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They also traded away Alex Rodriguez but are still paying for him, if I'm not mistaken. How much of this can we blame on George W. Bush?

I'm going to consider asking the admins to change my nickname (avatar caption, whatever it's called) to this.

I have mostly refrained from posting about Sky Blue Sky up to this point, because I wanted to give it some time and a few careful listens before I came to this forum and made an ass of myself. Also, I didn't want to be too contaminated by other people's opinions. I'm listening to it right now for about the fifth time, and godDAMN, it's just working for me this time through, in a way that it didn't quite work for me on previous listens. It's absolutely gorgeous from start to finish, and I'm not sure the band has ever sounded tighter. On Saturday night, Jeff said that this is his favorite

Pics?

Anyone mysteriously absent from the office today?

"highy"

It was pretty dodgy when I was there in '88, though I attributed that to the crowd assembled outside for the Jesus & Mary Chain show. Let's just say that I didn't linger in Brixton after the show. I remember the Town & Country Club being a nice venue. Apparently it's now called The Forum. Kentish Town tube.

Town & Country Club? Brixton Academy? (Haven't been to London in many years, but those are two other places where I saw shows.)

http://www.timeout.com/london/

grunt.

I would define a neocon as an evil scum-sucking bastard, not to be confused with a Republican. edit: ...or a conservative. Not all (or even very many) Republicans are neocons, despite the fact that most (or all) neocons happen to be Republicans.

This is the thing that blows my mind. The thought that getting bogged down in Iraq and losing 3200+ of our troops (to date), not to mention turning that country into a violent and murderous hellhole, could actually be seen as a net positive because it derailed what the neocons wanted to do, is just fucking terrifying. Edit: I'm not sure I like the way I phrased that. It's not a "net positive" no matter what. But I think you get the idea of what I'm trying to say.

For me, the Zevon original is untouchable. One of my all-time favorite tracks. Garcia's sounds like a bedroom demo to these ears. Thanks for posting it, though -- I appreciate hearing someone else's take on that song.

Jeezus H. Christ. I mean, I know it's all about the location, but that's not a whole lot of house for $4 million.

I was more of an Amos Otis kind of guy.

At the rate this state is losing jobs, even trailers could be out of reach for a lot of people soon. (Latest hit: this morning Comerica announced they're bolting for Texas.)

If this thread had just one rocker it would be a lot better.

Ohio.

As of right now, it's getting a 7.7 here.

It's like I don't know you anymore.

In third grade I beat up a kid named Ben. If that was you, sorry. Hope you've learned to take a punch since then.

How's the Mary Weiss album? I'm a Shangri-Las fan ... is this completely different?

Something tells me you'll fit in here.

How did I miss this? Happy Birthday, o ye of the ample and tightly curled coiffure!

We were exhausted after a long week and a seemingly even longer drive to Chicago (the weather wasn't the best). We stayed until we were both ready to fall down. We're definitely going to try to get into Chicago more often from now on. We somehow failed to come in for about 3