For the next month or so we are adding to the writing team here at hl.
Bringing some new perspectives (and new selections) from the US and Japan respectively, our new friends Jaz and Rob will be adding their wit and wisdom to our humble pages in this new series of posts aimed at broadening the scope of both the writing and music we offer.
Please joins us in welcoming them to the blog, here is Jaz’s first post;
howdy,
perhaps a bit of introduction and a background check are in order as i am the new kid here in the Horse Latitudes stables. jason’s the name, although many other A.K.A.s apply. born and bread in the southeastern region of america, specifically alabama: the heart of dixie. tramped around japan for five years eating deadly blowfish and looking for zen. late 2006 bounced back to ‘bama to chase the tail of the American dream.
loads of iconic musicians from alabama: hank williams, percy sledge, the commodores, temptations, sun ra, w.c. handy, wilson pickett, the muscle shoals rhythm section—just to name a few. ’nuff said.
generally, i prefer music you wouldn’t want your daughter to be associated with: the sort that causes late-night booty-shaking, street riots, church proclamations, one-night stands and pelvis censorship on the ed sullivan show. in other words, the good stuff.
in honor of may day (whatever that means in your neck of the woods) and the beginning of summer (32 degrees celsius today here in the heart of Dixie), a hot little ditty from one of Birmingham, Alabama’s brightest and weirdest Suns.