i have a ridiculous amount of stuff bookmarked on my computer.....i've listed some of the places i like to visit below.....(in four convenient categories to create less confusion-sure, i know it's really six but): 1. music, 1a: dobro stuff, 1b.'musician's resources', 2. art, 3. buddhist and related, 4. 'other stuff'.......)

1. MUSIC:

STREET Friends...local......

http://communityartsadvocates.org/baird.html --- stephen baird, the man with the plan.....has done more for street performers than almost anyone......check out his massive website, and learn
how hard he has fought to keep the streets alive!!! thank you stephen.....

http://www.unclescam.org/ (go see your uncle! unclescam is a regular fixture in harvard square, but he's got a home in cyberspace too, check it out!!)

http://www.brendanhogan.net/..brendan hogan is a good friend. in addition to having a great radio show on wgbh 89.7fm on saturday nights at 9pm, he also is a fine musician with a
really unique style.....it's a cross between skip james and james taylor? no.....maybe a cross between the left of center work of canned heat, and the songs of a young fred neil? i dont know,
i guess you better check him out and decide for yourself!

http://www.guitarmachine.com/- eric royer is a one man band and then some.....he plays in the square and in the subway regularly too

http://www.resophonics.com/...eric royer also plays in this great band with sean staples and tim kelly......good old time music with a modern twist....boston's finest....

http://www.daniellem.com/ .....danielle miraglia is a great singer and songwriter who plays the streets, subways, and local watering holes of the city......part of lisa bastoni's songwriting mafia, go and check her out some sunday night at the burren.....

http://www.billmcquaid.net/.......bill mcquaid has a great cd out called 'passing it on', and he is doing just that, playing old time acoustic blues, the way it should be done, right out of the twenties and thirties, definitely check this guy out if you want to hear the blues....

http://www.paulandannie.com/content/ paul rishell and annie raines make some of the finest blues there is.......let them inspire you......

dave johnston is alleging he'll have a website soon. and i'm still waiting. you may have seen him in harvard square playing. his cd''s are available at cdbaby.com

he looks like this:as you probably know, i usually dont put 'myspace' links here, but david is good enough to make an exception!! http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=332277749

http://www.myspace.com/glennjonesguitar - glenn jones, a great fingerstyle guitar player, and friend of fahey, lives here.....check out his extremely great new cd "Against Which the Sea Continually Beats"

http://www.frankmorey.com/ .... frank morey is a great songwriter, singer, and performer.....check him out with his band, or pick up a copy of his new cd 'made in the usa'

http://www.druglessdouglas.com: old fart at play DRUGLESS DOUGLAS does it on the radio on he's out in colorado now, but still cranking, so go to his website and get more info on show dates and times.....

http://www.ellenschmidt.com/-ellen schmidt is a great lady who works incredibly hard to support folk music....she runs many open mics, plays the bass, writes her own songs, and more.......

http://www.donwhite.net/- don white lives here......

http://roblaurens.net/ rob laurens is one of the finest songwriters i've ever heard.......it's an honor to get to share the stage with him.....

http://www.lilacambush.com-- current home of the beloved spleen eck, 'associate' of national treasure leigh calabrese

http://www.bostonblues.com/- boston blues society got lots of good stuff.....very nice peoples

http://www.melvillepark.com/ ....steve friedman also has a nice affordable studio here.....

http://www.hotdayatthezoo.com/--a great local band that is making some noise up in lowell, bluegrass, and oldtime, for the not old time crowd.......these guys are GREAT!! check them out when you can....

http://aboptv.com- albey does a webtv show here which runs performances of many local artists including yours truly.....

http://www.24hourtom.com/...home of tom bianchi.......tom is an incredible player and performer......he plays solo bass, which is practically as weird as solo dobro. maybe even weirder.? check him out as soon as you can .........
http://www.brotherblue.com/ .....a poet, a storyteller, a huge heart.....the soul of man......

http://www.alastairmoock.com/index.html alastair moock is has some excellent songs, and is a great performer here in boston, and elsewhere.......

http://www.sandysmusic.com/...the funkiest music store in cambridge. hell, in massachusetts.......probably on earth. one of my favorite places. sandy sheehan is a walking encyclopedia of banjo, and old time music.....go by and see him soon....

http://www.danbonis.com/.....dan bonis plays some great lap style guitar both solo and with other folks, check out his new solo cd........
http://www.oenkennedy.com/ oen kennedy is probably one of the nicest people you'll ever meet, but he also plays a mean guitar, writes great songs, does otherworldly birdcalls and worships stevie wonder.....a true renaissance man. what more can you ask for?!

http://www.piercewoodward.com/....pierce woodward is making some great music in nyc, he is a great songwriter, has a big heart, and has got lots of banjo to boot.........his new cd is called 'blow them away'....get a copy today........!!!

