Oh my, oh gee….. I have started to sift slowly through the stuff I had in storage for two and a half years. Now understand, in order to even move out of my house in Maryland, I worked with an organizer to whittle it down to what would fit in an 8’ x 16’ POD. I thought I did good. But being without all this stuff for this long, it shocks me what I kept! Not to mention it shocks me how much fits in a POD! Can anyone say “Yard Sale?” Seriously, I want to get rid of three quarters of it. I am yearning for the simple, uncluttered life again! Organizing involved a five pile process: keep, think about it, shred, giveaway, and trash. That is my tip, and one that I am, unfortunately going to have to tackle again. One other thing, pick a room, or a corner of the room and start there. Work your way around. That is my public service announcement for today.

Photo By Devin BoldtOf course so much of my bulk is from the relentless march of CDs that come into my life. I dunno, for an audio format that is being phased out, you sure couldn’t tell from my house! I find it almost impossible to get rid of them,  even after I digitize. There is always some tidbit; who sang backup, who produced, who co-wrote; that I just HAVE to know. And don’t even get me started about vinyl. Yeah, of course I have some of that too!

Colin Gilmore is dapper, sophisticated, and writes a mean pop song. He deserves to be enshrined in vinyl, actually. I don't know if he did a run of it for his last album, 2010’s Goodnight Moon, but as he is recording his new one right now maybe he will consider vinyl. Colin is playing Folk Alliance on Saturday, then he heads to California for a couple of other dates. As we get ready for this year’s Spring Music Fog Marathon at Threadgill’s next month in Austin, we throw back to last year’s event for “The You That I Knew,” originally released on his EP 4 Of No Kind. Colin Gilmore on the Fog.

-Jessie Scott