Tunes and Ron Swanson

Blog has been neglected. My apologies. What time I haven't spent at work, socializing, or trying to steer the drunken ship that is the board I'm on, I have been indulging in episode after episode of Parks and Recreation. There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy the show, but I especially love the character Ron Swanson, because he reminds me so much of my brother. He's a libertarian who loves guns and meat, and says a lot of wildly un-PC things. Dean is the same, and since he's in Afghanistan, it's a little harder to get my weekly dose of jaw-drops and hysterical laughter. Swanson has been a nice place holder. I can only hope and pray that my brother will one day grow such a magnificent mustache.

Ron Swanson's Pyramid of Greatness, which he used to train his youth basketball team.

I recently acquired Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' Soul Time, Mayer Hawthorne's How Do You Do?, Cass McCombs' Humor Risk, and the new Pokey LaFarge record.

So far, my favorite track from all of them is Hawthorne's "No Strings" The SJDK album's best tracks were all already released on EPs. Wanh wanh. This track is still hot, even if it's not new, and it is especially relevant now:


Look out for a review of Humor Risk in the January issue of Performer.