http://www.ericrowleyimaging.com/--eric rowley takes fine photographs, and is also working for stephen baird at the community arts advocates

http://www.davidzinn.com/ .....david zinn is making some great music ......i wasnt sure whether to put him under 'yoga' or 'music', or both.....! check out his strumsticksongs...........

http://www.ryanfitzsimmons.com/-- ryan is a great songwriter, guitar player, and also knows a thing or two about banjers. check out his latest release "open all night"

http://ianfitzgerald.com/ ...ian reminds me of a young bob dylan....well, only partly....a great writer, with some good things to say,.......

and non local.......but friends none the less.....

http://www.rsteviemoore.com/index.html (R.STEVIE MOORE, the father of home taping and a true national treasure lives here...........250 plus albums to his credit, and a website that makes this one look SMALL........)

http://www.nr.infi.net/~chadnc/HouseOfChadula/EugeneHome.html(finally, the dr. is on line.....!!!!!!)

http://www.keneally.com/(way cool music of mike keneally. mike is an INCREDIBLE musician, and what's even more rare, he's a NICE person.....whoooee...!)

http://www.bryanbeller.com/ (mike's partner in crime, bass player extrordinaire and real peice of work, bryan beller......bryan is also a great writer, and lots of his stuff is here......)

http://www.johnfahey.com ......(i'm sad that john is gone, but his music will always live on, and his website has lots.........)

http://www.mtco.com/~wentwrth/musicsaw/musicsaw.html(musical saw stuff)

http://www.cidanka.nl/keneally/ lots more mike keneally stuff lives here, tour reviews,interviews, links to tape traders, etc......

http://www.zappa.com/index.html (the real frank zappa page!)

http://www.oppymusic.com (the wonderful world of chris opperman)

http://www.cassettemythos.com/GREAT GREAT on line book about the wonderful world of CASSETTES!!!!!!! YES !!!!!!!!

http://www.bucketheadland.com/index.html (homepage of the mighty BUCKETHEAD!!!!!)

http://www.shiningsilence.com/hpr/ (CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RULES!!!!!)

http://www.stayhuman.org/links.html- michael franti has a great website with tons of great resources...music, and otherwise.....

CLUBS and radio and "stuff"..... that have been kind to me and the NOBODY family:

http://www.clubpassim.com/-(the mighty club passim)....47 years and running. a legend. the best room on earth. and also where i teach dobro......

http://www.wgbh.org- wgbh radio 89.7 brendan hogan hosts a great blues show on saturday nights from 9pm to 1am. tune in........brendan really knows his stuff
and he has a great format, where he plays several songs back to back by the same artist, and also does a feature each week, exploring the music of one specific artist. great stuff always......

http://www.thevanillabeancafe.com/index.html if you are ANYWHERE near Connecticut, do yourself a favor and GO!!! to the Vanilla Bean in Pomfret......some of the nicest people you'll ever meet,
and GREAT music every weekend in a beautiful, friendly LISTENING room!!! THANKS Barry, Maria, Randy and everyone at the BEAN!!!!

http://www.schnockered.com/ (the abbey lounge in summaville has been very kind to me.....where the rubber meets the road. )

http://www.ploughandstars.com/........the plough and stars, mass ave cambridge...thirty five years and running......

http://www.americanprimitive.org- jason beek runs a great radio show at wmbr 88.1fm on saturdays from 12 pm to 2pm. he plays some great blues and old funkee stuff....

http://www.twistedrico.com/default2.htm (twisted rico books some great bands, and shows, and puts out a fanzine and.........)

http://www.rootcellarblues.com/- rich hughes has a real nice blues show on WMFO in medford, which is also streamed live at www.wmfo.org wednesday mornings at 9am....

http://blues.pl/draheim/... Przemek Draheim has a great radio show and website here and in Poland.......He has been very kind to me and my music.....check him out here, he's in it for the right reasons, a true blues lover......

http://www.artspace.org/ (a great arts organisation in gloucester mass)

http://p067.ezboard.com/bsingapurablue- ken chang's discussion group about blues in singapore.....check them out....drop them a line...

1A. DOBRO STUFF:
The Stacy Phillips Dobro® & Fiddle Page: http://www.stacyphillips.com/....Stacy wrote the book on dobro. literally. in my opinion, he's THE GREATEST player of all. but that's just me.......
David Lindley's page..... : http://www.davidlindley.com/
Bob Brozman: http://www.bobbrozman.com/
Jerry Douglas: http://www.jerrydouglas.com/
Mike Auldridge: HTTP://www.mikeauldridge.com
Tut Taylor: http://www.tuttaylor.com/

Brad's Page of Steel : http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/steel.html
The Dobro®, or, Resonator Guitar Page: http://www.resoguit.com/ (this is where the resonator discussion email list lives)
Paul Beard's Resophonic Outfitters: http://www.beardguitars.com/explode/resophonic/beardshop/webshop.cgi?config=config.txt

Scotty's Music: http://www.scottysmusic.com
Steel guitar forum: http://www.b0b.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi (a lot of pedal players, but lots of 'non peddlers' too....)

