Yikes! A Month Already??

I had no idea that it had been a month since my last effort. I have been busy doing whatever it is that I do. I'm not sure that I have a whole lot to show for my overwhelmed state, but I feel OK about it all.

Mostly, I continue to plod along trying to figure out why all of the shitty drivers are on cell phones, why politics continue to bore the living crap out of me, AND why the youth of today aren't pissed at the state of the nation. I think that the trans-fats and reality shows have all kicked in and folks are just in a brain-dead comatose state. Back before people were sucked into TV schlock, they would have been in the streets protesting at the absurdity of it all. Today, we are lazy, spoonfed, complacent. If I pay too much attention to it I get upset. So, as they tell me, ignorance is bliss. After all, these are questions that this mortal man just cannot answer effectively. I am only a pawn.



With that, I will share with you a blast from the past that is not related to any of the heavy stuff going down. I was just sent a youtube video from a gig that I did four or five years ago with my trusty band - The Glaring Mistakes. It was at our old home in Nashville, the Sutler, and it is a pretty good representation of our then relatively nascent band. Al Goll is on dobro though I don't think he gets on camera. Susie Monick is on mandolin. She only played the one gig with us, but it was captured here for posterity's sake. I have only watched the video once...you might find surprises that I have yet to notice. Here you go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihIWiEG7qVk



In similar news, the website (richardstooksbury.com) now has a new look. I have opted to take down the old, unmaintained site and replace it with a recent psychedelicized picture and links to all of my various locations on the web (well, most of them anyway). It gets the job done and gets you a bit more current.

I am working on recording now almost every day. Thus far, I have some good foundations and am tweaking and adding flourishes. I have been enjoying getting back into the process and doing some good work. This, like each previous effort, has been a long time in the making and I feel like these songs really stand on their own. I also believe that they are some of the best to date. I said that last time and I am saying it now...it's good to feel as though I am improving.

To sample some of these wares, I will be on the radio in Knoxville on Monday, May 11th at 12:00 Eastern. I will be playing some of these new songs in front of the live studio audience at WDVX-FM. You can catch it in real time at http://www.wdvx.com/ - Check it out!



OK...back to the drudgery for now. But I promise not to take so long between posts next time. Til then...talk amongst yourselves.



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