21 January 2008
the TallyCast has moved!!!!!!!
After several years of the goodness of Blogger.com, I've moved the podcast to the world-o-WordPress and am no longer maintaining this blog. To find the TallyCast at it's new home, simply go to http://www.tallycast.com. You can find the general RSS feed here. To subscribe to my podcast using iTunes, click here.
A tip of the Grumpy Old Guys faded fedora to Blogger. Thanks guys! Stay warm and pray for rain.
Dave
07 January 2008
TLH20Corrected Feed
I apologize if this ends up being a double posting. I had a little bit of a brain/fingers disconnect when posting and ended up attaching an old episode of Radio MacGuys instead of the new TallyCast.
If you're still having trouble getting the new episode of the TallyCast, please emailus.
This posting contains the show notes for podcast file TLH20. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tallycast
Photo of Bobby Hicks from the 1985 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida State Archives.
We mark the passing of Florida songwriter Bobby Hicks. Bobby was a fierce environmentalist and a friend of the fragile land, water and air of Florida. His song, "I'm Florida, Need I Say More?" would make a wonderful state song and would work a whole lot better than the tree dirges that are being promoted on http://justsingflorida.com.
Some of the people and locations in the tune include Cousin Thelma Boltin, Will Mclean, Ben Hill Griffin's Frostproof Grove and the Olustee Battlefield
There will be a benefit concert/tribute for Bobby's family on January 12th at the Beach Theater in St. Pete Beach from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
Thanks to our friends at Document Records for allowing us to play an excerpt from Tallahassee Woman by Spark Plug Smith and Tallahassee Tight (AKA Louis Washington). Recorded in the 1930's, the tune celebrates Smokey Hollow.
Photo of Smokey Hollow in June 1958 (near intersection of Gaines and Meridian) by unknown photographer. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives.
According to local lore, Smokey Hollow was so named because of the smoke from wood burning stoves (and from the nearby City Incinerator) that hung over the community.
Smokey Hollow was once a vibrant community with it's own stores, clubs, and lots of houses owned by the people who lived in them. The community was located from where Gaines Street ends at the CSX tracks by Meyers Park, across Applachee Parkway to the area where the Florida Bar now stands. It was a neighborhood of shotgun and double shotgun houses, with tin roofs and front porches. The streets were mostly dirt.
The beginning of the end for Smokey Hollow was the construction of Applachee Parkway. The parkway effectively split the neighborhood in two. In the late 1950's, the dubious concept of "urban renewal" reared it's head and in the name of "beautification", the Hollow was almost entirely bulldozed and replaced with the "beautiful" Hayden Burns Building (Department of Transportation) building.
There's a tiny bit of Smokey Hollow left along the CSX tracks Southeast of the Lafayette Street underpass but it's going fast. A few years ago, a local contractor was hired to tighten up a similar shotgun house near my neighborhood. These few houses are an important part of our history. Instead of tearing them down to build vinyl sided condo's, let's find the money to provide repair and upgrade grants to the owners, preserving this tiny piece of history in our community.
Cascade Park, if it's ever fished, will have a plaza named after Smokey Hollow.
You can learn more about Smokey Hollow by visiting the Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture or the Florida State Archives.
Remember that car, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all have a right to be on our roads. Drivers and cyclists alike need to drive/ride safely and with courtesy. If you're out drinking, take a bus home or have a designated driver.
If you're still having trouble getting the new episode of the TallyCast, please emailus.
This posting contains the show notes for podcast file TLH20. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tallycast
Photo of Bobby Hicks from the 1985 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida State Archives.
We mark the passing of Florida songwriter Bobby Hicks. Bobby was a fierce environmentalist and a friend of the fragile land, water and air of Florida. His song, "I'm Florida, Need I Say More?" would make a wonderful state song and would work a whole lot better than the tree dirges that are being promoted on http://justsingflorida.com.
Some of the people and locations in the tune include Cousin Thelma Boltin, Will Mclean, Ben Hill Griffin's Frostproof Grove and the Olustee Battlefield
There will be a benefit concert/tribute for Bobby's family on January 12th at the Beach Theater in St. Pete Beach from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
Smokey Hollow
Thanks to our friends at Document Records for allowing us to play an excerpt from Tallahassee Woman by Spark Plug Smith and Tallahassee Tight (AKA Louis Washington). Recorded in the 1930's, the tune celebrates Smokey Hollow.
Photo of Smokey Hollow in June 1958 (near intersection of Gaines and Meridian) by unknown photographer. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives.
According to local lore, Smokey Hollow was so named because of the smoke from wood burning stoves (and from the nearby City Incinerator) that hung over the community.
Smokey Hollow was once a vibrant community with it's own stores, clubs, and lots of houses owned by the people who lived in them. The community was located from where Gaines Street ends at the CSX tracks by Meyers Park, across Applachee Parkway to the area where the Florida Bar now stands. It was a neighborhood of shotgun and double shotgun houses, with tin roofs and front porches. The streets were mostly dirt.
