LouisvilleGreg

I think that Bruce will likely exercise all of his options in the next few years. I think there'll be another Devils and Dust type record, I think there is unfinished work with the Seeger Sessions band, and no one has said anything about the E Street Band calling it a day. The big question mark is Clarence's health. He's 7 or 8 years older than the rest of the band and I don't know how many more marathon shows he has in him. He, to me is the one completely and totally irreplaceable member of the band. As for Tracks 2 and other archives, there's loads and loads of it, some quite good to great. Electric Nebraska was even confirmed recently, so that could be a hell of a 30 year box set in a couple of years. Just bring it all on already.

STATEMENT ABOUT "THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN"

Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau Management, and Columbia Records are working on completing a new package related to 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,' which will include the new Thom Zimny film "The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge Of Town." Further details will be announced when they are finalized.

 

"The Promise: The Making of Darkness On The Edge Of Town" will premier September 14 at the Toronto International Film Festival. Springsteen will visit Toronto for a discussion with actor Edward Norton about the film.

 

http://brucespringsteen.net/news/index.html

looks like somebody beat me to the punch. been looking forward to this for a long time. the in studio recording and rehearsel footage sounds incredible. hopefully tracks 2 is next after this is released.

first thing: Mott the Hoople - "Born Late 58"

2nd: Bright Eyes - "First day of my Life"

3rd: Bob Dylan - "Talking Bear Mountain"

4th: Bruce Springsteen - "Johnny Bye Bye"

5th: Jeff Tweedy & Jay Bennett - "California Stars" (live)

6th: David Bowie - "Watch That Man"

7th: Drive By Truckers -"Life in the Factory"

8th: Bob Dylan - "Father of Night"

9th: KISS - "Got to Choose" (live)

10th: The Boys - "Kamikaze"

A little birdie told me that two whoppers were soundchecked: "Say You Miss Me," and "Kicking Television." Sounds like an exciting night is in the works.

The below article was in a free weekly here in Louisville:

"Mad Women"

When “Mad Men” ended its third season, the main “Mad” women were in transition.Bored housewife Betty Draper was in the process of divorcing advertising mystic Don Draper, and was last seen flying off with her kids and new politician fiancé. Brainy bombshell Joan Harris, after realizing her seemingly perfect doctor husband really was a nightmare, returned to work with the ad men at Sterling Cooper Draper Price. And ad woman Peggy Olson was making real progress in being taken seriously by her chauvinistic co-workers and joined the new agency as well.

When the series returns Sunday night on AMC, we'll see what 1964 has in store for Betty, Joanie and Peggy, all of whom represent archetypes of their times, but are written and acted with so much depth and authenticity that women and even men of any era can relate. January Jones, who plays Betty with exquisite emptiness, Christina Hendricks, who brings Joan to luscious life, and Elisabeth Moss, who provides Peggy with all her quirky genius, are all nominated for Emmy Awards.

“I think women of the next generation identify with all three,” said Kentucky native and current Memphis, Tenn., resident and graphic designer Jacinda Johnson, 37. “With us, it was not only possible to be the perfect mom and wife and (to) claw your way up the corporate ladder, and to also be a sex symbol — it was and is expected.” Lost in transition But the mad women, existing in the space between Susie Homemaker and the sexual revolution, seem well aware that they cannot have it all. At the same time it also appears as if new possibilities are percolating in their pretty heads. Jennifer Dunn, assistant professor of rhetoric and communication at Dominican University in Illinois, sees Betty, Joan and Peggy as perfect teaching tools. Dunn is writing an essay on “Mad Men” and second-wave feminism for a compilation of essays covering all aspects of “Mad Men.” She draws parallels between the two Bettys: Draper and Friedan. Betty Draper is the embodiment of what Friedan referred to in her revolutionary 1963 book “The Feminine Mystique” as “the problem that has no name.” The “unnamed problem” was the general depression of the housewife who had all the trappings of the socially prescribed “perfect life,” but still felt sad and unfulfilled.

