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Dear Hackensaw Boys/Hot Buttered Rum/Boro Boogie Pickers/Oakhurst/River Town Revival or, hell, even Perkasie,
Please do a bluegrass version of any Hold Steady song next time you play ABC.
Like ‘dis guy-

John Lavenda announced today a new fundraising effort for the Sports Hall of Shame Scam.
And unless I saw this with my own two eyes I would have NEVER believed it.
John Lavenda announced that- in an effort to raise thirty five thousand dollars- that he and the Sports Scam of Shame Fame Hall will be selling…get [...]

I’m no stranger to Craigslist.
Love it, in fact.
And occasionally (and I do mean not that often) there will be a nugget of goodness hidden within the snake-pit and battleground known as the Rants and Rave’s section. (Think of the Craigslist Rants and Raves section as the ugly, much worse and horribly unmoderated, red-headed step-child of [...]

Before I delve into my opinion on the newest monthly publication to hit Harrisburg’s free newsstands, let me say two things- they are:
1. I commend the founders of “The Burg- Greater Harrisburg’s Community Newspaper“ for embarking on such a risky venture as starting a new print publication in January of 2009. Because, unless you’ve been [...]

I got the text message at around noon today.
It was just before break at work. And it wasn’t quick.
It took three whole messages to get the words through.
Most likely, it was a group text because that’s usually how the news is delivered.
One person hears and then just *must* tell everyone they know. [...]