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73 --- I enjoy the box quite a bit -- skipping on the latest release, though. Mostly because I don't want to spend the money on it. Music should be great, though.

Yeah - I don't think there is any Chicagoland shows available any more. I think I saw the Sabbath show on the list yesterday and today it's gone. My wife is heading down to St. Louis to catch Def Leopard - for kicks.

Yeah I got the re-release version -- he writes about the flood in the liner notes -- never realized that Herron was on any of the Crowes releases. Also saw the the below in a store window a couple of stores down - actually my wife spotted it first.

Happen to walk by a record shop in Cheyenne, Wyoming and found Rich Robinson's Paper and The Ceaseless Sight releases in the used bin -- Ceasless is definitely better than Paper, but they are both are pretty decent upon one listen. Nice to see Donnie Herron in the Paper credits - must have been right around the time he joined Dylan's band - he does play a nice fiddle on one tune.

Yeah - the whole thing seems a bit bogus. There is a Live Nation shed about 10 minutes from my house, that I haven't been to since 1998, perhaps a free ticket might get me to go to the Black Sabbath show in September - that is, if that show ends up on their list of shows... Between mine and my wife's accounts, we have plenty of 'free' vouchers.

Saw the 1st Chicago show - good show. When I saw them at Lolla with Reeves, I thought he over played a bit - on Friday, I though he did not play enough or was too low in the mix. I was on Roger's side - so perhaps it was a mix issue. Roger sounded great in the mix - I always enjoy his contributions. Great mix of tunes.

Left for a week and came back to my tomatoes really taking off -- thanks to my dad watering them...Besides that, a few peppers. Not much this year.

Yeah - my brother and sis-in-law saw him at the Riviera (Chicago) last month and said the same exact thing --- he took a tumble at the the end of the show - fell backwards, flat on his back, but he was helped up right away and he seemed okay.

Hate to quote myself - but the White Sox put Latos on assignment, yesterday. Hopefully the White Sox can turn it around or I will be whistling "I'll Remember April" the rest of the year - which wouldn't be the worse thing, I guess. Go White Sox!

The Cure at UIC!

Excited for Friday's Chicago show --- it will be the start of the family's vacation; on Saturday we head for Colorado. I think the Friday show sold out very quickly and then they announced a Saturday show, which sold out quickly too. Haven't downloaded that Denver show - need to.

Yeah, Eurotrash girl is a great one. He should have mentioned Todd Snider's `Talking Seattle Grunge-Rock Blues' --- "a whole album of hidden tracks", not that would have been completely alternative album.

Old man Daley never would call him Ali, either. Below is great piece on Ali's life in Chicago. Just learned that four of his kids graduated from my local high school. When I lived in the city, I lived near his old city' house - didn't realize that I moved near his or his mother of children's suburban house. It is crazy and dumb that some politicians try to gain some cheap political's points on someone's death - but I guess many of the dude's constituents agree with him. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-muhammad-ali-chicago-20160604-story.html

That's really not a just a Republican stance --- my dad is a 77 year old Democrat who still holds the whole Vietnam thing against him. (My dad served - in between Korea and Vietnam) I don't agree with my dad and others - my dad and I had great conversations about it.

I was working a summer job in a factory - a co-worker who was a big heavy metal fan use to goof with me because I was hippie looking dude - always in a good nature way - he was the one who told me about Garcia's passing, he actually seemed remorseful about it. Even though I saw him at the last Soldier Field show and he looked terrible, I didn't really believe the guy, since through out the summer he was always saying shit -- when I got in my car after our shift ended, a Dead song was playing on the radio station when I turned my car on and figured it was true.

Listening to this now --- Phil's normally bugs the hell out of me when he sings - but I really like his singing on 5/28/16's Broken Arrow.

So far I'm liking Deadicated much more than this one. Nothing is really jumping out as of yet.

Can't hit with runners on base and relievers have been blowing it as of late - they gave up 6 or 7 runs in the bottom of the 9th to loose one game against KC...

Denis Johnson's Already Dead

The 5.26.95 was a great show for the year though -- just listened to it this a.m.

Never listened to Byrdmanix, but that album cover is horrible ---- it's Han Solo'ist.

The people I know who do not enjoy watching or playing baseball, think it's a boring game. I don't think shaving 10 to 20 minutes off a game is going to sway anyone. Are they proposing and making these changes for the players, owners or the fans? Watching football is a far more tedious.

I agree - make em' throw.

That was my take away when I saw them at Lollapalooza a couple of years ago -- still a great show, but Reeves was a bit overpowering at times.

Had to Google Gary Gygax - never would have guessed who he was...