Here is the November Mix with that Caroline Herring song about Walter Anderson and two great songs from Girlyman whom I've just booked for Feb 26, and more Tom Russell telling his history in literary references, and Carolyn Wonderland with a song that combines someone unscrewing the cap on a bottle of Ripple with a fancy string arrangement, and a new one from John Gorka that tells me he has children now.

Life goes on in the marriage equality struggle. Thanks to Elaine for sending me this graphic that shows where the votes were. Nate Silver of fivethirtyeight.com says that acceptance of gay marriage has been increasing in the U.S. at about 2% per year. Since we lost the referendum by 5% that puts us about 3 years away. Different parts of the country deal with the issue in different ways. Here is how Texas is doing it.