The beginning of the end for Smokey Hollow was the construction of Applachee Parkway. The parkway effectively split the neighborhood in two. In the late 1950's, the dubious concept of "urban renewal" reared it's head and in the name of "beautification", the Hollow was almost entirely bulldozed and replaced with the "beautiful" Hayden Burns Building (Department of Transportation) building.
There's a tiny bit of Smokey Hollow left along the CSX tracks Southeast of the Lafayette Street underpass but it's going fast. A few years ago, a local contractor was hired to tighten up a similar shotgun house near my neighborhood. These few houses are an important part of our history. Instead of tearing them down to build vinyl sided condo's, let's find the money to provide repair and upgrade grants to the owners, preserving this tiny piece of history in our community.
Cascade Park, if it's ever fished, will have a plaza named after Smokey Hollow.
You can learn more about Smokey Hollow by visiting the Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture or the Florida State Archives.
Remember that car, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all have a right to be on our roads. Drivers and cyclists alike need to drive/ride safely and with courtesy. If you're out drinking, take a bus home or have a designated driver.
06 January 2008
TLH20a - bye Bobby and remembering Smokey Hollow
I apologize if this ends up being a double posting. I had a little bit of a brain/fingers disconnect when posting and ended up attaching an old episode of Radio MacGuys instead of the new TallyCast.
If you're still having trouble getting the new episode of the TallyCast, please emailus.
This posting contains the show notes for podcast file TLH20. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tallycast
Photo of Bobby Hicks from the 1985 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida State Archives.
We mark the passing of Florida songwriter Bobby Hicks. Bobby was a fierce environmentalist and a friend of the fragile land, water and air of Florida. His song, "I'm Florida, Need I Say More?" would make a wonderful state song and would work a whole lot better than the tree dirges that are being promoted on http://justsingflorida.com.
Some of the people and locations in the tune include Cousin Thelma Boltin, Will Mclean, Ben Hill Griffin's Frostproof Grove and the Olustee Battlefield
There will be a benefit concert/tribute for Bobby's family on January 12th at the Beach Theater in St. Pete Beach from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
Thanks to our friends at Document Records for allowing us to play an excerpt from Tallahassee Woman by Spark Plug Smith and Tallahassee Tight (AKA Louis Washington). Recorded in the 1930's, the tune celebrates Smokey Hollow.
Photo of Smokey Hollow in June 1958 (near intersection of Gaines and Meridian) by unknown photographer. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives.
According to local lore, Smokey Hollow was so named because of the smoke from wood burning stoves (and from the nearby City Incinerator) that hung over the community.
Smokey Hollow was once a vibrant community with it's own stores, clubs, and lots of houses owned by the people who lived in them. The community was located from where Gaines Street ends at the CSX tracks by Meyers Park, across Applachee Parkway to the area where the Florida Bar now stands. It was a neighborhood of shotgun and double shotgun houses, with tin roofs and front porches. The streets were mostly dirt.
The beginning of the end for Smokey Hollow was the construction of Applachee Parkway. The parkway effectively split the neighborhood in two. In the late 1950's, the dubious concept of "urban renewal" reared it's head and in the name of "beautification", the Hollow was almost entirely bulldozed and replaced with the "beautiful" Hayden Burns Building (Department of Transportation) building.
There's a tiny bit of Smokey Hollow left along the CSX tracks Southeast of the Lafayette Street underpass but it's going fast. A few years ago, a local contractor was hired to tighten up a similar shotgun house near my neighborhood. These few houses are an important part of our history. Instead of tearing them down to build vinyl sided condo's, let's find the money to provide repair and upgrade grants to the owners, preserving this tiny piece of history in our community.
Cascade Park, if it's ever fished, will have a plaza named after Smokey Hollow.
You can learn more about Smokey Hollow by visiting the Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture or the Florida State Archives.
Remember that car, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all have a right to be on our roads. Drivers and cyclists alike need to drive/ride safely and with courtesy. If you're out drinking, take a bus home or have a designated driver.
If you're still having trouble getting the new episode of the TallyCast, please emailus.
This posting contains the show notes for podcast file TLH20. You can subscribe to the podcast through iTunes or by going to http://feeds.feedburner.com/tallycast
Photo of Bobby Hicks from the 1985 Florida Folk Festival from the Florida State Archives.
We mark the passing of Florida songwriter Bobby Hicks. Bobby was a fierce environmentalist and a friend of the fragile land, water and air of Florida. His song, "I'm Florida, Need I Say More?" would make a wonderful state song and would work a whole lot better than the tree dirges that are being promoted on http://justsingflorida.com.
Some of the people and locations in the tune include Cousin Thelma Boltin, Will Mclean, Ben Hill Griffin's Frostproof Grove and the Olustee Battlefield
There will be a benefit concert/tribute for Bobby's family on January 12th at the Beach Theater in St. Pete Beach from 6:30 to 9:30 PM.
