new climbing video

a few months back a bunch of guys from the crag headed out to stone fort/little rock city down around chattanooga for a day of bouldering and bravado. stone fort is one of the best bouldering areas in the southeast, and is a great example of how climbers and the general public (in this case, golfers) can co-exist happily. climbers check in at the pro shop when they get there, can buy chalk and tape, even grab a (free) cup of coffee, and head out to the boulder fields. when your day’s done, you can grab a beer or soda, hang out on the back porch and talk trash about who weenied out, who has the worst footwork, or who has to drive next time.

check it out:

truffle shuffle – 4.11/12.09 – curses & clues mix.

sorry for the lack of updates & posts. no excuses, just laziness. things have been good, although tonite i’m sitting here watching numb3rs on cbs.com, drinking lynchburg’s finest and missing my family. i guess the timing on that could be worse; my brother now lives in nashville, and my pop’s coming to visit next week. maybe its just mom i miss. anyway, figured i’d fire up the itunes jukebox and see what it spit out.

happy easter all around. if you read this, i hope you get the miracle you’re looking for.

1. slave driver – bob marley (songs of freedom disc 2). one of my brother’s & my favorite musicians. good times.
2. revolution rock – the clash (london calling). the father of reggae followed by the guys that put the punk into reggae? i love it. i don’t care if wil thinks joe strummer was an a-hole. he’s still my hero.
3. natural mystic – bob marley (songs of freedom disc 3). are you kidding me? 15 gb of music & i’ve had 3 reggae songs in a row. definitely a natural mystic in the air…
4. radio silence – elvis costello (when i was cruel). “something cheaper than passes for free speech will have to do.”
5. factory – the boss (darkness on the edge of town). any shuffle that includes the boss is a good shuffle.
6. descending – the crowes (amorica). no shit? this is the best shuffle ever. “have mercy baby, i’m descending again.” possibly my favorite crowes song ever. amazing piano finale. renaming the shuffle as a result.
7. three or four – the new pornographers (twin cinema). well i’ve certainly had 3 or 4 tonite. buh dum psh.
8. the e street shuffle – the boss (the wild, the innocent, the e street shuffle). “dressed in snakeskin suits packed with detroit muscle”. i wish i was as cool as bruce.
9. new york city serenade – the boss (the wild…) 2 songs, back to back, off the same record, out of 2854 songs. love it. “no she won’t take the train”
10. love is new – broken social scene presents brendan canning (something for all of us…). a sexy fun song to drift off to sleep to.

good night moon.