It Hurts to Think: Recent Comments

Comment on Yes, I'm alive

2011-04-01T21:49:33Z

Touche.

I am so sick of bad bloggers I have to start blogging again in self-defense.

Comment on Yes, I'm alive

2011-04-01T20:12:46Z

And the biggest news of all . . . Leanne visited her own blog!

Comment on Best Bars to Ease the Pain of Thinking

2010-12-23T16:10:29Z

The bar at the Green Valley Grill at the O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro, NC. The hotel is a nicely-done update of an old hotel that was torn down in another part of town. The builders of the hotel, restaurant, and bar were trying to replicate a deceased landmark, and I think they've done it.

Comment on 12 Days of Christmas Albums That Suck

2010-01-15T21:24:54Z

The video for Dylan's "Must be Santa" went viral, so I saw it. After the initial shock wore off, I actually like it. And it further supports my position that in his old age Dylan has become Leon Redbone.

Comment on Elvis Presley Blues

2010-01-15T21:13:29Z

That's a great song. It may puzzle some that a song about the King of Rock 'n' Roll would be given a traditional folk treatment. But in Britain in the mid 50s, Elvis was described as a folk singer when his first album was released.

Comment on Best Bars to Ease the Pain of Thinking

2009-11-05T06:37:24Z

And how can any list overlook the drive-thru daiquiri stands in NOLA... Take you buzz with you in the comfort of your Hummer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2009/feb/23/drink-drive-through-bars-usa

Comment on Best Bars to Ease the Pain of Thinking

2009-11-05T06:27:00Z

From the Esquire list I found the The Bar at Tujague's to be an interesting joint (near Cafe du Monde) in NOLA. They still have the quaint old pissing trough at the bar for their drunken male patrons (don't know if any women have used it but in NOLA I would suppose so).

Another favorite place not on Esquire's list is Kingston Mines, a blues bar on North Halsted in Chicago. The bar covers three store fronts and when one band takes a break the audience moves into the next building/space where the next band fires up -- until 4 a.m. every night/morning. http://www.kingstonmines.com

Comment on Best Bars to Ease the Pain of Thinking

2009-11-05T05:54:36Z

Oh, The Old Absinthe in NOLA! How could I forget them?! Great pick.

Comment on Best Bars to Ease the Pain of Thinking

2009-11-05T05:49:30Z

I love the Cruise Room in Denver, great pick.

I'd add:

Little Bear's, Evergreen, CO
http://www.littlebearsaloon.com/

No Scum Allowed Saloon, White Oaks, NM (ghost town)
http://www.noscumallowedsaloon.com/history.html

Old Absinthe House, NOLA
http://www.oldabsinthehouse.com

King Cole Bar, St. Regis Hotel, Manhattan
http://tinyurl.com/2p3lxw

Harvelle's, Santa Monica, CA
http://www.harvelles.com/

Albuquerque Press Club, ABQ, NM
(part of the national press club network)
http://tinyurl.com/y85qq6c

Dixie Chicken, College Station, TX
http://www.dixiechicken.com/

Billy Bob's Texas, Fort Worth, TX
http://www.billybobstexas.com/

The Brickskeller, DuPont Circle, DC
http://www.lovethebeer.com/brickskeller.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brickskeller

L2Lounge, Georgetown, DC
http://www.l2lounge.com/peek_inside.html

Comment on When do we take newspapers off the ventilator?

2009-10-27T18:03:17Z

And it's not just TV and the internet that's causing the problem. National papers are now printed by satellite transmission, so they're timely. I know many people who subscribe to the NY Times. The Times may be hurting, but it, in turn, is hurting the local papers.