08 October 2012 ~ 31 Comments

Blogger on the edge

by susie

I have the horrible luck to be stuck in a societal and demographic shitstorm. (And yes, I do have a part-time job — but it’s not enough. So I went out and got another one, and only got one assignment in two months.) I really, really, really hate asking for your help, and yet I do it all the time. Because if I don’t, I can’t pay the rent. So if you like what you get here, please make a donation. Thanks.

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Banquet

by susie

I have to admit, I didn’t especially like this song in 1972, when Joni Mitchell wrote it. Now it resonates in a way I’d never anticipated:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Together again

by susie

Emmylou Harris:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Like a hurricane

by susie

Neil Young:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

NHS

by susie

The politicians have decided to make UK’s NHS more efficient by making general practitioners do more work, and having them negotiate directly with private providers. Sounds just like the U.S.! What could possibly go wrong?

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

I still miss someone

by susie

Nanci Griffith with Rodney Crowell:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

I’m gonna freeze

by susie

New single from Chelsea Crowell, daughter of Rosanne Cash and Rodney Crowell:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Lonely boy

by susie

The Black Keys:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Nobody wins

by susie

Rodney Foster:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

I ain’t the same

by susie

Alabama Shakes:

13 October 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Is she really going out with him

by susie

Joe Jackson: