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<p>This is my personal account of the 9.0 earthquake that occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Sendai, Japan as I experienced it and the resulting events. If you or someone you know is in Japan as this is happening please share your story in the Comments section.</p>
<p>On my way to pay an overdue bill by bank transfer I was bopping down the street with the iPod in my ears. It was a crisp, sunny day so rather than take a 10 minute bus ride, or walk 10 minutes to the train station to go one stop, I opted…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064303/march-11th-2011-japan-earthquake-one-firsthand-account">Read more</a></span></div>
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    <p class="post-info"><span data-time="2011-03-12T18:37:48-12:00" title="March 12, 2011 18:37">03/12/2011</span></p>

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<p>Twenty-ten was an interesting year full of hidden gems. I refrained from using "twenty-ten" all year and thought I'd use it here just to say I used it once. For me it really started in March; first trip back to Alliance/Canton, OH in ten years, driving down to Houston and seeing that side of the family for the first time in almost twenty years, stopping in College Station along the way to see Glenn Davis and visiting Navasota, driving through Lightnin' Hopkins hometown of Centerville, driving out to Vegas…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064302/twenty-ten-in-review">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Bruce Sheehan grew up in Youngstown, OH aka "Murder city". By the mid-80's he had moved to Austin, TX and started up Jungle Records. "Youngstown and the northeast in general, it was the late 70's and it was very depressed, everything was closing. I was looking for fame and fortune! A friend of mine and I went on a little tour of Texas and I decided to come back to Austin. It was the music, I was into music up there just as a listener. I played organ and trumpet and stuff like that in high school but I was…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064301/bruce-sheeehan-jungle-records">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Mike Buck is a cornerstone of Texas roots music. He played with damn near every Blues and Rockabilly legend during his early years and at the beginning of the 21st Century has backed many of the younger musicians. He's the living thread that keeps it a viable musical form. Like most of his generation Blues, Rock 'n' Roll and Country were all around as a kid. The similarities were readily apparent and there was very little separation of styles.<br><br>"I started playing back in the early 60's. My dad bought me a…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064300/mike-buck-texas-drum-legend">Read more</a></span></div>
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  <div class="message"><p>Lynyrd Skynyrd toured Japan in 1977 playing 5 nights, Jan 14th -18th &amp; 21st at Nakano Sun Plaza in Tokyo and Osaka Koseinenkinkaikan Hall. It was the only time the original band played there. Opening for them was Japan's top Southern Rock band, Idlewild South. Music Life was the major Rock magazine in Japan at the time, their equivalent of England's Melody Maker. When looking for someone to interview Skynyrd for a feature article they decided to let Idlewild South have free reign. Who better to interview…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064299/skynyrd-in-japan">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Ronnie James is living the dream that all musicians who grew up listening to the Roots Rock revival of Austin during the 80's dream of. While living in California he began his road career with Little Charlie &amp; the Nightcats before playing with the Fabulous Thunderbirds which led to his current gig as Jimmie Vaughan's bassist. Along the way he's shared the stage and studio with a Who's Who of Blues legends, most notably the time he spent with the late Bill Willis in Vaughan's band. Now a mainstay in Austin…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064298/ronnie-james-living-the-dream">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>JoJo Billingsley was my favorite Honkette. Watching video clips of the original Lynyrd Skynyrd she immediately stands out among the backing vocalists. She has that look in her eye of being a real character, someone who eats life. Reading about Skynyrd she came across as a tough chick who could drink the boys under the table and didn't take shit off anybody. Listening close to the backing vocals she sang closely with Ronnie Van Zant, often doubling his parts on songs such as TUESDAY'S GONE.<br><br>In 2008 Darren…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064297/rip-jojo-billingsley">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>One of the biggest cultural gaps I find being an American in Japan is old people. As much as they get on my nerves I do admire the old cockroaches. Constantly bumbling around, yakking at the top of their lungs early in the morning, completely self-absorbed... gawd, they can be annoying! On the other hand, being over 80 years old and having the energy of a teenager is something I almost never see back home. It demonstrates the cultural difference in attitudes regarding age.<br><br>For the sake of simplicity, the…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064296/bumbling-old-bats">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>Coffee shops over here are not like back home. They serve real coffee. The ones back home serve sugary coffee-flavored drinks with high fructose corn syrup and extra whip cream. Suburbanites in sloppy clothes indulging in a 'brand experience'.<br><br>The coffee shops here are descendants of European cafes. Cappuccino is served as it has been for over a century- shot of espresso with steamed milk. Iced coffee is just that- chilled coffee over ice. Other drinks stick to the same elegant simplicity, decorated with…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064295/ex-pat-cafe">Read more</a></span></div>
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<p>On Friday March 5th, 2010 I headed to Narita airport to board a plane for the U.S. Six years previous, while living in Las Vegas, I had left the States in a rush and hurriedly threw my stuff in storage. In the long process of moving back home this was Step 2 of the plan; sell the truck, move my stuff back to Texas and play some dates to start establishing myself back home. The dates would help offset the expenses.Unbeknownst to me at the time I was in for a month-long non-stop adventure that would see my…</p><span class="read-more pdf__hide"><a href="/writings/blog/6064294/mission-accomplished">Read more</a></span></div>
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