Featuring "An Album a Day for 2010". I have so many cd's, and a lot of them are the crappy ones that I am left with because all the good ones were either loaned out or stolen from me by my kids. So anyway, for 365 days it is my goal to listen to the good with the bad, the classical with the punk, the sucky and the sublime, and then write something.

Saturday, January 2, 2010

2. "The Rose Hotel" by Robert Earl Keen (2009)

A really, really fine album from the King of Modern Texas Country.

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I say "modern" because it's what all the kids are listening to these days. Robert Earl has struggled for years for recognition, but the Austin Music Hall was packed out on New Year's Eve to see him, 90% of them under 30 and all of them singing along on "Merry Christmas from the Family." I've always admired his ability to mix the narrative ballad with the personal and be cheeky at the same time. This album is no different. The title cut is awesome, but my favorite line has to come from the last track, "Wireless in Heaven":

Is there wireless in heaven?
I just want to know
Will I need a password
To log in when I go?
And does Jesus have a web site
To send in my e-mail?
Is there wireless in heaven,
Or should I go to Hell?

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