notes from the earle family rabbit hole.

[mopinko]

so, i was pretty vaguely aware of jt before his death. in part cuz he lived in my hoood and wrote a song bout it- rogers park. it was a bad time in his life.
steve's tribute album has been my 'get up and go' music for a couple months now.
i started bumping into justin's versions of those song, and down the hole i went.

current fave-

but the songs on 'single mothers' both crush me and give me hope. i wasnt technically a single mom but the hubs was also married to his job.
the pain of his growing up is deep.
the arc of his relationship w his dad is the hope part.

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Kick

Can’t watch now

[mopinko]

2. bumped into this for fun.

'mavis staples is the sexiest woman that ever lived.'
where can i find a man that thinks like that?

[Docreed2003]

3. He was such a talent...gone too soon

[mopinko]

4. cant not sing along w that one.

ya know, tmi mebbe, but i'm someone who, for most of my life, had one plan or another in the back of my mind for how i would check out if i came to that.
it never occurred to me that it would be a joyous thing. but why not?

a few years as a hospice volunteer sorta put that out of my head. but isnt a good death a thing much to be desired?

[Docreed2003]

5. Absolutely agree