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They're throwing a Super Bowl in Miami, and my long-suffering Saints are in it. I've only been waiting for this since . . . oh . . . 1967. That was the year the NFL came to New Orleans. I was 6. So what have I been doing today? Lying on South Beach? MORE LIKE splitting my time in snowy Omaha between shoveling wet, leaden frozen precipitation and putting together this episode of 3 Chords & the Truth. Well, that's OK -- so long as I have some good music and a hot cup of tea, I can cope. ...

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I came to do an old-school rock 'n' roll show on the Internets, and all I got was this lousy straightjacket. The Thorazine was kind of nice, though. You can't say 3 Chords & the Truth isn't, er . . . eventful. But I guess that's just the way we roll at the Big Show. WELL, ACTUALLY, right now I'm being rolled down a bright corridor strapped to a gurney. My new friend Nurse Ratched is being kind enough to post this for me with her laptop. But when you go old school, things do get "eventfu ...

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Tired. Hit the wall. Motivation took a vacation, leaving the rest of me behind. But I still had to crank out an episode of 3 Chords & the Truth. Just great. Ah, screw it. I just phoned it in this week. Deal. EVEN THOUGH I phoned the Big Show (Medium-Sized Show?) in, the music still is pretty decent . . . probably. Whatever. Hope you like country. Then again, it's all the same to me. 'Cause I just phoned it in. It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. (Or not . . . like I care this ...

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No matter what, it's all about us. This week on 3 Chords & the Truth, El Favog-bo shows us it's all about you not liking who we don't like. It's about keeping all our cash. Because it's ours, all ours. On the Big Show, it's about looking at tragedy and wondering "Why is he so anxious for us to send our money to those people?" There's got to be a catch. Besides, says El Favog-bo, we already gave at the office. Find another sucker. IT'S ALL ABOUT self-reliance and survival of the fittest ...

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On a day like this, maybe I should have played Springsteen's "10th Avenue Freeze-Out." But I'm not playing it. My brain was too dang cold to think of it at the time. Everything's cold. Twenty-below cold. We rely on the warmth of hearth, furnace, wool cap and wonderful music -- like the tunes on this week's edition of 3 Chords & the Truth. I will gladly share the warm fuzzies of the music. My wool cap, you cannot have. ALSO ON this edition of the Big Show, you'll find out how many go ...

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EDITOR'S NOTE: You Mighty Favog is kicking back for a week, so he thought he'd start a New Year's tradition by reposting his favorite show of the previous year. For 2009, that would be the Woodstock 40th-anniversary show. Favog doesn't know whether that was the best show of the year, but he knows it was the most fun to do. So, once again, let's travel back to the age of Aquarius . . . on the Big Show. --------------------- During the Age of Aquarius, Uncle Favog was th ...

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'Twas the day before the night before Christmas, when all through the house, the dogs were barking, which scared the dang mouse. I've done the Big Show with the utmost of care, so at a mere click, 3 Chords & the Truth soon will be there. The sleet and the snow are blowing, by Ned, while visions of chiropractors dance through my head. And Bing in his sweater and Elvis in his leather, live again in tunes that fend off the weather. I PUT ON a record and heard such a clatter . . . they're ...

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It's getting closer to Christmas, and we at 3 Chords & the Truth have a present for you. Good music. This week, we start with a vintage Yuletide classic from Elvis Presley, and then we roll from there. Meaning that on this pre-Christmas edition of the Big Show, you'll be hearing stuff like Stepp. . . . Hey! I'm not telling you what you're getting! SOME PEOPLE just don't care about ruining the surprise for everybody. So, listen, Buster . . . you'll have to open your present like anybody ...

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The word of the week on 3 Chords & the Truth is "Good." Then again, that's the word of the week every week on the Big Show. I'm sorry, that's just the way it is. PART OF ME wants to be modest and just not blow my own horn when it comes to the weekly music program of the Revolution 21 empire. But All of Me thinks you need to know the score. And the score is that you need to listen to 3 Chords & the Truth. If you had to write a song about the program, it probably would be "Embraceable You. ...

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With the weather being what it is as we roll into December on the Plains, consider this episode of 3 Chords & the Truth . . . cold comfort. Here in Omaha, it got up to all of 26 degrees today. Right now, it's 18. Saturday, it might hit 40. That will make it the "hot" day of the next week. WHAT I'D RECOMMEND doing right now, if you're experiencing similar conditions, is putting on a kettle of water on the burner and some tea bags in the pot. Or perhaps some hot chocolate mix in your mu ...