“There are moments when you see Betty just sitting at the table, doing nothing, staring into space, waiting for Don or for the kids,” Dunn said. “It's a great entry into explaining what this ‘problem with no name' is.” She can't really talk to anyone about her problems, because she's not supposed to have any. Last season, her hope for a new life came in the form of Henry Francis, a public relations man for New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, who offered her a new Don-free existence. Dunn sees Betty's impending divorce as a symbolic move into society's coming changes. “Getting a divorce was virtually unheard of for the time, so to see Betty take such a powerful step — and yet doing it to be with another man — is also very telling,” Dunn said.

Competent eye candy

To represent the role female sexuality played during the “Mad Men” era, Dunn's go-to gal is distractingly voluptuous office manager Joan Harris. Joan is deceptively competent eye candy for the men at Sterling-Cooper. The hot redhead is always coolly in control. “It was a big deal for her to be an office manager. The stereotype is that you only do that until you get married,” Dunn said. When Joanie found a husband, she said goodbye to Sterling-Cooper. And when the marriage soured and her unstable, insecure husband's medical career didn't pan out, she had to endure social humiliation. Her “failure” became evident to former co-workers who saw her working odd jobs. Now, as the fourth season begins, she's back in her true element as a pivotal part of the new boutique ad agency that Don Draper has created.

Feminist forerunner

Getting noticed for what's in her head — as opposed to her blouse — is more the province of ambitious ad-woman Peggy Olson. Peggy started at Sterling-Cooper as a secretary, but her knack for advertising was quickly recognized by Don Draper, who helped her switch from subordinate to a real player at the firm. “Peggy knows she doesn't need a man to become successful, and I really appreciate that about her and they've stayed true to that in her character from the beginning,” said “Mad Men” fan Mary Beth Foster, 57, who works at PR and advertising agency Power Creative. “She's not afraid of the men she works with, and knows she wants to be a writer. I've always really admired her fearlessness.”

have you listened to the cd? It might be bonus tracks. Thanks I get, one true vine, etc.

anybody who plans on going wanna carpool with me from the kentucky or ohio area? i'm driving from louisville, ky through cincy, columbus, cleveland and then up and across. send me a pm if so, i'd love to share driving and gas costs. take care, greg

Watching now, so far a little slow for a season opener, but I dig Draper being into getting slapped around.

Saw it, loved it, whether taken as totally literal or in many of the theories explored in this thread and others. I think I'm finally prepared to state that Leo might be my favorite actor, say under the age of 45. His early films such as: Gibert Grape, Basketball Diaries and This Boy's Life all are top notch, and his Scorsese films have ranged from good: the Aviator and Gangs of New York to great: The Departed. Revolutionary Road and Blood Diamond were two other great films. He's really starting to be very consistent and I'm likely to go see a film just because he's in it, a rarity for me and any actor.

Also, while not spectacular, a pretty admirable performance from Ellen Page. I loved her early on in the dark and heavy, "Hard Candy," but have been waiting for her to get back to a role with some depth. This seemed a good choice for her and I look forward to her evolution as she ages out of the young adult typecast and into some meatier roles.

if that happened to me, i'd firstly vomit all over myself, then leave the stage immediately, fans be damned.

What a ridiculously hard thing this started out to be, but once I stopped trying to list the technical, cultural, historical "best" albums, and just made a list of the records that have personally meant the most to me, it was a lot of fun. Trust me, I don't dispute that "Pink Moon" is better than the first KISS record, but that first KISS record meant the world to me when I was a little kid. I'm embaressed to put Meatloaf on the list, but only one album by the Beatles, Neil Young, Dylan; but that fucking Meatloaf album was great for crusing the city with my best friend when I was a young teenager. So, yeah this is my list and nearly every album included here has some sort of personal connection to some part of my life, even the obscure punk/hardcore records on here that no one on this board probably knows.

