Just a weird type of meandering soul who never fully fit into any given stereotype. Warm, low ego as you say, never one to bite all that much unless you deserved a smart ass comment because of who you were attacking

Then when I settled into sort of Americana or Indie by around 2005, there he is getting played on my niche-y stations no one else listens to. I never had any direct connection to him but he always seemed to be tied to one end or the other of people I had immense respect for (2/2)

It's a weird one for me, never got the chance to see him perform live & he wasn't a huge chunk of what I listened to. But he was always lurking very near what I listened to. Plus the weird congruence that I first heard him on a rock station in the 90s, learned more through Jerry Jeff early 00s (1/x)

I need you to understand how serious I am when I see "I drove from OKC to Temple, and here's the real-time video describing every interchange along the way" and I'm all like sure man, subscribed

While I appreciate Yodacat belatedly doing the lord's work, this was the update I recently issued to said situation

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What's always stuck with me about that (aside from their blatant heteronormatism) is the way they never used their platform to speak out about the atrocities that have taken place in Gaza for decades. Allow me to explain my point in great detail, first of all Catholicism is the A&M of religions (1/?

"Used to you could support girls high school sports by spending a few dollars on teenagers in swimsuits getting all soapy while washing your car. And you can't even do that anymore. Because of woke"

To combat this, I suggest dudes suck a dick every once in awhile. Ya know, just to let off a little steam

Touching off-mic tribute to the late, great Todd Snider

While I try to avoid intricate, multi-step "conspiracy theories," just keep in mind that making an institution unnecessarily expensive, offering screen doors on submarines as solutions, deepens the pockets of screen door makers and encourages rubes to dismiss the institution as a waste of money

Marilyn Manson's real name isn't even Marilyn Manson

I think it did. But it might not have

"I was signed by Jimmy Buffett and when that didn't work out, John Prine put me on his label and Jerry Jeff was one of my idols and Billy Joe Shaver's son was in my band and I toured with Isble" is basically a story that would only make sense if Todd Snider wrote it

While that facet has importance, the "big picture" element to him and his place in the scene that I indulge in is so easily forgotten, partially because he made himself so small in such larger tales where the story was the centerpiece, not any given character. Tough to explain in short format

It's tough to be front of the scenes when you're dealing with the Hardline and Norm

Oh you know, he used to play wacky drops all the time and also complained about how his sandwidge fell apart

One of my favorite behind the scenes Ticket personnel

This Shel Silverstein song performed by Bobby Bare kind of explains the concept. Ironically enough, Todd Snider would often play this

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