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The Cubs are definitely getting it together at the right time. Timely hitting (and walking), decent fielding - looking forward to the playoffs.

My buddy mentioned the above to me last night and I thought he had too much too smoke.

Yep.

Not me - but my wife is catching Ted Leo and The Record Company tonight at a Goose Island Block Party.

I only saw Raging Bull for the 1st time a couple of month's ago - found it very unsettling. It was good, but I had a stomachache afterwards. Never knew the politics of Woods, before. Always enjoyed his acting, though.

We got through the three seasons that are available. Season 3 is good - definitely gets 'darker', though. The character who is always smoking the e-cig always cracks me up - the junkie is an interesting character, too - a different type of junkie role. I would get back on it.

Regarding Spicer - I guess I don't look to Hollywood for normalizing or legitimizing anything. And I am not sure if it did in anyway. My opinion of him hasn't changed. I would not watch a political show, where he is participating as a pundit, because I have no desire to hear what he has to say. But him standing up at a Hollywood TV awards show making a joke about the idiocy and untruthfulness of the whole inaugural crowd count is fine with me - though I totally see and understand where one may disagree. I had to google the after-show pictures -- didn't realize that all happen - it definite

Been enjoying listening to Mike Gordon's latest OGOGO. Very poppy. He is playing a somewhat small club (Metro) in October, anybody ever catch one his solo shows. His band looks pretty great.

Always like the band that he had on the albums and tours during this period. I am rationalizing this purchase, because the I skipped the The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 release. One gets an additional 2 discs (a 1979 show from San Diego) if purchased through the Dylan main site - I went that route.

Definitely getting this one.

No it isn't. And who cares if Spicer was on the Emmy's. I didn't seeing it at legitimizing anything. It was a funny bit. Him being laughed at while on the stage was the same as being booed off the stage. That 60 Minute Bannon interview was interesting - I only caught a bit of it - the last 20 minutes that Charlie Rose showed on his PBS show. It's crazy that he was in the White House as an advisor to a President of the U.S. I can see him being a dealer or maybe someone who sneaks a drink into the President, not advice. He just looks like ill. He is great at talking, though. Anyway - with

It is funny when the chain gets tangled up with a player or another ref. The History of Using the Chains to Measure a First Down | NFL Films Presents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5PRiNBAR2o

Actually I never gotten around to read Kot's book on the Staples. I have read his Wilco book and thought it was okay by rock book standards, but that is not saying much. Once, I went to one of his book talk/conversation at local book store, where he talked about his Ripped: How the Wired Generation Revolutionized Music book - the discussion was interesting, but I didn't get through the book. So I guess I am in your boat. However - that said, I still think it's cool for him and the Staples that the Chicago Library picked the book - at least it is locally relevant and I think it is important t

This is pretty cool news for Greg Kot and Mavis. Nice to see the city stepping out a bit and picking this book. http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ae-one-book-0917-story.html Also Kot and Mavis will do a talk at the Harold Washington Library in December. https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/59bc42933e46b1350092125a

Yeah that definitely sucks about the St.Louis show - bunch of wife's friends had tickets. Guess it was a good thing that the Cardinals were up here in Chicago playing this weekend - be curious if they would have canceled the Cardinal game or moved it. Guess MLB canceled a Baltimore O's game when they were playing the White Sox game a few years back under similar circumstances. Guessing the U2 show will not be rescheduled.

We still haven't gotten around to watching Season 2 of Saul. We watched Season 1 and thought it was okay - it never really clicked, though. I am sure we will get to Season 2 one of these days. Been watching Catastrophe on Amazon Prime -- great, funny British sitcom.

Yeah the Joshua show I saw in Chicago this past summer was great - glad we finally gotten around to see them. When it was announced, we thought hard about driving down to St. Louis to catch the Beck/U2 show there , but decided to leave it on a high note. The show is tomorrow and there is still plenty of tickets left - including the $70 GA floor tickets. Of course, it looks like it may get ugly in St. Louis this weekend -- be interesting to see if Bono mentions the latest not-guilty verdict against a police officer who was accused of murder that was announced today...

More so back in the day, but it's always helpful to have a reminder. "Phone my family, tell them I'm lost On the sidewalk And, no, it's not OK… "

Dylan and Staples will be sharing a concert bill on October 27th in Chicago - it'd be nice if Tweedy shows up, too.

Next up for my political mail writing/phone bank group. From the resentful in WI to this. Also finally onto Book 3 of Dos Passos' USA trilogy.

Via Spotify - Listening to the cd 2 of the Life's Rich Pageant - never realized that Bad Day dates back to these sessions. Always enjoyed the tune. The only time I went to Red Rocks was for a REM/Wilco show. Bad Day was one of the highlights. Great night of music -- I think the high was in the 40's that night. (9/13/03/) R.E.M. setlist: Begin the Begin So Fast, So Numb Maps and Legends Drive Animal Get Up Driver 8 Bad Day The One I Love I've Been High World Leader Pretend So. Central Rain Find the River Losing My Religion I Believe She Just Wants to Be Walk Unafraid Man on the Moon Everybody

He lost the long beard, I see.

Indeed - a great read.

That's the first one I threw on today, too.

Steely Dan is on those bands that I have been listening to since high school --- the majority of my friends goofed on me for enjoying them. My wife can't stand them, either. Definitely a unique sound -- the music is so great, though.