{"id":12014,"date":"2023-04-30T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-30T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/?p=12014"},"modified":"2023-04-30T08:35:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T13:35:24","slug":"random-whenever-the-browser-tab-clearing-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2023\/04\/30\/random-whenever-the-browser-tab-clearing-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Random…Whenever: The Browser Tab Clearing Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I don’t know about you, but I seem to collect browser tabs like…like…well, like someone who collects a lot of stuff (feel free to provide a decent simile in the comments section). I do this with the thought in mind that if I find the content interesting, then surely<\/em> the alert and brighter than average readers of the Gazette will, too. I have absolutely no basis for this belief, by the way. For all I know, the reader’s interest level for any given subject is actually indirectly proportional<\/em> to my interest level. Nevertheless, as with the Dude<\/a>, I abide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But there comes a time when the rubber must hit the road, and I must either do something with those open tabs, or close and [probably] forget them…consigning them to that Great Path to the Underworld Paved With Good Intentions. And because things are a bit on the slow side today at Casa Fire Ant, I’m going to do the former. Buckle up and lets hit the interwebz (yes, that’s how we used to talk back when blogs were an unironic thing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But first…do you remember when I posted videos<\/a> of a variety of music that caught my attention a week or so ago? Of course you do. I started that musical journey with several songs that had West Texas as their primary subject. I just realized that I forgot one of the best ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Back in 2020, Miranda Lambert<\/a> met up with Jack Ingram<\/a> and Jon Randall<\/a> on a ranch outside of Marfa, Texas, and armed with two microphones, two acoustic guitars, and I’m guessing a fair amount of adult libations, they recorded a terrific album creatively entitled The Marfa Tapes<\/em> [here’s a pretty decent short review<\/a>] which was released to critical acclaim (it was nominated for a Grammy) in 2021. I’ve found this album to be eminently re-listenable; it’s the antithesis to the slick Nashville, over-produced recording style with high-school boy mature lyrics (“cold beer and hot girls…<\/em>“) that plagues country music today. And there’s kind of a love letter to West Texas on the last track of the album. Here ’tis; enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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