June 13, 2004

TTFN (TA-TA FOR NOW)

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Well, cowpokes, Ol' Chef Jeff is going on a business trip to the Washington D.C. area for about the next week. In the words of Patty Smythe of Scandal, pictured above, "Goodbye to youuuuuuuah."

I'm taking the laptop with me so I can refresh the Salad Bowl. I may even blog the journalism conference I'm attending. But in case I can't, I'll leave you with a few goodies.

First, I've restocked the Radio.Blog with lots of sappy songs dealing with travel and goodbyes (and, for balance, a few hello songs). I like all of the ones in this batch. "Safe And Sound" by Sheryl Crow haunted me for, like, three weeks after hearing it. So did Norah Jones' sultry "I've Got To See You Again" and Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye." Both of them ran on a loop in my head for close to three months.

Two remakes are also included - Bjork's "Leaving On A Jet Plane" and Dwight Yoakam's version of "Witchita Lineman." I prefer the respective versions by Peter, Paul and Mary and Glenn Campbell, but these work pretty well. Conway Twitty's "Hello, Darlin'" always used to crack me up when his infomercial would come on in the mid 1980s. No one could pull off high country cheese like the founder of Twitty City.

I continue to be a devoted Aimee Mann fan. Her song "Driving Sideways" is from the Magnolia album. And Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" and the Allman Brothers' "Midnight Rider" are flawless records.

Speaking of goodbyes, one of my favorite sites, Very Important Things has gone toes up. The concept: taking old clip art and attaching bizarre and hilarious captions. Seems the creator, Tim Dennis, got tired of the whole shebang.

A lot of people are hitting on the site now, since it just announced there will be no more new art featured, but I preserved my favorites.

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