ALT COUNTRY

I love alternative country and I don't care who knows.

STILLS

BIOFUEL FROM SCOTCH

Mother Jones has a great article about the Scottish start-up environmental company that is turning the surprising amount of waste from Scotch distillery into biofuels. Celtic Renewables takes draff, pot ale, the two main byproducts of Whiskey distillery,  and processes it into biobutanol fuel, animal feed, and acetone. Be careful however, next time you see a Scottish man stumbling out of his local pub it would be to your benefit if you didn't ask to "process his night's waste".

LIKE HELL

COLLEGE

MOGWAI x 2PAC x EMINEM

Click this link to the best mashup I have ever heard. Mogwai x 2pac x Eminem - DJ Oreanda

Pretty much everyone I know should hear this.

OXFORD AMERICAN #75

Just got my copy of the Oxford American's 13th Annual Music Issue featuring amazing music from my home state, Mississippi. Check it out, you won't be disappointed, the CD's are perfect for a weekend road trip through the magnolia state.


(OA has the best graphic designers, PERIOD.)

ORANGE

Blame it on UT, the DDC, or whaterever have you, but orange is the best color this side of the spectrum.

Get Out And Ride

"Golden Tree" by Martin Brooks from Ninian Doff on Vimeo.

Private Party

Sounds amazing. Can't wait to hear it! (Via Logcabineer)

Boy's Life

Boy's Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America, has been around since 1911. You can view all of the issues online at boyslife.org/wayback from past and present. Be careful, this one's a daywrecker and will have you sucked in for hours browsing old kodachrome camping pictures and reading stories. Reminds me of the vintage issues of Backpacker that you can read online, some amazing stuff there too.

SoLost: Midnight Muscle Shoals

With bands like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Drive-By Truckers, and The Black Keys all writing and recording music in one place you know it must be special. Oxford American takes a closer look at the Muscle Shoals Recording Studio in the latest of their series SoLost. Check out all the other episodes, William Eggleston Plays the Piano is one of my favorites.

Stills

I claim none of this art except this first print. I made it for a competition held by Mogwai on their fan website Brightlight. Won second place and a free EP, so I was pretty happy.

Summer Uniform

Hat - Dodgers (I'm playing better than that team right now...)
Glasses - Fossil
Croakie - Buffalo and Company
Shirt - Fleetwood Mac Vintage
Shorts - Patagonia Baggies
Shoes - Chaco Z2

Steve Earle

(It's a swagger portrait for sure)

Seeing as today is an important day in American history, I decided to post about one of the greatest American songwriters ever to live. I am of course talking about Steve Earle. He's got a new album and book out, check them both out, very worth it. Also read this excellent article in the aptly named American Songwriter Magazine all about Steve.

(I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive - Steve Earle)

Summer