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YAY for Liriano.

We have killed, we have built. We have killed for sound reasons (WWII) and crappy (Vietnam, Spanish-American, etc.), but we HAVE built up. bin Laden has not. Counting dead bodies is a pretty crappy and wholly incomplete way to evaluate the legacy of a 230+ old country vs. that of a 57 year old man.

My kids turn 6 Wednesday. They go through phases and we're definitely in a Star Wars drought. I hope this changes soon. I'd watch any of the Star Wars (even the new ones, hell, even Clone Wars) for the rest of my life than be exposed to any of the schlock my kids have gotten hooked on from the Disney Channel. It all started with Phineas and Ferb, which is great, now it's all the crap. Lemonade Mouth, Wizards of Waverly Place, Zach & Cody, Good Luck Charlie. The best thing about this is it's easier for me to enforce T.V. time limits because they're watching crap that I cannot stand.

The 1st part of this statement is true, but entirely incomplete. As often as we have killed we have built. No, we aren't innocent and no, we are not perfect. But to say the U.S. is worse that bin Laden (or even in the same ballpark) is to have a very incomplete view of history. bin Laden's focus was destruction.

I'm in shock. This is OBVIOUSLY huge and good news, but there will be a shitload of angry jihadists out there. ETA: How am I supposed to find out if Nene got fired on Celebrity Apprentice?

Nothing as heartwarming as watching a five year old sing, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die". Can't wait to hear his take on "Gin & Juice".

Sorry you feel like this is some sort of competition. Best of luck to you, too.

I never said the news was good, but there are plenty of articles that are less than apocalyptic.

Meet the Wilco

I think the problem many have with your posts and links is that you seem to seek out the most frightening and pessimistic articles about this tragedy and accept them at face value while discounting the rest. I am not sure why governments (other than Japan's trying to save face) and "mainstream" news agencies would want to lie to us about the dangers this poses. It will probably be the worst environmental disaster in history, at worst nuclear accident (and those are, probably the worst and most long-lasting kind). But reading your posts seem to give the impression that you believe this accid

Buddy was of huge transitional importance from the 50s to the 60s. He took more control of his career, wrote more of his own material than most, produced or co-produced much of his material, added strings and other flourishes to rock music. We'll never know, he could've ended up playing Reno casinos, but my sense of it is that he would have continued to be respectable and important.

Thinking about the short-lived brilliance of his career in these terms gives me goose bumps.

Koln Concert is pretty much the definitive live improvised piece released as album. Nels is doing the same thing. They will sound completely different as Keith's was a solo piano piece, very much blues based. This will sound avant garde and disonant, but they sure do have a lot to do with each other.

If there is a line to be drawn, personal insults is a good place to draw it. I also see where A-Man is coming from. To me, it doesn't get old. But I've been active here for about of 1/3 of the time as you and don't spend much time here per day. For the most part, there's just a handful of people who seem to post the "controversial" stuff. Wouldn't it make more sense for those who don't like what certain people tend to post to just put those certain people on ignore? The mods get to decide, of course. It's "their site" and the get to set the tone they want. My wife moderates ano

You're absolutely right. But I see value in being immature, egotistical and insulting, at least when on an internet forum. That may sound strange, and doesn't describe a lot of my posts here, but let me try to explain myself. I started coming around here regularly about 3 years ago after seeing one of the residency shows. What I loved (and still love, periodically) about VC is the anarchy of it all. That anarchy seems to have been dying a slow death. To me, that's a shame. VC at it's best (from my perspective, at least) means you could go from one incredibly earnest thread about poli

Interesting. Keith Jarrett's Koln Concert is a favorite of mine.

Bump... Just saw that CBS Sunday Morning is profiling Mavis Staples this Easter morn.

Iggy Pop - Lust for Life CCR - Fortunate Son Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench

1st one tbat comes to mind is Jackson Browne's "These Days" as sung by Nico. Lots of Bob Mould songs break my heart, but even the melodic ones don't strike me as beautiful.

The demise of the daytime soap gives me a glimmer of hope for western civilization.

Even after I remind of of this gem from the Wilco sells out to VW thread?

Just scan your receipt and post it here. Then I'll be satisfied. Come to think of mine, I got mine through legitimate channels, but it was still free (amazon gift card).

NPR was streaming it last week. I enjoyed it.

How many people on this board have their LP and didn't pay for it?? Musicians have to get paid too.