the woodshed

well I almost had a bit of a dust up at the office last night. For a branch of the world's largest newspaper our editors seem to have a ...

this article does not exactly inspire faith in the democratic process www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Co...ageid=968256289824&col=968342212...

seem to having a little trouble with the new comment function due to reblogger being offline at the moment but I will try to sort things ou...

Nice to see this coming from an American, rather than a Canadian. This is an article from a paper in Pittsburg. "It's not ju...

The perfect song for both rainy days and sunny days is: eensy weensy spider J.

ok, I take up this challenge with aplomb. I found Les' list a tad literal. Janis' Summertime always sounds wintry to me. Summer...

Right-o folks, a Woodshed Challenge. Les (Tokyo Blues) Coles is compiling a cd of the best summer songs and the best rainy day songs. The cr...

This is from the . blues blog maintained by my pal and fellow Yomiuri scribe, Les Coles. He also maintains the excellent tokyo-blues.com ch...

IN YOUR EAR Kevin Wood / Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer THE THORNS The Thorns Sony Music Japan Int'l, 2,400 yen Grab your ...

Get with it people! The Beatles are tired! Van Halen is way better....&*$#$^%^#(.... Sorry about that, The spirit of John Shymko just...

Ah, the venerable Beatles. I can't seem to get very far from the first band I ever loved. My obsession with the Fabs contributed to my...

seriously the new Gibson book is really good too!

Great googly moogly as the man said. Hiromi and the kids are up in Miyagi-ken ( I know that means fuck all to any of you, you're s...

more archival stuff from the yomiuri, though some of you might be interested in this one. Gibson now just 15 minutes into the future ...

sorry more archiving Not much white marble in George Pelecanos' gritty Washington Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Writer Soul ...

hey wow cool! swift responses - just like an almost conversation. I agree that kindereggs are less than wonderful but don't think they ...

Kev, I moved (or I should say my family moved, I was far too young to pick up the couch) to Michagan when I was 2 years old. We moved back...

"Land of the Free" my ass! If Kev's book review($23, eh....) has left any doubt in your mind..... Any nation that would...

Jason, didn't you once tell me you were born in Michigan? As far as the island thing is concerned, I think its a great idea. It would...

sorry, just archiving stuff from the yomiuri site The power of sex, drugs and cheap strawberries Kevin Wood Daily Yomiuri Staff Write...