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I can only recommend Siddhartha, as that is the only Hesse book I've read. If you are into stories about journeys and soul searching and that stuff, its a masterpiece.

Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol. I and II Sure, not a real "album", but I was 9 and I was en route to being a music lover. Metallica - s/t Discovered about the same time I started playing guitar, metal consumed my life for the next 9 years. Morbid Angel - Covenant My first death metal cd. I consider my ability to appreciate death metal an asset in appreciating just about anything out there. Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily Purchased at the end of my "metal" days, re-opened my eyes to beauty in music. Ani DiFranco - Evolve Broke down the doors of musical perception, taught me that just ab

Yeah, the Starland Ballroom is shite. The place was WAY oversold. Too many bars-if they got rid of, say, 8 of them there would be so much more room for the audience. My friend and I chose to stand on the side of the stage because there was no reasonable place to watch the band from the front. Keep in mind, I didn't really mind since it was a different perspective. However, that little pathway where we were standing happened to be the path to the bathroom AND to the back door to load/unload gear. So between the opener and Wilco, the crew puts up a barrier in front of a line of people all go

Just started this. God damn, I'm not even done the preface and I'm hooked.

For the Benefit of Mr. Kite "and of course Henry the Horse dances the waltz" ugh

probably "Something" also, anyone ever heard this?: Booker T. & The MG's doing Abbey Road. Its not spectacular, but good for a listen or two.

Master of Puppets gets the vote. I see each of the three Cliff era albums as a giant step in songwriting and playing, and though we can only speculate where they would have gone next, it would have been superior. Cliff was Metallica's Garth Hudson.

I stole that from the 'Friday Night Light's" thread, but it sort of mirrors an experience of my own. I sent a text message to a girl that I liked and I randomly chose these lyrics: and she was quite into it. Thanks Jeff.

I was going to say the same thing!

Not to mention, that was one of like 3 shows where "Just A Kid" was performed. and "Sunken Treasure" was pretty incredible too, if I recall.

Yeah, Philly seems to get the shaft alot. Maybe its because bands/artists don't want to get murdered. (Philly's murder rate is way out of control.)

/\ Indeed it was.

If it wasn't for the massive amount of corporate logos in the background, I'd swear that pictue was taken in 1973.

Just finished: Just began: What can I say. I've got some catching up to do.

Lately I've been all over The Sea and Cake. Saw them in Baltimore Friday night and they killed. Great band.

Well, if you find the sheet music for The Impressions' "We're a Winner," then you have the sheet music for "Waiting on The World To Change."

I've been to Chicago and Toronto. Nothing too exciting. I'm thinking about moving to Seattle; the prospect of driving across the country seems quite invigorating. Don't forget the Pine Barrens. Nettles - where in SJ are you? I'm in Winslow.

Touche. I stand corrected. BUT, was Patti Boyd more raw than Dominique Robertson?

I might like to add the Robbie Robertson's wife is way hotter than Yoko. So lets see: 1. Cooler beards 2. Hotter wife The Band wins.

The Sea and Cake is way better than The Band. and The Beatles.

Agreed. There were 4 Canucks and 1 Arkansas-ian that made equally brilliant music.

Don't be hatin' on brother Garth now! Quiet, or I'll sick Hamlet on your ass.

I stood in front of Bruce's old house in Long Branch, NJ a couple of months ago. That's my Bruce story.

I'm glad I started a sensible debate. There's NO WAY Paul's beard is cooler than Garth's. Even Levon's got Paul beat:

I hate arguing about music. Its as redundant as arguing about religion or politics...it means something totally different to each individual soul. And it doesn't matter anyway, because The Band was better Why? None of The Beatles had such an awesome beard.