drummer Ron Tutt. He has Glenn D. Hardin on piano and Al Perkins on steel — both of whom have credits far too extensive to mention — and backup singers that include Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller, Patty Loveless, and Bloodshot Records princess Kelly Hogan.

There’s not song on this album. Any one of these tracks would immediately raise the level of artistic integrity of the country station that plays it. The only trouble is, there aren’t any great songs here either — nothing really stands out or twists your head. Basically, Honey Songs shows far more competence than it does inspiration.

BIPARTISAN STATEMENT FOR SEPT. 11

In a rare moment of bi-partisan cooperation -- perhaps spurred by the joint appearance today of Barack Obama and John McCain at Ground Zero in New York -- Democratic state Chairman Brian Colon and Republican state Chairman Allen Weh made a joint visit to a 9/11 memorial mass at Albuquerque's Sacred Heart Catholic Church., which several years ago received two 20-foot steel beams from the fallen World Trade Center. The church used the two beams to construct a new bell tower.

Colon and Weh released this statement today:

"Seven years ago today, America suffered an unprovoked attack that will forever be etched in Americans' minds. In Albuquerque today, New Mexicans come together at Sacred Heart Church to remember those who were lost not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans. We honor the memory of each and every American who died in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania that day. We also offer a prayer for all the families and friends who have lost loved ones in the attacks of 9/11 and in the service of their country. We give thanks for the firefighters, police, and all emergency responders who set a heroic example of selfless service that day, many of who lost their lives, and many of whom continue to serve their communities so well. Lastly, we salute the men and women who serve today in defense of the freedom and security that came under attack on that terrible day.”