Duggles Stuff

It’s hard to believeáhow popular youtube has become. People send me links quite often with interesting stuff to look at (and listen to). It’s easy to get stuck at the computer when one video leads to another andáyoutube always seems to know what will interest you if you were interested enough to view whatever you were viewing.ááSome days I’m more susceptible than others, but Monday I got hooked when my friend Scotty sent meáa link to an old Steve Earle video of him singing “Mercenary Song” when he was just a bit more than a kid. He was sitting around a circle with Guy Clark, Rodney Crowell and others. The scene looked familiar and upon further investigation, I found that it was lifted from a movie titled Heartworn Highways. I have it onáan old VHS tape. It’s been a while since I watched it, but I learned that it has been re-released on DVD with extra stuff not included in the original VHS version. I guesss I’m gonna have to have it. If you love Guy Clark’s music and/or Townes Van Zandt’s music, or any of a number of like minded early Americana pioneers, you’ll want it too. Here’s a link to a review I found on it: Heartworn Highways

I also found some greatávids on YouTubeáfrom “Austin Pickers 1984″ - I may have to pick that one up too. It’s got a great interview with Townes Van Zandt talking about how he wrote “If I Needed You”. If you’re interested just get on YouTube andásearch foráAustin Pickers 1984 or Townes Van Zandt. You shouldn’t have any trouble finding it.

Today, the fourth and final installment of a series of articles was published in our own hometown newspaper (The Log Cabin Democrat - right here in Conway Arkansas). The series featured 101 free (or near free) things to do and see here in our state. When I read the first in the series last month, I was inspired to post the Arkansas Wine Country info. After reading the lastáarticle today, it struck me that I should post the complete list for posterity, to keep from having to save the newspaperá clippings, and for the convenience of anyone else wanting to explore our Natural State on the cheap…

áso… I posted the whole list:
101 Free Things to do in The Natural State
I could have put the whole list here, but…. I didn’t want to….

enjoy…

I can’t tell you how good it is to look outside and see wet streets and rain water running in our ditch. Hearing the sound of rain on the roof is also quite pleasant. I don’t think I’m in a hurry to do anything in particular today except enjoy the rain. We here in Conway went without rain the entire, complete month of August. I don’t remember a time in recent history that it has been so dry for so long. It certainly comes too late for most agricultural concerns, and may not mean much in the long term for our drought status, but at least it’s a start.

Doug