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Only King I've read. Loved it. Put in on a kindle or tablet!

Damn he'll be missed.

The kind of fishing that generates reactions like this: Though I guess that's more fish watching than actual fishing.

Maybe she caught a fish!

It appears as though the classic lineup from the Modern Lovers is all still living. Couldn't confirm Ernie Brooks. That would be sweet, though very, very unlikely.

So I went down the Internet wormhole researching the Kicks the other night. I remember a goalkeeper named Geoff because I had a good friend named Jeff and I thought the other spelling looked weird as hell. Anyway, I looked him up. He had a pretty successful EPL career before joining the Kicks near the end of his career. Turns out he's now a golf pro at Grand View Lodge in Nisswa, MN where my family used to vacation. Weird what you can learn through these tubes that make up the Internet.

Trip Shakespeare is the first one that comes to mind.

That will be a blast! My wife and I went to 2 or 3 MLS games when the K.C. team was known as The Wiz, then the Wizards and played at Arrowhead. It's really cool to see how they've grown into their own fantastic facility, although they've priced us out of their games with a family of 4 right now. It seems silly to still be discussing if soccer is ever going to "catch on". It's caught on and will continue to grow. It might not catch football, basketball, or baseball at the highest level, but it's definitely arrived. Oh yeah, and my new avatar. Anyone remember the NASL? I lived in the Tw

Give me another season and I might be interested. Started to watch last year on NBC and expect I will much more. Tim Howard finally helped me decide which team will be my favorite.

I don't often read Krauthammer and when I do, I'm rarely impressed. But this is a good piece.

Crappy casino gig in a town about an hour south of Des Moines, not a free show.

Oh, yeah.

I think Gin Blossoms recently played or will play a free gig in Des Moines. I can't name a song other than Hey Jealousy.

He just posted that he's playing a 90 minute set. I'd go if you still can.

Ames!!

In college I saw the Spin Doctors open up for Paulie Shore. Of course, shows were free in colelge.

Way to send a recovering alcoholic into a bar. Brilliant.

Very cool!

Pretty sure they haven't. They're playing a gig at St Paul's minor league park in September, but other than that I think they'v all have been / will be (so far) festivals.

The song Prairie Wind is pretty bad, but I love "When God Made Me" and some of the others.

My favorite LP. Still listen to it all the time. I think the production holds up. The anti-Husker album. Lush, layered, delicate. I'm sure there are albums that I used to love, but don't anymore. I can't think of any right now.

This is about the only sentence with which I take issue. You don't have to use a weapon to use it. Their existence (especially nukes) is deterrence. Also, Reagan wasn't afraid of raising taxes, but I believe the overall tax burden as percentage of GDP went down significantly under Reagan.

How many strong UT songs have been abandoned in a band setting?

IIRC, Wilco recorded Not for the Season before Loose Fur recorded Laminated Cat, so even though it's not on a proper LP, it is a Wilco song. I really don't see the point in putting together a band and recording a solo album then playing these songs with Wilco. So I'll take that bet.

We have a vested interest in protecting Europe, mostly for economic reasons. While Europeans have gone very pacifistic, I think they (esp. Germany) will flex their muscles if they feel Russia's threat growing. If that happens, we should be there to back them up, but KevinG is right, the last two wars have rightfully burned us out on the idea. I think Hixter's point about fracking and drilling has little to do with paying for a potential war and more with giving Europe another source for their energy needs so they're not so dependent on Russia. Right now, I don't think we should overplay