Yeah, I am repeating myself, from R.E.M. month back in April. 20 years later, I’m still not sure how this song relates to Texarkana. “20,000 miles to an oasis” is kind of fitting when you’re traveling between cities in west Texas/east New Mexico, but Texarkana is about the farthest east you can get in Texas…
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Sorry this didn’t get posted earlier today. Fat fingers, or something…
I was in Luckenbach a few years ago, too. One house with roosers in the front yard, and a building that serves as a bar, post office and souvenir shop. Lots of fun. They have a nice sign out front, and it appears I was lucky to see it, since country music fans usually steal […]
I was in Galveston a few years ago. Beautiful city and nice folks. All people I met in Texas were nice to me. The most popular version: And a much slower version:
I’ve been giving this advice to the Las Almejas girls for years now, but they never listen!
I was hoping to see Laredo this year, but I’ll be many hundreds of miles away. Just as well. With its legend, I assumed it was a ghost town, but it appears to have about 300,000 people (600,000 in its “metro” area). Damn, son…
Hank Williams Jr is my kind of guy. You know he’d be a lot of fun to hang out with and he appreciates the best things in life.
OK, so this is an anti-Texas song, but hey, it’s Big Black. Steve Albini doesn’t like anything or anybody. Not sure about chain gangs, but I’m sure I’ll see lots of mustaches, rednecks and wetbacks.
Didn’t I post this before? Well, if so, it’s good enough to post twice. And I might repeat a few more before we’re over with.
