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For a fee, A.C. Newman blogged for Rolling Stone about the making of the terrific new New Pornos album. This entry talks about the pedigree of the early-released “Your Hands (Together),” and how the rhythm is the same shuffle as that of their own “Mass Romantic,” which in turn, according to the band’s drummer, comes from the song “Kansas City.” It could plausibly claim lineage from any number of songs of that era — “King of the Road,” frex, or “Saturday Night Fish Fry.” But neither of them provides as neat a segue to announcing my upcoming trip to Cowtown next weekend.

Our time on Earth is brief, and a few days in my home town even more so. Seventy-one hours of in-country sentimental tourism, to be exact. Naturally, things on the ground will quickly evaporate that notion; I expect my nieces will see to that. But here’s what I want to do:

+ Hang out with the family, and meet my sister’s new beau;
+ Hold court at Rosedale Barbecue with some high school friends;
+ Distribute food, or information, or something, with my mom at a farmer’s market; and
+ Take wicked cool photos.

I probably won’t make it over to Lee’s Summit, but if I did, I would kiss Pat Metheny right on the mouth for this. Mostly, I’m just looking forward to kicking off the summer in style.

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