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Lake Street Dive with Monica Martin opening. Listening to Martin now. Beautiful vocalist.

Mike Doughty & the Ghost of Vroom

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/opinion/abba-dancing-queen-pop-music.html Sorry if it's behind a paywall.

Before I realized they change their name I found an electronic artist on Spotify called Ohmme. I feel like I saw somewhere there was legal action involved. Neither name does much to capture the imagination. I do very much enjoy their music though.

It never occurred to me that it might be on Imax in Des Moines (it's not). So I'm glad I got a ticket for tonight to our newly renovated arthouse. It's not showing at the other (slightly less artsy) theater where I saw it originally. Would have loved to relive the memory.

I'm going to say you nailed this perfectly. No notes.

Holy crap is the Ed Stasium mix of Tim brilliant! Give it a listen. It really pops out of the speakers. The keyboards on Here Comes a Regular are throughout the whole song, no just the end. I can see why Ederlyi wanted them at the end for a climax, but it's really so much better now. Every song truly is. Bob Mehr's liner notes are great too. Maybe a reason to not just rely on streaming.

The Abba Voyage Hologram show in London tomorrow!

Saw Nora O'Conner, Uwade, and Andrew Bird at Out of Space in Evanston last night. A truly sublime night of music. I've listened to Bird lots but never seen him live outside of sitting in during Wilco's 2008 Winter residency. Unbelievable. A feast for ears, eyes, and soul. Uwade is a young singer-songwriter. Only a few things out there online, but check her out. I hope she goes places.

Hemming and hawing on Willie Nelson

Enough said.

Spent a lot of time outside in DC Tuesday-Thursday supervising a school trip. I felt it. NYC looked 5x worse.

Prompt... "I am an American aquarium drinker" I tried to add, "I assassin down the avenue" but that violated their terms. Too violent, I assume. I would wear any one of these t-shirts.

So no Disney v. DeSantis banter? Didn't want to offend his Universal hosts?

Tommy Stinson. In a strip mall bar in suburban Des Moines.

Every time I see this subject, I giggle a bit to myself.

Wilco - Live at The Riviera, 2/16/08

If anyone else is there, there's a good chance I'll be wearing the tshirt in my profile pic.

Wilco (sans Yo La Tengo, I imagine)

Nels, Jeff, and Pat taking turns soloing on this during the 2008 Winterlude night 2 was a lot of fun.

One of the Winterlude 2008 shows was the first smokeless (mostly -- I saw a couple of guys clandestinely smoking a cigarette the way most smoke a joint) show I attended. Illinois passed the law before Iowa, where I live. It was wonderful. That trip was also the first time I handled a smart phone, my friend's iPhone.

White Reaper

I really enjoyed this movie. I feel like Blanchett was, from time to time, just over the top enough to create some humor. A bit more subtle than, say, J.K. Simmons in Whiplash. I had to do some Googling to fully understand the ending, but also thought it was great.

This was a fun read and may inspire me to read more Dickens. I've read A Christmas Carol and A Tale of Two Cities. I think Oliver Twist and Great Expectations are now on my list.

NYT put out a list of 15 Verlaine/Television essentials. The live version of Little Johnny Jewel (Live at the Old Waldorf) really showed his influence on Nels.