Author Archives: chinaski

Getting the Death List Started

Posted on February 4, 2012 by chinaski

Here I’m adding song number one to the death list, Paul McCartney’s Mull of Kintyre, which has little to do with bourbon, less with death, and even less with anything I know personally in terms of actual experience (i.e. the … Continue reading →

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For Matt

Posted on February 2, 2012 by chinaski

We drove back from Saskatoon today – 18 hours of driving across Western Canada – the end run of our trip to my nephew’s funeral. Matt was 24 and died in a car accident, rolling his truck on the return … Continue reading →

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Death List

Posted on January 17, 2012 by chinaski

I’m starting a new play list on the bourbonhours site which I’m calling my “Death List”. It’s a list of ten songs that I would play at my own funeral, should I have the privilege. Why ten? Ten is a … Continue reading →

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Wall of Hillbilly Sound Takes Me South

Posted on July 30, 2011 by chinaski

Adding to the bourbon playlist. This song is simply spectacular: Northfield, by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singing Convention which we have in our collection thanks to the Appalachians disc that we picked up some years ago. It was the soundtrack … Continue reading →

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Bourbonhours Plays Blackjack With Townes

Posted on April 5, 2011 by chinaski

I’m adding Townes Van Zandt’s “Black Jack Mama” from In the Beginning to the Bourbonhours playlist. This is a genius riff on Bob Dylan’s genius riff “From a Buick 6″ off of Highway 61 Revisited and it is truly wicked … Continue reading →

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Jim Beam Jacked in Joondalup: Jeepers

Posted on March 26, 2011 by chinaski

A thief stole four bottles of Jim Beam from a Joondalup liquor outlet and attempted a getaway on foot. He was pursued by the store manager and confronted in a nearby parking lot. The manager was aided by a group … Continue reading →

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Woman Suffers Housefire, Brain Tumour, and Theft of Jack Daniels

Posted on March 26, 2011 by chinaski

A 66 year old Blackpool woman had about the worst week you can imagine. First, her house caught fire and she was forced to move out pending repairs. Then she was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer. The final insult came … Continue reading →

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Jesus

Posted on March 22, 2011 by chinaski

We’re adding Glen Campbell’s Jesus to the Bourbon Hours Gospel Hour playlist. This is just king-hell greatness manifesting itself as just another trailer-park hallelujah. It’s merely another incredible song on what I consider to be one of the best albums … Continue reading →

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Eve Stole The Apple, Earns Bourbon Hours Fame

Posted on March 20, 2011 by chinaski

Avid bourbonhours readers, if they existed, would be applauding the fact that the once moribund Bourbonhours Gospel Hour is now receiving a little attention. Case in point: tonight we’re adding Abigail Washburn’s Eve Stole the Apple from Songs of the … Continue reading →

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Jack Daniel’s Sweet as Honey

Posted on March 20, 2011 by chinaski

Jack Daniels is branching out to the sweeter side of whiskey by introducing Jack Daniels Tennessee Honey, complete with a honey bee on the label. I can’t see this appealing to the typical Jack Daniel’s drinker and that’s probably entirely … Continue reading →

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