A few other thoughts: My list breaks down as follows: 1960's - 5 records, 1970's - 21 records, 1980's - 14 records, 1990's - 7 records, 2000 on - 3 records, with YHF being the newwest thing on this list. 1973 and 1977 are the most heavily represented years here, and I can think of a dozen more from those years that would've made the next 50. Despite what the list looks like I do like music other than rock and punk, but I guess those are just my meats and potatoes. I'm also not racist or sexist, I guess I just like dudes in r'n'r bands more than I realized prior to compiling this. Thanks again for compiling this insanity, Greg

1. Springsteen - Born To Run 1975

2. The Clash - London Calling 1979

3. Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction 1987

4. The Stones - Exile on Main Street 1972

5. The Clash - Self Titled (Eng. vers.) 1977

6. Wilco - Being There 1996

7. The Band - Self Titled 1969

8. KISS - Self Titled 1974

9. Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent, The E Street Shuffle 1973

10. Jawbreaker - Unfun 1990

11. Wilco - YHF 2002

12. Drive By Truckers - Southern Rock Opera 2001

13. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's 1966

14. Prince - Purple Rain 1984

15. Avail - Satiate 1992

16. The Replacements - Let it Be 1984

17. ACDC - '74 Jailbreak 1974

18. Kiss - Destroyer 1976

19. Jawbreaker - 24 Hour Revenge Therapy 1994

20. Nirvana - Nevermind 1991

21. Van Halen - I 1978

22. David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars 1973

23. Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne 1993

24. Big Star - #1 Record 1972

25. Endpoint - If The Spirits are Willing 1989

26. My Morning Jacket - At Dawn 2001

27. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Milliona to Hold us Back 1988

28. The Cult - Electric 1987

29. T. Rex - Electric Warrior 1971

30. Springsteen - Nebraska 1982

31. New York Dolls - Self Titled 1973

32. Prince - Dirty Mind 1980

33. The Stooges - Raw Power 1973

34. Fugazi - 13 Songs 1989

35. Lucinda Williams - Self Titled 1988

36. Sex Pistols - Nevermind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols 1977

37. X - Los Angeles 1980

38. Dylan - Blonde on Blonde 1966

39. The Band - Music From the Big Pink 1968

40. Aimee Mann - Magnolia Soundtrack 1999

41. Husker Du - Metal Circus 1983

42. Neil Young - Harvest 1972

43. Led Zeppelin - I 1969

44. Meatloaf - Bat Out of Hell 1977

45. Irma Thomas - In Between Tears 1973

46. Willie Nelson - Honeysuckle Rose 1980

47. Leatherface - Cherry Knowle 1989

48. Television - Marquee Moon 1977

49. The Dead Boys - Young, Loud and Snotty 1977

50. Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town 1978

Louisville, Ky. A 14 hour solo drive through Ohio, western PA, New York and into Mass. My birthday is on the 12th, hell of a birthday weekend.

Kot needs to release the new and expanded Learning How to Die as lots has happened since it left off: The new lineup, the Residency, 2 studio albums and a live album, Jay's death, the further demise of the record industry and Wilco's future sans label. There's gotta be 4 or 5 new chapters in there.

Wilco played their first show in Richmond in 13 years this year!

MMJ just announced a show here in Louisville, their hometown, it will be their first in over 2 years. To me this is close to a non-story, but then again I'm commenting on it.

Sounds sweet. I'll bet those LYO kids are pretty excited. My daughter was in the Central Kentucky version of that this past year (CKYO), and it was a pretty big deal. but they didn't get to play with MMJ...

 

Greg, is that the former Freedom Hall there in Louisville? or some other place?

Freedom Hall is still there, in the middle of the city as part of the Kentucky state fairgrounds, but this is the new arena downtown which will primarily host UofL mens and women's basketball. This will be the 2nd ever event at the (gulp) Yum Center, after an earlier concert by the Eagles.

This is some of the most exciting news I've heard in a long time. The presale is on my birthday, and it's in my hometown and it's in the new arena. Holy smokes this is gonna be one for the ages. Hope some of ya'll will make it in for this.

