Tift Merritt
I find myself obsessing tonight over the song "Trouble Over Me" by Tift Merritt, who sounds like a cross between Emmylous Harris and Lucinda Williams.
So, as is the case with most of the (non-Clear-Channel-approved) stuff I listen to, it's damn near impossible to track down via p2p (and no, please don't lecture me on the evils of p2p -- I've done more in the last month to support musicians than most people do over several years, so :P).
I could venture out to Cactus to track down the damn cd, but whenever I try to find something a little offbeat (though why ANYTHING on the Lost Highway label would be offbeat to a store like Cactus is inexplicable) Cactus NEVER has it (so, again, please don't lecture me on p2p).
I guess I'll persevere tonight with the p2p and eventually order the thing.
(01-04-03 Update) I tracked down the song via p2p, and will give local record stores a try today probably. I should mention that I first heard the song on a stream from little KNBT in New Braunfels, TX -- about the best station I listen to these days. None of the Clear Channel behemoths in Houston are playing it, I'm sure, and I never listen to KPFT since the FarLeftNuts took over and scrapped the "Sound of Texas" format. The RIAA wants to know why record sales are down? Because I have to listen to little-known stations over a stream, and then go to p2p to FIND any artists that are not Kenny Chesney-like Nashville creations (Tift apparently WROTE every song on her album -- imagine that!).
(01-04-03 Update 2) Cactus actually had plenty of copies of the CD - quite a few signed ones at that. Go figure.
[Posted at 22:15 CST on 01/03/03] [Link]
