And by "It" I mean, "getting sucked into YouTube."

I ran across this post where Steve Goodman performs his "City of New Orleans" with Jethro Burns (of the famed "Homer & Jethro" duo) and after watching it I had to go find it and of course ran across a couple other gems, including a video of John Prine doing Souvenirs and a video of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash singing "Jackson." And all this while I'm supposed to be doing my schoolwork that's due in, oh, 4 hours... (Oops!)

Anyway, I've mentioned my adoration of Steve Goodman here before. Clay Eals has recently released an 800-page biography of Steve Goodman and I can't wait to get my hands on it. There's a good review of the book here and as soon as I manage to read it I'll report back with my thoughts. (In the meantime, if anyone's wondering what I want for my birthday... well... hint hint. ;-)

Anyway, to save you the trouble of digging for that "City of New Orleans" video, here it is:

I think a lot of people may know this song from Arlo Guthrie's rendition of it, which initially made it famous. Johnny Cash called it the "best damn train song ever written" and there's a video on YouTube of him doing it too. (I wasn't kidding about getting sucked in. Seriously. It's like a maze in there!)

And for the dirty ole egg suckin' dogs out there who like Johnny Cash and The Muppet Show, here's a good one for a chuckle: