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2009 In Review via blog postings

here's 2009 in the rearview mirror of my blog postings. i'm summarizing various events and developments strictly based on this year's blog postings, with a few exceptions. here's the 2008 recap. i'll flesh out these links as i get time.

i started the new year by playing a short set of stones covers with john strohm and jody nelson / greg slamen of through the sparks, with special guest, wayne perkins, who played on the rolling stones' black & blue album. one rehearsal and it was flawless. here's the blog post.

hannah's pretty in pink birthday prom blog posting.
obama sworn in as president.
downsizing social networking pages.
too much spending by the government.
i'm perceived as being fiscally conservative, lose friends.
lily allen record gets overplayed in my car.
i begin transferring thousands of photos & graphics to flickr.
mercedes marathon 2009.
the february snow storm.
we rescue & adopt a golden retriever & name her annie.
michael jackson's 50 dates announcement.
uk trip & large photo set in march.
the final spots shows.
nin crappy atlanta show + end of touring + marriage.
korea gets aggressive.
i start investing.
25 year anniversary purple rain post.
officially in through the sparks.
st. vincent show @ workplay.
michael jackson dies @ age 50.
my jackson eulogy.
dismals canyon camping trip.
nasty heal care debate gets nastier. i lose friends.
moonlanding + manson + woodstock anniversary.
electroliner begins rehearsals.
city stages dies.
les paul dies.
i return to florida w/ alison.
20 years of concerts.
i turn 35 + 1 year of no smoking + top albums.
i fill in on bass w/ through the sparks @ next big nashville.
new through the sparks site + album.
tts video shoot.
electroliner shows.
larry langford goes down swinging.
nyc marathon trip 2009.
through the sparks play the nick + poster.
yes fixation + 90125 25 years later.
thanksgiving race + dinner in atlanta.
my gram parsons - central florida connection.
after months of searching, i buy a saab.
obama nobel peace prize speech + the obama doctrine.
bottletree xmas show +band-aid re-enactment. funny vibes.
do they know its xmas? 25 years later.



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