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Whatever gets you through the night (or the day) is all right . . . is all right. Lots of the time, it's coffee. Coffee made with love, patience and an old, old pot -- because it's better that way. OTHER TIMES, it's the blues. This week on 3 Chords & the Truth, however, we're putting together the blues with a little black coffee and seeing where it gets us. No doubt, somewhere that's all right . . . is all right. Of course, there's lots of other tasty stuff on the Big Show this go aroun ...

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This week on 3 Chords & the Truth (among other aural goodness). . . . Well, hang on. Let me quote the Four Seasons here: Oh, what a night! Late December back in '63, What a very special time for me, As I remember what a night, Oh what a night! You know, I didn't even know her name. . . . WELL . . . all right, then. Enough of that. How about that 3 Chords & the Truth, eh? Good stuff, am I right? We present only the finest in musical entertainment on the Big Show. YEP, a chunk of this we ...

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We're on the road again. Just can't wait to get on the road again. . . . Now, wait a minute. With apologies to Willie Nelson, you can't get on the road again if you've never gotten off. And that's the story of life -- you're on a long, long road and you never get off. At least until . . . well. WE'RE ALWAYS on the road to something or down the road from something. Life is a journey, and we live it on the road. This week on 3 Chords & the Truth, we'll celebrate that little fact with a gr ...

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It's gray. It's wet. It's cold. And it's drafty in here. I've been drinking so much hot tea -- with the requisite amount of fresh mint -- that my kidneys bought one of those inflatable giraffe life-ring thingies kids use in the swimming pool. All I need to accessorize my toasty flannel robe is three days without a shave and an empty six-pack of Schlitz. I'VE GOT SOME SORT of low-grade crud, my sinuses hurt, and I'm thinking that -- if I'm really lucky -- people will someday pray for m ...

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The chill is chilling, the wind ain't thrilling, but we can weather the storm! Who cares how much under the norm? We've got the Big Show to keep us warm. I can't remember a worse October. Just watch that low pressure form! What do I care if low pressure forms? 3 Chords & the Truth will keep me warm. Off with my overcoat, off with my glove! I need no overcoat, it's music we love! The iPod's on fire, the flame grows higher! So I will weather the storm! What do I care how much it ...

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Good God, it really is the '60s all over again. Of course, when your talking Louisiana, that can have, er . . . interesting ramifications. Really, when did you ever think miscegenation would be a legal issue again? Can you say "biracial president"? AND I THINK we at 3 Chords & the Truth now can answer -- musically and with full confidence -- the burning question "Will Louisiana ever stop shooting itself in the foot . . . and other interesting places?" The answer is "no." But anyway, ...

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Welcome to October 10 on the Great Plains. Now that the produce is in and the wheelbarrow has gone fallow under an autumnal coating of snow, it's a good time to grab a hot cup of something, prop up your feet and enjoy another episode of 3 Chords & the Truth. After all, that's what winter's for. Even when it comes in the middle of fall. TODAY'S EPISODE of the Big Show is a good 'un . . . and decidedly New Wavish. What can I say? Sometimes I get in moods. But this mood has led to some fin ...

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Would you rather listen to 3 Chords & the Truth right now, or would you rather mix up a batch of earthen plaster to do some interior work on your house? Now, the Big Show this week is a mighty fine offering, as always. It features a fun, diverse music mix, and you just might learn something, too. HERE'S just a sampling of what you can expect to hear: * The Subdudes * Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass * Tony Bennett * Ella Fitzgerald * Frank Sinatra * Chicago Transit Authority (Du ...

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Sometimes, you stumble upon stuff. Sometimes, it can get you to thinking hard. And, sometimes, you just have to stop and wonder "Who am I?" Last spring's Baton Rouge High senior video (above) was something I stumbled upon this week. And it ended with something that hit home: Remember, this is who we were. Who will we become? THIRTY YEARS of memories came flooding back. Thirty years ago, I was where last semester's seniors were. And the same questions were on our minds, too. Thirty ye ...

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It's past 3 a.m., and another episode of 3 Chords & the Truth is in the proverbial can. That's a little media-production lingo, there. Anyway, the thing is done. Finished. Posted to the Internets. And I have just one thing to say to you. FUNK YOU, PAL! That ought to give you a clue about this week's episode of the Big Show. Hey! I'm jazzed. (Another clue.) It's 3 Chords & the Truth, y'all. Be there. Aloha.

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