Smokey Hollow
Thanks to our friends at Document Records for allowing us to play an excerpt from Tallahassee Woman by Spark Plug Smith and Tallahassee Tight (AKA Louis Washington). Recorded in the 1930's, the tune celebrates Smokey Hollow.
Photo of Smokey Hollow in June 1958 (near intersection of Gaines and Meridian) by unknown photographer. Photo courtesy of the Florida State Archives.
According to local lore, Smokey Hollow was so named because of the smoke from wood burning stoves (and from the nearby City Incinerator) that hung over the community.
Smokey Hollow was once a vibrant community with it's own stores, clubs, and lots of houses owned by the people who lived in them. The community was located from where Gaines Street ends at the CSX tracks by Meyers Park, across Applachee Parkway to the area where the Florida Bar now stands. It was a neighborhood of shotgun and double shotgun houses, with tin roofs and front porches. The streets were mostly dirt.
The beginning of the end for Smokey Hollow was the construction of Applachee Parkway. The parkway effectively split the neighborhood in two. In the late 1950's, the dubious concept of "urban renewal" reared it's head and in the name of "beautification", the Hollow was almost entirely bulldozed and replaced with the "beautiful" Hayden Burns Building (Department of Transportation) building.
There's a tiny bit of Smokey Hollow left along the CSX tracks Southeast of the Lafayette Street underpass but it's going fast. A few years ago, a local contractor was hired to tighten up a similar shotgun house near my neighborhood. These few houses are an important part of our history. Instead of tearing them down to build vinyl sided condo's, let's find the money to provide repair and upgrade grants to the owners, preserving this tiny piece of history in our community.
Cascade Park, if it's ever fished, will have a plaza named after Smokey Hollow.
You can learn more about Smokey Hollow by visiting the Riley House Museum of African American History & Culture or the Florida State Archives.
Remember that car, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles all have a right to be on our roads. Drivers and cyclists alike need to drive/ride safely and with courtesy. If you're out drinking, take a bus home or have a designated driver.
25 November 2007
Dance Like Nobody's Watching
"Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth."
The quote is attributed to Mark Twain.
The photograph is from the wedding of Arnold Pompos & Sarka Malkova. The image was found on a US Government web site. Isn't she a beautiful bride?
In North Florida it's daylight savings time and we've set our clocks back an hour. Now when it's time for day shift workers to go home, it's dark outside. The weather has gotten colder and much drier. For many people in the United States of America, it's the end of a 4 day vacation. When it comes to vacations, folks in the USA, compared to other nations, get a pretty bad deal.
I crammed a lot of fun into the last 4 days and am looking forward to a longer holiday next month.
I hope that wherever you are, you're listening to live music. My holiday wish to each and every one of you is that you dance as often as you possibly can. Find a club, a ballroom, a contra dance, a barn dance, a pow wow ... just get out and move your body.
My hometown of Tallahassee used to have an amazing dance hall. Big bands from all over the country would come to Tallahassee in private railroad coaches. There was a siding behind the dance hall. The building is still standing, although the railroad siding is gone. I'm offering 150 imaginary TallyCast points to the person who sends (or points me to an on-line source) the best (IMHO) photograph of this building.
The studio is in the middle of a rebuild so it will be a few weeks before you hear RadioMacGuys or the TallyCast in it's audio form. I'm asking Santa for a new field recorder (Zoom H2)
and am hoping for the best.16 November 2007
Putting power into the hands of the people.
Florida is a state with great natural beauty. Throughout the state, developers are spending huge amounts of money to influence political campaigns and as a result, have their way when growth issues come before our elected officials. Florida Hometown Democracy puts the big growth decisions back into the hands of the voters. I support it.
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28 October 2007
Upcomming Events
Join me and 150 (so far) other Leon County citizens in cutting our carbon emissions and saving money by finding alternative ways of commuting to and from work. Visit Commuter Services of North Florida for more information and to register your participation.
Veterans Day weekend, there is a special treat for folks who live in North Florida. This year, the Florida Folk Festival, which usually takes place on Memorial Day in May, is instead taking place during the glorious North Florida autumn.
Tallahassee Events iCal Calendar
Veterans Day weekend, there is a special treat for folks who live in North Florida. This year, the Florida Folk Festival, which usually takes place on Memorial Day in May, is instead taking place during the glorious North Florida autumn.
Tallahassee Events iCal Calendar
20 August 2007
Will McLean
It's hurricane season in Florida. This song ought to be our state song. It's "Hold Back the Waters", the story of the death and destruction caused by the worst hurricane in Florida history, the great hurricane of 1928. The composer and singer is Will McLean, who died too young and left thousands of songs and stories about this beautiful and blessed state. Will was born near Chipley and was a gentleman.
