Shed Sheds", which argues that a "place of retreat" is a "male necessity" which provides men with solace, especially during their retirement. In contrast, in the novel "Cold Comfort Farm" by Stella Gibbons, Aunt Ada Doom saw "something nasty in the woodshed" and retreated to her bed for half a century. To woodshed, or 'shed, in jazz jargon, is "to shut oneself up, away from the world, and practice long and hard, as in 'going to the woodshed'." The word is recorded in English since 1481, as "shadde", possibly a variant of shade. The word shade comes from the Old English
The Real Nasty The Real Nasty In 2009, "The Real Nasty" was signed to Ninth Street Opus, an independent record label out of Berkeley, CA. They immediately released "Paper City", a double disk album. The disks were EP's unto themselves as they each had their own title and genre. "The Sticks" contained country while "Downtown" was rock-based. In October 2010, the follow-up to "Paper City" was released. "Strangers and Friends" was described as compelling fusion of countrified rock. October 2011 saw the release of their third studio album, "Dirty Dollars", which incorporates elements of rock, country, blues, funk, and soul. The Real Nasty