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It's kind of what I expected when I heard years ago that Jeff was doing a solo album. In fact I think over the years people on the board have dreamed of a solo acoustic record, which I imagine to be more like "Solitaire" and "Normal American Kids" than most of the stuff on Sukierae, which seems universally loved, but more as a one-man-band plus son affair as opposed to a stripped down songwriter plus guitar/harmonica situation.

And Shrug and Destroy.

So this brings the conversation to what's unique about this election. I think SO many people are thinking about voting Trump who don't love him. In fact he's tested their resolve to vote Republican or bust.

Okay. That sounds like a healthier view.

Okay I love Spotlight Kid and Clear Spot, I like Ice Cream For Crow and kind of like Troutmask. Who knows the whole catalog? Where do I go next?

Ha. "Someone to Lose" seems likely.

http://www.npr.org/2016/09/16/494231607/the-trump-campaign-s-birther-statement-a-close-reading After declaring Obama to be a U.S. citizen Trump criticized Clinton for starting the issue in a move consistent with Trump's current "pants on fire" rating wherein Politifact has found his claims to be untruthful 70% of the time.

That's fair. Acknowledging the fact that a vote can only incrementally affect the chances of one of two people becoming president and feeling good about it are two different things.

You don't have to, but then you're not answering the question.

The one thing that really stuck in my craw here is it seems his closing remarks imply that Jeff chose casual albums to save his family. Like he can't make a "grand statement" and be healthy. Tell me if I read it wrong.

I keep saying she says half, not all. You can easily say to yourself "I'm not trying to ban Muslims. I don't think illegal immigrants are a bunch of rapists and murderers." No one is putting you in the basket. As for me I'll happily take on any statement of half. It's either true or it ain't!

Nah, I'm a western yank but my wife and I are both Spanish speakers and we were knocking s. American countries off our bucketlist. Uruguay is really cool. We loved Montevideo and the coastal towns up north. Too bad they're playing a big fest in BA, it could be a fairly inconvenient excuse to go to another amazing city.

Are you a Montevideano?

Remember the death panels? Remember the crack heads with Obama phones?

Interesting, many folks I talk to on the right feel the Trump movement is a total hijacking. We've never seen rhetoric like his from a candidate in my lifetime. I find Obama fairly moderate and Clinton slightly moreso. What in her policy strikes you as more radical left?

"Ob-la-dee Alqaeda".

Not butthole. I like music. I don't give half a dang what some other schmo in the audience thinks- they don't need to broadcast it. America has officially lost the ability to occasionally shut its damn trap and just BE somewhere for a couple hours.

Doesn't this make them the other, non-basket half? Maybe they get upset because they've seen the videos of Trump supporters at rallys and don't want to get lumped in with the other nut bars they're voting with.

Wait, are you being sarcastic? No cheek, I'm legitimately curious.

Perhaps therein proving the failure of the statement and the difficulty of trying to pitch anything in this Mike Judge meets Johnathan Swift political reality TV show.

I think we're missing her tactic here. When she said "half", that gave people who don't like to see themselves as xenophobes (or who actually know what the word means) a chance to say "That's not me, but some of those other guys.... ew." That might be a way to nudge a Republican who was holding their nose and fighting back vomit to stop short of pulling the cheetoh colored lever.

I live in Colorado and I've probably shopped there half a dozen times. I hope they keep it alive.

Ha! My daughter is just 2 weeks old. I keep saying "Cry All Day" is her theme.I find sitting around at home with a newborn to be perfect for listening to records all day. Congratulations!

Me too.

I'm disqualified for liking each as its own thing BUT..... if I were cherry picking I'd be sure to include "More". It may have been the bombastic final straw in my car's ailing speakers.