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Jenny Lewis and Wilco.

As a casual fan, I loke this approach. The songs on those LPs are solid. Once you really get them in your head I think it will be easier to appreciate their live approach.

Didn't post yesterday because I didn't know until minutes before I got in the car. Jason Isbell. Some great new songs. Can't wait for the new CD.

There's also some beautiful sonic stuff happening on One Sunday Morning. You're tempted to focus on just the words and the hypnotic guitar, but there's some great percussion, electric guitar, and other noise.

Knowing Coulter is a fan, it would've been nice to hear, "Be Kind! We're talking to you Ann Coulter!"

I have a friend who lives on the South Loop. He may have been at that show, but if the horn was as loud in the stadium is it sounded in the stream I was listening to, I felt bad for his little boy back at home and all the other neighbors.

That was a good piece. Wondering if Sam was there so he didn't feel left out, to provide moral support to his mom, who didn't seem at all comfortable, or a little bit of both.

It's your own goddamned fault for bringing math into the discussion!

I only missed China Cat and some of I Know You Rider last night. Sorry I missed China Cat. I may have to go back and hear that. Anyhow, I enjoyed most of this show last night. During Drums, I had the TV on the NASCAR race. Was expecting to find local news, but was too lazy to turn it off. Watching NASCAR and listening to Drums was kind of a trip. Unbroken Chain and Days Between nearly did me in, though. The only time I was really bored listening to any of these shows. But what a finish! Not Fade Away was fantastic!

I'm surprised there hasn't been any Good Lovin' or Not Fade Away yet. I could do without Good Lovin', but would love to hear Not Fade Away. Final encore? I imagine they'd want to close with an original, but I don't know.

I have enjoyed nearly every bit of these shows that I've heard. Perfect? No. Nothing more than a massive money grab? Bullshit. I'd pay $200 to hear this version of the Dead before I'd drop $5 on whatever the hell the Pixies are these days. I wish I could find the right words to articulate what I think they're trying to do. Closure? Something like that maybe. Most of it has sounded very good to my novice ears.

The heat better not warp their guitars and fuck up their appearance in Des Moines next week!

Let's just say I was skeptical of the slippery slope the same-sex marriage naysayers were tossing about until now. Thanks, SCOTUS!

Trump will fade. The caucuses here are still more than 6 months away. Remember, four years ago Michelle Bachmann won our (now defunct) straw poll before fading before the actual voting. I think that many of those who are responding positively to him are doing so because they are racist xenophobes. I think others just like the idea of someone speaking being politically incorrect. They don't necessarily agree with him, but view him as some courageous figure in what they view as our hypersensitive culture. His bombast draws attention and attention begets attention. My prediction is he will fade a

Thanks for sharing that.

One of my favorites, but I get that he's not for everybody. No collaborations with Tweedy or Cline I assume?

I haven't seen any word about RT's set at SS. I am curious.

Really enjoying this, thanks for posting. I'm a rare casual fan and know next to nothing about Phish. My impressions so far are that Trey sometimes sounds a helluva lot like Jerry, other times nothing at all like him. All in all, it sounds like most of the live Dead in my collection.

I am very happy with today's decision and it is a big step. But if anyone thinks this is going to end the debate must not be paying much attention to how Roe v. Wade affected the abortion debate.

I was worried about all those bombers. I pack cans when I travel to DC with my students. A rupture would be seriously bad news.

That's a great read.

Funny you should bring up the Redskins. I was thinking about that name. Granted, Redskin has a history as an epithet, but I have lots of Blackhawks fan friends who didn't mind celebrating that team who would vilify the Redskins name. My question is why celebrate parts of our culture that represent divisiveness, hatred, or oppression?

Yes.

Related tweet. https://twitter.com/NYTArchives/status/613694843286626304

The Confederate flag was not misappropriated. It was born out of a treasonous act to defend the right for one segment of the population to keep a different segment of the population as property based upon skin color. Even the swastika can be used in an appropriate (Hindu) context. Its origins predate its most infamous use. The stars & bars has no other meaning unless born out of true ignorance of its history. Ahh.. Thanks for clarifying. Also, well played with Isis.