God's Going to Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

Redemption Day - Johnny Cash and Cheryl Crowe

 

Fitting for today as the Johnny Cash Museum is in Nashville. Go Pats!

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you should have received an email. Thanks!

Johnny Cash - God's Gonna Cut You Down

God's God's Gonna Cut You Down

Folsom Prison Blue - Thomas Gabriel

 

Johnny Cash's grandson sounds just like him.

Quotes for Today

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"Stay away from these cans. Stay away from these cans!" - The Jerk

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false-face for the urge to rule it." - HL Mencken

"It's good to know who hates you, and it's good to be hated by the right people." - Johnny Cash

"You're going to die one day, and none of this is going to matter. So enjoy yourself. Do something positive. Project some love. Make someone happy. Laugh a little bit. Appreciate the moment. And do your work." - Naval Ravikant

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- Captain Ed Freeman RIP. Where do we find such men?

- Bernie Sanders now backs equality (opportunity) over equity (outcome). Interesting.

- Arrest warrant issued for Bill Gates in Philippines. Two questions after reading this - is this serious or satire? Secondly - the Philippines must have an extradition treaty with the US as a protectorate right?

- Wow - didn't know this. Johnny Cash was the first American to learn of Joseph Stalin's death.

Johnny Cash - God' Gonna Cut You Down

Johnny Cash - The Ballad of Ira Hayes

 

Think it's fitting that on the anniversary of the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima that we remember one of the flag raisers.

Johnny Cash and a Kitten

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Generally not a fan of movie remakes but doesn't the time seem right for remakes of both John Carpenter's Escape from New York and maybe more appropriately Escape from LA. But who would be the new Snake Plisken? How about Joe Rogan? He did escape LA and we could use the line, "Joe Rogan? I thought he was dead (from horse de-wormers)"... Have a feeling this bumper sticker may make a comeback... AOC keeps getting more ridiculous but the caricature won't be complete until she releases a manifesto... Did you know that Johnny Cash is the only person inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame, and the Songwriters Hall of Fame?... "Say to those that are of a fearful heart, 'Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.'" Bible verse or Trump 2024 campaign slogan? (Actually Isaiah 35:4)... Question has to be asked - will future historians dub the period known as the Biden Presidency as "the Quagmire?"...  

Chris Cornell

 

Chris Cornell died 4-years ago (though it seems like just yesterday). Arguably the best rock vocalist of the last 30-years (though I prefer Johnny Cash's version of Rusty Cage).

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Today would have been Johnny Cash's 88th birthday. There'll never be another like him.

Redemption Day - Sheryl Crow and Johnny Cash

In a recent interview Rick Rubin said that Johnny Cash considered Redemption Day to be his favorite and most important cover they did during their partnership. That's saying a lot considering how well received both Hurt and Rusty Cage have been over the years (two personal favorites of mine - the Hurt video makes me tear up every damn time).



Sheryl Crow recently released her "duet" version. Which is equally beautiful and powerful.

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

One of Johnny's more underappreciated gems.

Hurt - Johnny Cash

Today would have been Johnny Cash's 86th birthday. The world is a lesser place with him gone.

Redemption - Johnny Cash

Such a great song by such a great voice.

Linky Links

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The Tao of Mookie

- Heh heh (and reminder my Twitter handle is @ALargeRegular)

- New England Patriots take on rest of AFC East and Roger Goodell

- Interesting read on the relationship between Jimmy Johnson and Bill Belichick

- A message from the children of Johnny Cash

- In case you missed it - the Red Sox ceremonial first pitch to the nuts

- Daniel Craig on board to play Bond one more time