McGuane in Butte

This is a nice little clip of Tom McGuane speaking to journalists in Butte, Montana in May. This is the man I came to know this same year. Gracious, funny and as entertaining as they come. He's true Americana. I'm honored to know him.

C-Span Sells Out

I tried to access the formerly free video on C-Span of Jim Hansen's speech today and got the bad news: Brian Lamb now charges 30 bucks for it two hours after airing. Bummer.