Archive for July, 2007

Grady-Daddy Camping Trip

July 25th, 2007 by Neal Locke

This past weekend, Grady and I left suburbia behind for our first-ever-Daddy-and-Grady-camping-trip. We both thought it was pretty cool. The original plan had been to camp at one of several campgrounds near one of the many lakes in the Dallas area, but due to the volumes of rain we’ve had this summer, all were flooded, [...]

Read full post...

Folk Song #4: Poorest Man

July 15th, 2007 by Neal Locke

This is the last (for now) in my series of recently-written songs, an attempt to take my style more intentionally in the direction of simplistic and socially-conscious folk music. I should mention that this particular song seems to get the most negative reaction from those who’ve heard it so far (especially my wife) — apparently [...]

Read full post...

Folk Song #3: Imperfect Love Song

July 3rd, 2007 by Neal Locke

When I was a hormonal teenager, love songs were pretty much all I wrote. When I look back on them now (or worse, listen to them) I’m struck by how grandiose (but shallow) they seem, and how I spoke of an impossible ideal I could not possibly have understood. Just as an example, I had [...]

Read full post...