Comments on: Fourth of July Pre-Party..get yer sparklers here.

By: KaBinks

KaBinks — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:28:33 +0000

Such a hippie, Miss L. I would have never known.

By: rockrollmama

rockrollmama — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:19:50 +0000

Nice. Grand Teton National Park is why I quit throwing cigarettes out of the car window…too nasty, also the fire thing. Took me a few more years to get the smoking out of my system. That’s weird though, sheesh. It’s been 12 years since I had a smoke??? Oy.

By: WPoFD

WPoFD — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:19:27 +0000

Oh, I feel ya. The sign on I 68 that reads, “Backbone Mt. Elev 3360 ft. – Highest Point in Maryland” or “Negro Mt. Elev. 2740 ft. – Highest Point Along National Road” . I no longer say “mountain” after “Sugarloaf” or “Appalachian”.

Wyoming and Montana’s altitude was why I quit smoking.

By: rockrollmama

rockrollmama — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:28:37 +0000

It was a good, crazy, bad year, and I’m glad I took it. For an East Coast girl, those mountains were so strange and weirdly comforting. I laughed at the altitude markers driving home, as they got lower and lower. You feel me, WP. 10,000 feet in Cumberland? PLEASE.

BHJ: I’m reading a funny book right now called Rock Star Mommy, by Judy Davids, Lead singer of the Mydols (mommy rock band). She was inspired to learn to play guitar after Jack White came and spoke to his nephew’s elementary school newspaper club (which she was the mommy of.) And when she said it was nice to meet him, he said, “Oh, we’ve met before, I re-upholstered a chair in your living room.” And she remembered, and decided there was no good reason to not be a rock star. So she became one. Is the one you’re re-playing “Salute your Solution”? I love that song. Great driving…except I speed then.
Thanks for the props.

By: Black Hockey Jesus

Black Hockey Jesus — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:20:56 +0000

Hey this is a tough thing to pull across, but I think you nailed it.

I’ve been palying The Raconteurs new one over and over.

By: WPoFD

WPoFD — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:37:10 +0000

Oddly, I fled MD to Wyoming as well, then migrated up to Montana. I spent nearly seven of the past 15 years there, until returning home to MD different but the same.

The music that always makes me think of the time is Son Volt, the Beautiful Girls soundtrack, Modest Mouse, Built to Spill, and Sublime.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:27:41 +0000

Just poppn’ over from AllMediocre…great post!

By: Sarah P.

Sarah P. — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:39:50 +0000

Oh, L, what a sad and beautiful and uplifting post. You really are an amazing writer and describe this so vividly.