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I haven't read it - heard great things about it and I think his columns are great - he has been a pretty consistent critic of the big business of NCAA football. He wrote a series of columns regarding brain injuries to football players this past year, that were also great. Regarding the linked story, I guess I never realized that coach's receive all the bonus's for beating certain teams - $50,000 for beating Navy is kinda of out there and if the coach takes his team out for a steak dinner after he wins and he gets his bonus, the players would get suspended.

Chicago Sun-Times' Rick Telander had a good article regarding the Ohio State/NCAA football "joke" in today's paper. The hypocrisy is pretty incredible. College football all about the money

Man on Wire is a great documentary. What a crazy obsession.

XM is currently playing the 12/31/69 - beginning of the 2nd set, Garica said "well, looks like the '70s are gonna be weird." I don't think I have ever listened to this show before, the first set was great. I taped the 90 and 91 NYE's shows off of WXRT. The 12/31/90 show has always been a favorite of mine.

I thought Up was great, too. They kinda of lost me after that, but I still look forward to their releases. The Live at the Olympia is a great set, also.

I thought it looked good, too. Looking forward to it as I am with all their releases.

Too cold and snowy.

Should be good for us here in Chicago. I have yet to make it to a show that he was part of, but I do see his name pop up a lot.

I was a big fan of Unleashed in the East when I was a kid, too. Sin after Sin is a good one. Wasn't a big fan of British Steel or anything thereafter.

That's all I found so far, too.

The Yer Blues from the 14th is excellent.

That's cool Parker played with him. Has he played with him before?

Thanks - my wife's birthday is the 21st, put this in her Kindle account today - she was happy to see it there.

I was never a big fan of that Stones songs. I always blamed Lennon/McCartney though.

OM is okay - I never saw that cover before - pretty cool. The only clunker for me is "To Be" off of Expression. Not a big fan of his flute playing.

Good tune - my Les Paul looks exactly like the one in the video, too.

Must admit, I don't think I ever heard the Beatles version. The Crowes version was fun. Definitely had the early 60's vibe and the screaming was a nice touch. Also it's nice that they didn't turn it into a 6 minute song.

It's not the Stones (written by the Lennon/McCartney) cover?

The Dec. 14th just popped up on bt.etree - Looking forward to hear the I Wanna Be Your Man. The Black Crowes - December 14, 2010 - San Francisco, California - The Fillmore

I glad you cleared that up - I was wondering who the hell you were. As far as the topic goes - WTA is not a favorite of mine, but I think the songs hold up live rather nicely. I am not real fond of I'll Fight, but after the South Bend show I was humming it for few days.

I do love when huge storms hit on a weekend (when I don't have travel plans). Walking around my neighborhood is always great during a snow storm. The lakefront is nice during the winter, esp. when the waves crash over Lake Shore Drive and I do love downtown Chicago during the Holiday's. I'm not a shopper, but I do enjoy walking around State St. and Michigan Ave. and people watch, plus all buildings' lobbies look nice.

cbd - Thanks for taping.

Tribune Link Great news.

Pat Hughes reflects on 15 years with Santo Nice piece by Hughes. Santo's Brant Brown drop ball call was one the best.

Same here. He put up a hell of a fight and never lost his sense of humor.