What are you listening to, Clay?
Why, thanks for asking.
1.) A downloaded copy of Johnny Cash's latest album, American IV: The Man Comes Around. It's an eclectic mix of originals, covers and old cowboy songs.
The video for his version of Trent Reznor's "Hurt" is getting major press. Take a look. It's devastating. And Shakespearean. And damn cool.
2.) Energized by Mr. Cash's current work, I decided to sample some of his older material. Thus I purchased his 3-CD boxed set, "Love, God, Murder." Each disk is themed -- a fascinating concept for a non-chronological career retrospective.
3.) The Beach Boys finally approved release of a 23-year-old concert: "Good Timin: Live At Knebworth England 1980." It was the last time all six members of the group appeared on an English stage. Interesting, if slick. Founding creative force Brian Wilson is mostly relegated to the sidelines.
This is the archived edition of a blog kept from Nov. 24, 2002, to
Feb. 29, 2004, by Clay Wirestone.
The original description: "From the overstuffed mind of writer,
editor, cartoonist and crank Clay McCuistion comes a blog full of
-- well -- stuff. And things."