Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Comment by diatriber

May 9, 2005 @ 9:29 am

thanks for the great photos. i make a yearly pilgrimmage (do you hear a REM song in your head?) to clarksdale for their sunflower fest in august. the cathead folks are friends of mine from when they lived in StL MO. It took a lot of courage to walk away from their jobs and move to clarksdale to start this business. I love cathead…and that reminds me i need to make some purchases to help support them.

big george has become more a fixture in clarksdale since roger from cathead has promoted him so well. it’s nice to see big george get the attention he deserves.

Comment by Abby

May 9, 2005 @ 6:32 pm

Big George *definitely* got his props on Saturday, and the recording session was really fun. I can’t believe we just wandered in like that, but Jennifer said it was OK, so in we went. Just hope we weren’t in the way.

And yes, I have an R.E.M. song in my head. Did you see my stub? Go here.

Comment by diatriber

May 10, 2005 @ 8:48 am

REM was the first band that meant something more to me than just listening to music (okay maybe the Beatles too but that didn’t happen in “my” time). I still remember the day I happened upon the cassette of Reckoning in the record store and took that chance.

I like the stubbs. My first concert was the Go-Go’s and the Flock of Seagulls in 1983 (can’t find that ticket!). I didn’t see REM live until 1987. I’ve been trying to chronicle a lot of those music memories in a stream of consciousness style at: http://www.diatriber.com/turning/

I saw Adam Ant on his “Strip” tour – I can confirm that was the beginning of his decline!

Comment by Abby

May 10, 2005 @ 10:19 am

OK, no freakin’ way!!! MY first concert was the same one: Go-Gos with Flock of Seagull’s… Well, Olivia Newton-John was a week before, but we don’t talk about that.

I have an REM post I’ve been meaning to make for a while now. It’ll have to wait until after my dissertation defense.

Comment by diatriber

May 10, 2005 @ 3:31 pm

i think hall & oates was concert no. 2, so there.

i caught rem last year because it was in a nice small venue for a change. i enjoyed it but something is just different these days. they did open with “begin the begin” which made me happy.

mrs. diatriber and i really enjoy visiting memphis – shangri la records, the arcade, ribs…it’s a fun town. we also stayed in the robert clay shack last year during the sunflower fest in clarksdale. i think i saw a shack on your flickr photos?

good luck on you defense…

Comment by Abby

May 11, 2005 @ 2:39 pm

Thanks! I’m in the library now having a very lame time. I have Aaron working, too! This kind of things SUCKS! What is so funny is how I am supposed to talk about “future research.” Hell, like there will be any future research. I’m writing this so there won’t have to be anymore!