I’ve run out of things to say
Almost.
It’s time to be on my way
Almost.
Just one last word about what we’ve lost.
There is so much love around
And still war and violence abound.
There are so many higher emotions in man
And still death and famine cry out in the land.
Concentrate now on the beauty of life
And eliminate the strife.
That’s all I have to say
Almost.
It would be so easy to change our ways
Almost.
We just have to be willing to pay the cost.
© 2012 Wasted Space Publishing
These are my second ten – the ones that didn’t make my top ten Desert Island Records. Now, if this is the only box of music that washes up on shore, I’ll still be happy. Well, I don’t know. I’ll still be stranded on a desert island with ten records and no way to play them. But at least I’ll have them.
| Album | Artist |
| Us | Peter Gabriel |
| Communique | Dire Straits |
| Full Moon Fever | Tom Petty |
| The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion | The Black Crowes |
| No Code | Pearl Jam |
| Bringing Down the Horse | The Wallflowers |
| Miles from Our Home | Cowboy Junkies |
| Glimmer | Kim Richey |
| Natty Dread | Bob Marley |
| Mr. Happy Go Lucky | John Mellencamp |
Ten years ago I was already listening to about half of these bands, half I hadn’t heard of yet. That’s one of the reasons I like putting these lists together – they’re a story of where you’ve been, where you are now and (perhaps) a little glimpse of where you’re going.
| Song | Time | Artist | Album |
| Meet Me in the Indian Summer | 4:00 | Van Morrison | Down the Road |
| Beautiful Night | 3:54 | The Waifs | Temptation |
| Let it Roll | 4:35 | Kim Richey | Bitter Sweet |
| Atmosphere | 3:51 | Son Volt | Okemah and the Melody of Riot |
| Kingdom of Days | 4:02 | Bruce Springsteen | Working on a Dream |
| A Ride Back Home | 3:13 | John Mellencamp | Life, Death, Love & Freedom |
| Love Throws a Line | 3:38 | Patty Griffin | Impossible Dream |
| Lithium | 4:17 | Nirvana | Nevermind |
| I Might | 4:01 | Wilco | The Whole Love |
| Susie (Dramas) | 3:25 | Elton John | Honky Chateau |
| Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard | 2:44 | Paul Simon | Negotiations & Love Songs |
| Waiting in Vain | 5:41 | Annie Lennox | Medusa |
| Sikorsky Parts | 3:36 | Joe Strummer | Earthquake Weather |
| A Bride’s Place | 5:50 | Cowboy Junkies | Sing in the Meadow |
| All I Do | 6:30 | The Derek Trucks Band | Songlines |
| Taboo | 5:34 | Santana | Santana III |
| Stand Back | 3:28 | The Allman Brothers Band | Eat a Peach |
| Tryin’ | 2:53 | The Eagles | The Eagles |
| 18 Songs/1.2 Hours |
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The Riverwalk in San Antonio is more a tourist trap and restaurant row these days than anything else. Tour boats and colored umbrellas and thousands of people with their eyes on everything but what’s in front of them. I think that all sounds too negative. I love the Riverwalk. I love the cobbled walkways and stone foot bridges. There are even a couple of places I like the Mexican food. But to me it is an older place with steel bridges spanning the river and old hotels from the art deco ’30s. That’s what I see, anyway. That’s what I take pictures of. Anybody can take a picture of a girl in a bikini top drinking a 3-foot tall frozen margarita, but that’s just what the place has become. Not what it is.
