Red Letter Day

I have been waiting for this weekend for a long time. Not because it's the opening weekend for pro football, but because James McMurtry's latest album, Childish Things is finally available.

I've heard one of the album's songs on his website, and he sang it at his show when he passed through the Twin Cities last spring. The song,"We Can't Make It Here," as far as I can tell is the first overtly political song of his. I've heard snippets of the other songs on iTunes and they don't disappoint.

But don't take my word for it. Click here for a review.

And better yet, click here for one of the better features I've read about the man.

For the likes of Steve Earle and the select few elitist Minneapolitans who openly rip the state of Texas just because George Bush gets his mail there, I'd like to give them a copy of this interview and James McMurtry's latest album and quote Ray Wylie Hubbard.

"Screw you. We're from Texas."