True story.

[OldPhiKap]

And I *love* "Angel from Montgomery" -- best version I've heard was from Dave Matthews on a morning radio program in Charlottesville from 1989, but Bonnie Raitt's is good for a professionally recorded version.

I am a huge John Prine fan, and love that song. Play it on guitar all the time. But I gotta wonder about the lyrics for a wedding:

I am an old woman named after my mother
My old man is another child thats grown old
If dreams were lightning, thunder was desire
This old house would have burnt down a long time ago

Chorus:
Make me an angel that flies from montgomry
Make me a poster of an old rodeo
Just give me one thing that I can hold on to
To believe in this living is just a hard way to go

When I was a young girl well, I had me a cowboy
He werent much to look at, just free rambling man
But that was a long time and no matter how I try
The years just flow by like a broken down dam.

Repeat chorus:

Theres flies in the kitchen I can hear em there buzzing
And I aint done nothing since I woke up today.
How the hell can a person go to work in the morning
And come home in the evening and have nothing to say.

Repeat chorus:



Just sayin'.

[ArnieMc]

At an employee's wedding, the featured song during the wedding, was "Dust in the Wind." They were right, the marriage didn't last very long.

[Turk]

At an employee's wedding, the featured song during the wedding, was "Dust in the Wind." They were right, the marriage didn't last very long.

Must have gotten married on Ash Wednesday...

Did they make it the whole 40 days?

[Lavabe]

I am a huge John Prine fan, .

And as a result, we now have an ad on the side for John Prine ringtones.

Well, at least it beats the one for the Idol 8th place finisher from a couple of years ago.

[gus]

Instead of just taking the picture and laughing along with our silliness, Mr. Photographer puts the camera down impatiently and goes, "No. Not a goofy smile. A real smile."

Those are the kind of pictuers I prefer. Posed wedding pictures are boring. I bet he was old school, wearing his own tux and shooting with a Mamiya or Hasselblad, right?

I'm getting married* in august, and the photography is the one aspect I felt strongest about (followed closely by food). I interviewed several photographers and explained what we wanted, looked through portfolios, talked about how they conduct themselves. They were job interviews really, and we went with a woman who understood what I wanted, and had really good stuff in her portfolio. She even let me play with some of her toys, which is a great way to make a wannabe-photog happy. If she says something like that that would so obviously upset the bride... well. I'll be shocked.


* well, recommitment ceremony and reception for everyone else. We're already married.

[OldPhiKap]

And as a result, we now have an ad on the side for John Prine ringtones.

Well, at least it beats the one for the Idol 8th place finisher from a couple of years ago.

Wow. I matter. Cool.

(But if you keep mentioning "Idol" I will blame you when there is an ad for Billy Idol's "White Wedding" ring tone. Which, by the way, is also a poor choice for a wedding reception for so many different reasons.)