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Sad news. David Mills Dead: 'The Wire' Writer Dies Days Before Premiere Of New Show 'Treme' AP | 03/31/10 12:13 PM NEW ORLEANS — An HBO spokesman says David Mills, a veteran television writer who worked on "ER" and "The Wire," has died in New Orleans. HBO spokesman Diego Aldana says Mills died Tuesday night but didn't know the cause of death. Mills also wrote for "The Corner" and "Homicide: Life on the Street" among other shows. He is co-writer and co-executive producer of the new HBO series "Treme." The drama is set to premiere April 11. The series is set in New Orleans after H

If the world is going to end today, I wish it would hurry up, because I'd rather not go to my 1 PM meeting.

1. First Concert, when? Robert Plant, 8/27/83 2. First Concert you really wanted to go to and did? See #1 3. Favorite Band? Beatles 4. How Many Times have you seen them? Zero (they stopped playing live shows two years before I was born) 5. Worst concert you attended? Shannon Wright, Schuba's, Chicago, circa 2000. She was absolutely horrid. I went to the show because I loved her old band Crowsdell, but her solo thing was intolerable and we walked out after a few songs. That said, the opening band was great (The Waxwings). 6. Favorite? Hard to pick one. Elvis Costello & The Attract

IMDb lists Tina Louise as 5'8½" and Isla Fisher as 5'3".

That would be just fine with me.

Gilligan: Zach Braff Skipper: Seth Rogen (or maybe Craig Robinson) Professor: Kevin Spacey Maryanne: Anne Hathaway Ginger: Amy Adams Thurston Howell III: Peter O'Toole Lovey Howell: Betty White

Hatching a plan to kidnap someone, or just curious?

Just dragged this one out again... These guys should be much better known. Pure pop goodness from France, produced by Jon Auer and Ken Stringfellow.

It should also be noted here that Jon Auer is a full-fledged guitar god.

I like the new policy in principle, but I'd have to agree with this ^ ^.

Nope:

Might want to wait 'til the end of the show, if they've been booting people out at other shows.

*cough* $12,000 for the entry-level model *hack* *gag* Doesn't include shipping from Japan or import duty.

I've been digging this at least as much as any of his other post-Tyranny of Distance records.

Enforcement will likely vary from venue to venue. It'll be interesting to hear whether they really can prevent people from taking shitty cellphone photos. My question is why anyone even wants to take shitty cellphone photos. You're at a show -- enjoy it, and remember it with your brain, not some poorly framed, shaky, improperly exposed, quasi-photographic memento. "...and this is a blurry picture of Jeff, and this is a blurry picture of Nels, and..."

The denizens of this board didn't catch up to this one until pretty recently for reasons unknown (or maybe because no one posted it in this thread until the last couple of months, at which point everyone checked it out). It's just a quirk of timing. If someone posted about a great overlooked album from, say, 1997, and everyone checked it out and began listening to it obsessively, someone who hadn't been following this thread might be pretty confused by all the love for a 13-year-old record. Same thing here, just with a smaller time shift. I think North Hills is easily the equal of Sky Blue S

Playing that one again myself. I don't know if it's been mentioned here, but Pat Sansone gets a shout-out in the liner notes.

I'm not sure they have two years. But we'll see. Nice warm sound of vinyl aside, CDs are still an excellent means of storing and playing back music, and their small size and portability will keep them in the game for quite some time. I love vinyl, but its analog nature renders it susceptible to the accumulation of flaws over time that degrade the quality of playback. The typical CD, as long as it's returned to its package after use, suffers no such degradation. That alone makes the CD a survivor, at least versus vinyl and magnetic tape.

Has Zooey learned how to sing yet?

Good to see that Charlie Davies' recovery has been ahead of schedule, and that he's due to resume training with his French club this week. If he can get back to match fitness in time to be added to the U.S. World Cup squad, he's likely to be quite an asset.

All part of our dastardly plan. Though I must admit, I found out about that record here, too. Played it twice today myself. NP: He played one HELL of a show here Thursday evening. If you get the chance, go see him. (Though for you Chicago folks, you just missed him.)

I figured this would probably happen. Jon and Ken have handled a lot of the lead vocals over the years anyway. It'll still be a heck of a show, though obviously not the same without Alex.