1B. MUSICIAN'S RESOURCES:

http://www.bostonblues.com/-- the boston blues society, great folks, lots of info....

http://www.blueslinks.nl/home.php.....a gibostic amount of great blues links live here, from our friends in holland.....

http://www.livebluesworld.com/ ....nice new blues site, supporting local artists, and more...... put out by Eric Ashman and Sean McDevitt...

http://bloggingtheblues.blogspot.com- a review of my cd lives here, along with lots of information about blues.....

http://www.technorati.com/tags/blues- ditto

http://bluesland.net/... a very cool site with a lot of blues info on it....

http://www.folkweb.com/ (a great library of folkies)

http://www.indiegrrl.com/: a great resource for female musician's.......
http://www.larkinam.com/ (need an odd instrument? find it here)

http//www.studioguru.com -find information about recording studios in your area.

http://www.tapeop.com- great magazine about creative recording.

http://www.carousel-music.com: more interesting musical instruments here....

http://www.ubl.com/ (ultimate band list.....great for searches...)

http://www.thedevilsmusic.f2o.org/forum/ -- (a good blues forum with lots of active discussions.....)

2. ART:

http://www.jem-online.com/(the paintings of my friend john miller, who passed away at the end of 2002. he was a great artist and a great friend. i'm going to miss him, but i'm glad his art is still up and here for you to look at........so, really, go and tell your friends you love them.....yup, like right NOW......)

http://reaching.org/hosted/55407komix --more paintings, this time by jen hemenway...she does some really cool stuff...check it out....she did the cover of
my "Bigheart" cd, and she's got another page here http://reaching.org/hosted/55407komix 

people ask me about my tattoos a lot. the next two links are where i've had the majority of them done:

http://www.cobracustomtattoo.com/home.htm (the most recent work i have had done has been here at cobra custom in plymouth. this includes most of the work done on my arms...... forrest is a great artist, and his heart is in the right place. real nice people at this shop, and i highly recommend them, for they are the best........)

http://www.electricinktattoo.com/ (chris borge has done some of my tattoos, mainly the stuff on my legs, at his studio in E. Providence Rhode Island, called Electric Ink. i recommend chris and the folks at electric ink.....)

http://www.rodenlighting.com- mark roden makes very beautiful handmade, custom designed lighting .....check out his work here......

http://www.outoftheblueartgallery.com/art.html(great gallery in cambridge mass.)

http://www.pugzine.com - (great ezine,music, art opinion, etc)

http://www.peak.org/~dadaist/ (your source of info on da da da da da....)

http://www.bust.com/new.html (great magazine!, on or off line, subscribe!!!!!!)

http://www.lava.net/~artbeat/ (aaaaaahhhhhhtt, or if you're not from boston, art...)

http://www.phunphactory.org/home.html (graffiti and then some..)

http://www.martinezgallery.com (ditto...)

3. BUDDHIST AND RELATED:

http://www.dzogchen.org/surya/(lama surya das )

http://www.bpf.org( the buddhist peace fellowship, activists no less...:-)

http://sunsite.unc.edu/zen/(things to reflect on, good links)

http://world.std.com/~cimc/ (cambridge insight meditation center)

http://www.cambridgezen.com/ ·(cambridge zen center)

http://www.ramdasstapes.org/ (ram dass' website)

http://www.oneyoga.net/- (david vendetti.....the best yoga teacher ever? he just may be.....a great guy with a heart of gold......)

http://www.backbayyoga.com/- (perhaps boston's best studio......highly recommended)

http://www.o2yoga.com/main.htm- (O2 yoga in somerville)

http://www.naropa.edu/index.html (Naropa Institute homepages, Ginsberg, etc....)

http://www.peacemakersguide.org/- a nice site about peacemaking.......

rules for enlightenment(self explanatory....)

4. other stuff:

http://www.coolrunning.com/ (running related stuff)

http://fox.nstn.ca/~dblaikie/index.html (longer running stuff)

http://www.voyagerco.com/catalog/spinaltap/indepth/mmainpage.html (spinal tap!! tap into it...)

http://users.aol.com/wgeneral/wavyhome.html (the wavy gravy homepage!!!!)

http://www.yoni.com/index.html (good reading.....on all sorts of things.....)

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