Leys Web and Graphic Design

I know I haven't been blogging in a long while (a long LONG while, actually). As you all know, life has a way of taking up quite a lot of time. Most of my recent time has been taken up with a web design business I started last year, Leys Web and Graphic Design, and another long term project that I can't really talk about at the moment.
I intend on updating the layout of this blog soon as well as actively blogging more. Hopefully you will hear more from me soon! You can also follow my Web Design blog over at the Leys Web Design Blog!

Ukulele Player Magazine

I found this via Ukulelia. A Free Ukulele enthusiasts magazine in pdf format! And its FREE!

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Now playing: Bob Dylan - Blind Willie McTell
via FoxyTunes

St Jame Infirmary Blues

I recently found this article vis a link over at Expecting Rain.com. It is an article about Robert R Harwood's new book on the history of the St James Infirmary Blues, which has long been one of my all time favorite blues songs (I've even recorded it myself!). Harwood says of the song:

There is something mythical about St. James Infirmary. It seems to have always been here, although in its present state it is perhaps a hundred years old. The late American trombonist Jack Teagarden called it "the oldest blues song I know," but it's also jazz, country, pop . . . it even migrated to modern classical music. A number of people claimed authorship in the early days, but when blues singer Mattie Hite released her interpretation in 1930, the composer credit was to "Everybody" -- and that's about as accurate as it gets.

More information about the book can be found on Harwood's website, from which I found a great blog on Pre-War Blues called 'Honey, Where You Been So Long?' Not only does the blog post mp3s of hard to find blues tunes, they've recently posted a huge anthology of virtually every version of St James ever recorded: So Young So Cold So Fair & Standing Pat



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Now playing: Blind Willie McTell - Dying Crapshooter's Blues
via FoxyTunes

"Unnecesarry" Quotations

I just wanted to recommend this blog to anyone who gets irritated with signs made by people who don't understand the actual purpose of quotation marks:

The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotations

MADD and the New Prohabition

Just wanted to pass along a post made by Howlin' Hobbit regarding M.A.D.D.'s recent activities, which include firing their founder when she questioned their recent actions... Not much I can add to what he's written already.

Phone Time

Its always nice when a friend calls.

Who He?

I was very pleased to see that one of my favorite bloggers is up and running with a new project. Pete Townshend has started a new blog where he will be posting excerpts from his autobiography, Pete Townshend (Who He?).

Because I Apparently Don't Have Enough web pages...

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Rules for Writing

Matthew Cheney presents Rules for Writing.



Thanks to Neil for the tip!