Better Than Friday - 72 (Patreon)

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you so much for your kind support. 

Hope you're eating and drinking something delicious. 

First-attempt at Prime Rib over here...

Wish me luck. 

1. How Bluegrass Music Ruined My Life 

A book that I found at an estate sale by the legendary and haunting folk musician John Fahey. Makes the hair on my arm rise. 

A collection of fictional but semi-autobiographical stories, this work comes from one of the most influential guitarists in music history. The tales are recalled in a conversational, feverish tone, following the musician in his childhood and young adulthood in post-World War II suburbia, pausing along the way for moments of clarity and introspection. The stories resist categorization—part memoir, part personal essay, part fiction, and part manifesto they simply stand alone, having their own logic, religious dogma, and mythological history.

2. The Bookchemist - The Paris Review Interviews 

He's absolutely correct. Great video. 

Love the bit about Simenon.

3. I discovered I'm German-Norwegian.

My biological father was adopted. 

Yesterday I received information on my paternal grandparents.

I discovered I'm English (already knew) and German-Norwegian. 

No idea what their names were, but my Grandmother was tall.

Completely explains the black metal...I always had a feeling. Ain't that funny?

4. Great illustrator I came across recently.  

Mead Schaeffer. Wonderful stuff...

The Count of Monte Cristo

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/426786502164920813/

5. Heard this today. That Vibraphone at 1:06...