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Was anyone on here there? I know of at least one friend who was. Sounds like it was a good time!

https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2022/04/04/review-golden-smog-reunite-to-celebrate-first-avenue-52nd-birthday

I'm not a paying subscriber. Yesterday's entry about opening for Warren Zevon at the Blue Note was my favorite of the free content so far.

Atlanta Season 3... FINALLY! Both new episodes are so good.

Does Alton Brown count here?

More Wilco Twitter

Wilco (kinda) seen on Twitter. Ted McClelland, a Chicago-based journalist I followed on Twitter, posted the following then deleted it.

Took my 16 year old to Jackass Forever. We both cringed and laughed throughout. The adrenaline rush I get just from watching other people do those sort of things rivals riding a roller coaster.

I watched Coda on Apple. Highly recommended.

Just saw an episode of The Book of Boba Fett that had Thundercat. Nice to see pix of him at the festival.

19 hours ago, tinnitus photography said:

a little surprised to learn he just turned 71.

The guy's been around for just about everything and been so consistent throughout.

Roseanne Cash's induction speech was beautiful. I loved the whole episode.

Jesus came to save

American Christians judge

Merry Damn Christmas

14 hours ago, Beltmann said:

 

I haven't seen all of the buzzy titles (living in flyover country means waiting for some key films, like Drive My Car), but of the many 2021 titles I've managed to catch so far, The Power of the Dog is my favorite. It's really four stories of four couples (brother/brother; man/wife; mother/son; bully/target), and each one, through amazing alchemy, deepens the others. Campion's directing choices also telegraph so many subtle, rich ideas that my movie sensors went haywire. Loved it!

There was just a deep sense of tension going through the whole film. I had the sense I had during the opening scene of Inglorious Basterds (on a slightly smaller scale) through the whole thing.

My mom grew up in Spencer County, just SW of Louisville. I looked up Mayfield on the map yesterday morning and it wasn't very close. So I was surprised to see CNN in Spencer County yesterday as well. Called a friend of hers and they were barely scathed compared to Mayfield. Absolute tragedy!

Seventy degree weather and tornadoes in December. Some pretty easy dots to connect to big climate trends.

Power of the Dog on Netflix. A dark, dark western with Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst. Highly recommended.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2021/12/06/beatles-get-back-documentary-songwriters/

On 12/3/2021 at 1:33 PM, Chez said:

Saturday:  Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit

I saw them Saturday. So damn good. Closed with an absolutely fantastic version of the Stones' Can't You Hear Me Knocking. I am, IIRC, 0 for 6 for shows with Amanda Shires being part of the 400 Unit. 

12 hours ago, Beltmann said:

 

It’s true that The French Dispatch lacks the emotional hooks of Anderson’s earliest works. But it has been replaced by stagecraft of such overwhelming personal invention that it carries viewers forward on an equally gratifying wave.

I hope this is true for me. When I look back to Royal Tenenbaums (by far, my favorite of his works), it's the emotional hooks of this dysfunctional family and a father desperate for making amends, if only for his own survival, that truly spoke to me. One of my favorite lines in any movie is, "Immediately after making this statement, Royal realized that it was true."

Really loving this fictional oral history about a 70s duo.

I believe it was this show (it may have been night 2) that Marc Maron referenced in his Thursday podcast. Pretty touching.

Bob Mould

15 hours ago, Chez said:

Agreed - It's not nearly as good as New York, but I still listen to Magic and Loss from time to time - usually on the anniversary of a friend's or family member's death.  And it still punches me in the gut and lifts me up in the same 40 minutes!   And that's a good thing. 

Glad it clicks with you in those moments!

13 minutes ago, Chez said:

This LP hasn't withstood time as much as New York and Songs for Drella for me. I've listened to it when people close to me have died hoping for some consolation. Nothing. There are a few songs that stand on their own, but as a concept album, it doesn't click with me.

Hobo Johnson. Taking my 17 year old daughter to her first club show. If you've never heard of Hobo Johnson, check out his Tiny Desk Concert. I find him endlessly creative, funny, neurotic, and entertaining. 

My daughter can drive, but I told her I wanted to come, hang out in the back, and try not to embarrass her.