My Morning Jacket to Play Long Awaited Hometown Show With Very Special Guests, The Louisville Youth Orchestra and Wax Fang

On Friday, October 29th, My Morning Jacket will be performing at University of Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center. Supporting the band will be the Louisville Youth Orchestra (LYO) and Louisville band Wax Fang. One dollar from every ticket sold will be going to the Louisville Youth Orchestra Continuing Education Scholarship, which raises money for at-risk youth to be able to attend school. The LYO was founded with the mission to provide high quality musical experiences and the opportunity to perform for the benefit of the Louisville community and its young musicians regardless of race, creed or economic circumstances. It is one of the oldest and largest youth orchestras in the US. The show will also continue the tradition of creating a “Local Louisville Village” inside the KFC Yum! Center, providing locally based businesses and non-profit organizations with a presence at their show.

Tickets for the show go on sale to the public on Saturday, August 14th at 10AM. A limited amount of tickets will be available at Ear X-Tacy on Thursday August 12th at 10AM, in celebration of the store’s 25th anniversary and its new location at 2226 Bardstown Road. In addition, My Morning Jacket will also be hosting a pre-sale to fans beginning at the same time. Check the MMJ shows page for information regarding the pre-sale, and other My Morning Jacket shows.

"Look Out Cleveland a storm is coming thorough and it's runnin' right up on you."

He really drives me as crazy as any athlete ever, but i love to watch him play and would love, love, love to have him as a Knick. As has been mentioned it would be somewhat of a copout if he only started winning titles by joining two other all stars, in NY, Cleveland or really even chicago he would be the man, not so sure Wade wouldn't be in Miami, seeing that he's already got one ring.

Oh yeah check out my flickr link below for some Lebron related images from my trip to Cleveland this past weekend, quite the scene.

Wilco are extremely fortunate to be in the situation they are. I just read a rather depressing interview with Ted Leo where he says that in the future he wont be able to tour anywhere near as much as he has as he can't economically sustain it anymore. He's on his third different label on succesive releases as the two before both folded. He furthermore said that he was going to have to get a day job in the near future and that music would be a lesser part of his life.

Looks like the Knicks aren't waiting around, Amare Stoudemire has verbally agreed. He will undoubtedly be the best player since Ewing in New York. Here's hoping there's still another big gun coming to the Garden.

Bummer -- according to Universal Trend-setter (all thing Scott McCoi) Peter Buck will be "benched" for Baseball Project at SSF, and Mike Mills will be pitch hitting.

 

Will my dream of PB and JT on the same stage ever become reality?

Happened last year in Athens as well. I'm not joking when I say that I don't think most of the audience knew who they were.

Kentucky is going to have 5 players drafted in the first round tomorrow night including John Wall the definitive choice for the #1 overall pick to the Bullets, err I mean Wizards.

1. Dirty Mind

2. Purple Rain

3. Sign O' The Times

4. 1999

5. Controversy

6. Around The World In a Day

7. the Black Album

8. self-titled

9. For You

10.Parade

I've started some sketches and I'm having a tough time distinguishing between personal favorites and what I consider to be "best albums." it would be easy to load a list with Dylan, the Beatles, Neil Young etc, but I think I'm gonna go with albums that have been of personal meaning to me. Going this route means I'll have more than a few albums that likely no one else on the board will have ever heard of. I'm thinking of old Louisville punk and hardcore bands that probably never sold more than a few 100 records, but damn if I don't still listen to some of those 20 year old records as if they were new. Also I think that I'll probably rank a particular popular 80's rock record higher than anyone else. I'm probably a week out from getting mine done.

Well, that was some of the toughest and ugliest basketball I've seen this side of the old Pistons of the late 80's for three plus quarters. But, the last six or so minutes of the game was nearly a thing of beauty. Almost every player on the court for both teams made big play after big play, and then those last two minutes were epic, back and forth with the threes and big time baskets:Rondo, Artest, Ray Allen, Fisher, just wow! Lots of speculation that both Phil and Doc are gonna call it quits at their respective teams, we'll see. Artest of all was the difference maker, quite a dramatic redemption for him.

Kendrick Perkins out for Game 7.

Bynum's pretty much been out the whole series, so that's a wash. Perkins is a tough, physical player and without him the Lakers ran roughshed in the paint. That dunk Farmar had on Garnett was the sickest thing I've seen in awhile. I look for it to be tighhter, but still I anticipate an 8-10 point laker victory. Kobe picks up his 2nd straight Finals MVP and 5th ring.