Repost 10/18/07: Trail of the Hellhound

Tomorrow my son and I will be heading up old Hwy 61 in search of The Hellhound and the Blues Trail
The plan is to leave Jackson about 10 am(snerk :)), drive over to Vicksburg and head north on Hwy 61 from there. We are going to stop at the Onward store about 30 miles north of Vicksburg, where Teddy Roosevelt did not kill the bear, for one of those awesome cheeseburgers and some conversation. Then we are heading on up to Clarksdale. We will wander around Clarksdale all day searching for the crossroads where Robert Johnson reportedly sold his soul to the devil for his dazzling guitar technique. Once we leave Onward we should be able to tune into 1450 AM WROX and rock on out to some blues on the way up. In Clarksdale we'll go to the Delta Blues Museum where we can see Muddy Water's cabin and interesting photo exhibits. Then we'll eat at Madidi, Morgan Freeman's restaurant that's supposed to be fancy smancy. Hope they'll let us in without a tie and dress up clothes :) (just called for a reservation, the lady that answered said "just wear some clothes...we'll be good" :)) After the meal, to wake me up enough to drive out to the woods I think we better go over to Ground Zero Blues Club for an hour or so. I want to try to find the authentic rural juke joint Po Monkey's Lounge *near* Merigold reportedly after turning left on the main road immediately there is a fork in the road take the left fork and then take the first gravel road on the left and it's on down in there somewhere. If I'm never heard from again just know that I died happy....wallowing in the blues. Hopefully we'll make it on into Memphis following old Hwy 61 so we can visit Sun Records, BBKing's Blues Club, the Orpheum and the Peabody to watch the march of the ducks on Saturday.
This is the first "vacation" my son and I have ever had and hopefully all of you will have as great a weekend as we are going to have! I still can't believe my 18 year old son suggested that we do this :) I guess raising him on gospel, spirituals and the blues from the cradle did some good. I always hoped it wouldn't warp him and of coarse it didn't. :)

Repost 9/08/07: Housecleaning Music YYYIIIPPPEEE!!!

Today I changed the music player. Finetune seems to be a better tuner than Lastfm. It looks much better, is much easier to work with and has a shorter code to embed, which I like. :) This player has a playlist of over 250 songs, so if you don't like a particular song click on the righthand side of the player and it will take you to the next song. As always it has an off button. Click the green button in the bottom left corner. Before you turn it off though, try it, it just might make you get up and clean your house too! Oh, and for all the younger students that might come here for the social work links that are going...wtf? It's just an old southern woman's indulgence, click the link you need and it will take you to your page of choice. The tuner does not travel from page to page. You can continue on to work in peace :) If by some chance you like the music and want to continue listening while you work then just add a tab and type in prinslinks and go to your page from there, leaving the original page playing. Have a great day!