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And "September Gurls" isn't even Big Star's best song. Whatever. It's a thread.

I just thought I should post in this thread.

Carry on. If you must.

Despite the album title, there are some cool titles of different songs on the album. And remember Art of Almost & Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend should be pretty long songs.

I'm guessing that "One Sunday Morning (Song For Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)" is twelve minutes long because of countless unpronounceable Icelandic surnames.

I dig it, but I'd like it more without the colored O's in the text.

This.

Put me in the camp that thinks The Whole Love is infinitely better than Get Well Soon Everybody.

They're both pretty awful, but you're right that TWL is infinitely better.

The Dawes record, for sure.

Also, haven't seen this mentioned by anyone yet:

Will definitely be in my top 5 for the year, and I say that with full confidence despite the year being not quite half over.

a bad Warrant song

This is redundant.

Been listening to this for the last couple of days and I'm quite happy with it. No surprises, really, but the world badly needed a new Gillian Welch record, whether it was a bold step into new styles (which it's not) or merely another satisfying helping of her familiar formula (which it is).

It really is a toss-up, but I had to take a stand.

Nobody loves Big Star more than I do, but the answer is "Waterloo Sunset."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A2QkgMvTtM

Something tells me this isn't really what you were looking for.

Hope it was minor and that he'll be back on his feet, sax in hand, before we know it. Best wishes to the Big Man.

Two words for tonight:

GO MAVS

For some reason I was pretty skeptical about this album, but I've been pleasantly surprised.

I thought North Hills was fantastic, and I wasn't sure how they were going to top that. But they have.

can't stress how much I like the Dobro.

My first thought was "what a cool name," and then I saw that it's actually "Drobo."

I use an external hard drive at work for all of my music. I think the one I currently have is ~750 GB. It's about time for me to buy a new, larger drive and copy everything from the old one onto it. I keep my old drives, mothballed, in case I have a failure with a newer one -- that way I don't lose absolutely everything.

By keeping my music on an external drive that I own, it never really mingles with my employer's network or hardware (aside from being played through their sound card), and that seems to keep them happy. Obviously different employers have different policies about such things -- I just try to avoid any "improper" or "inappropriate" use of company assets.

The Jayhawks Reunite for Mockingbird Time

"The album will include all former bands members"

"The difference from then and now is that Mark and I have both experienced different kinds of music and expanded our palates."

No Depression JamBands.com is in serious need of a copy editor.

They also misspelled "Louris" once. And if ALL former "bands" members are involved, that's about a dozen people.

Why is Food Network's Aaron Sanchez rowing a boat?

Big fan.

This was the one that hooked me:

Yeah, apparently it's fake though. Rumor is that it's part of some Gillette "close shave" ad campaign.

As is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTl3U6aSd2w

A nice gesture to someone who wants to hear Richard's music, but sharing music this way is the reason he's working crappy jobs holding signs on the road in the winter.

I doubt this very much.

Sharing music probably increases his concert ticket sales to an extent that far exceeds any money that Buckner himself might lose from the few discs he doesn't sell due to music sharing.

Studio recordings are not where artists typically make their money anyway.

Maybe there should be a separate Parks & Recreation thread.

Separate from the Community thread, at least.

I disagree a little bit. As I stated, I think the joke refers to people living in a very heavy sports town having a favorite sport (or sports team) to root for. I'm assuming you are from Chicago ( I seem to recall you root for the White Sox). Imagine the commercial set in Chicago where they argue over White Sox vs. Cubs, Blackhawks and the Bears and Bulls. It'd be like saying someone else is the best in Chicago besides Michael Jordan (as an example). It'd ultimately show the depth of talent in that city, much like this commercial tries to accomplish by mentioning Esposito over Ted Williams (who doesn't have a sandwich named after him) or Larry Bird (who does and is more well known). At least that's how I interpret this 30 seconds. I haven't spent this much time discussing 30 seconds, since....well never mind.

And this is why it's not a funny joke. If it requires this much explanation and/or discussion, it doesn't work.

It would be more amazing if it were a joke that anyone outside of New England actually got.

And I'm even old enough to remember Phil Esposito. I figured they were referring to him, but I still don't really understand why this is funny.

All that aside, I would totally eat a sandwich at that place.

I get all that, but there's what seems to be a punch line referring to an "Esposito." That's what I'm asking about.

Finally decided to get the Deluxe package. Not sure it's worth the extra $10, but for $28.99 I certainly don't feel like they're ripping me off.