Once you go Johnny, you’ll never go back.

The most wonderful cover in the history of covers, and the most poignant and appropriate video of Johnny Cash singing Nine Inch Nails’ Hurt.

Hurt lyrics

I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that’s real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

I wear this crown of thorns
Upon my liar’s chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Beneath the stains of time
The feelings disappear
You are someone else
I am still right here

[Chorus:]
What have I become
My sweetest friend
Everyone I know goes away
In the end
And you could have it all
My empire of dirt
I will let you down
I will make you hurt

If I could start again
A million miles away
I would keep myself
I would find a way

Summer in Zacatecas

The inimitable Leemings are in Mexico for six weeks this summer. Ben is studying Classical Nahuatl, the language spoken by the Aztecs.  Susi and the four kids are exploring, adventuring and helping to teach English at the local school.  And Ben is blogging.

Click on Maggie to read about their adventures.


maggietarmac

Website

I am learning HTML and CSS and playing with them, so there are some changes happening at Ten Thousand Places.  Don’t be scared.

First, I am now the proud owner (leaser?) of a domain name.  Translation: Ten Thousand Places is now http://www.tenthousandplaces.org.  Don’t worry, you can still get here through http://www.tenthousandplaces.wordpress.com, but think of all the time you could be saving now that you don’t have to type “wordpress.”  Nine little letters, but if you visit my site ten times a day (say) that’s ninety taps on the keyboard.  It adds up!

If you accidentally type tenthousandplaces.com, you will be linked to this nice church in Georgia with which I have no affiliation except a minor annoyance that they took the domain name I wanted.  They seem cool, though.

And I will be putting all the links in tomorrow, it’s href=something but I’m too tired to remember.

J

More multimedia

My friend Amaury is a Brazillian pop star.  No kidding.  Here he is singing and making funny faces.

mau

Freshly Damian-free, one of my newest favorite singers, Lisa Hannigan, is also a very clever video-maker.  Here are two, Lille and I Don’t Know.  They won’t let me embed them, so you have to click the link, but do!  It’s worth it.

Lille

I Don’t Know

And another fun one, thanks to Daniela. Sarah Blasko, No Turning Back