Archive for January, 2009
Hit-ler
2009/01/25Fantasy Football
2009/01/24Acuff Rose
2009/01/23Acuff-Rose Music was an American music publishing firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
Acuff-Rose was formed by country music performer Roy Acuff and Fred Rose, a major Nashville music-industry figure who had a respected ability as a talent scout. Many country performers had been badly cheated in the past with regard to copyright and other rights to their creations. Many were unsophisticated and naive and were taken advantage of by unscrupulous agents, attorneys, record promoters, record labels and others. When they started their publishing company, a condition to the gentleman’s agreement between Acuff and Rose was that “our company would be honest. The writers would always be taken care of. No one would act in a shady way”
Jeff Tweedy of Wilco pays homage to the strength of the catalog with the song “Acuff-Rose” on Uncle Tupelo‘s final record “Anodyne“. The lyrics include the line “Name me a song that everybody knows / And I’ll bet you it belongs to Acuff-Rose.”
Brenda and Kurt
2009/01/22
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2009/01/21
Dear Red,
If you’re reading this, you’ve gotten out. And if you’ve come this far, maybe you’re willing to come a little further. You remember the name of the town, don’t you? I could use a good man to help me get my project on wheels. I’ll keep an eye out for you and the chessboard ready.
Remember, Red. Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies. I will be hoping that this letter finds you, and finds you well.
Your friend,
Andy
Operation Smile
2009/01/21
