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And with the Yardbirds, right?

As a registered Republican I couldn't give a flying fuck about anything coming out of C-PAC. They are part of the wingnut shit that is driving the party to irrelevance. I'm pretty sure they exist mostly for the left wing to say, "See, we're right. All you conservatives are racist idiots."

Clapton has released a lot of shitty material. Especially in the 80s and 90s, but he belongs in the all-time pantheon. His moves from Yardbirds to Cream to rootsy blues in the 70s helped shape a lot of the music that followed. He is brilliant technically and is capable of playing with as much emotion as anyone.

Diamond Dogs has a few brilliant songs, but a share of clunkers,

Casual fan at best, but really enjoyed this interview on NPR this morning. http://www.npr.org/2013/03/16/174426576/duane-allman-guitar-playing-that-gets-inside-of-you

I love the Berlin trilogy. Lodger was, by far, the weakest entry. It's good, but Scary Monsters was much better, IMO.

On Dickens, I've read Xmas Carol and Tale of 2 Cities. Loved Xmas Carol, didn't get into A Tale of 2 Cities until the final 1/3. Not exactly high literature, but I love Nick Hornby.

Way too hard for me to pick a fav. Love, love , love the Seu Jorge covers!!

I am wondering why NOJ is in a book club for teenage girls. Probably better not knowing.

Seems like a ridiculously high standard. Can you provide incontrovertible proof that you weren't involved?

Wow, this thread got really quiet today. Must be a buncha Catholics trying to keep up with Francis. Either that or people lost interest after the non-word irregardless showed up in it.

Bump!! This LP is fantastic. AV Club's review is pretty good. http://www.avclub.com/articles/david-bowie-the-next-day,93543/ I might listen to it for a week straight.

I would agree with AGIB. To me, it's the empty spaces. YHF is a great noisy feast, but there are a lot more sparse moments on AGIB.

Greece was forced into austerity because they were forced into prosperity. The cost of borrowing became too expensive. That's why we need to reduce our deficit. I never argued we need a perfectly balanced budget, but we need to shrink, not grow, the deficit. Also, when household borrow money, who prospers? The banks. When the federal government borrows, who prospers? China? Is this spiral really in our long term best interests?

The Euros (Greece, Italy, Spain) were forced to be austere because their bond ratings were going to shit. They went on a spending binge in good times and bad. We've been doing the same, on and off, since the 1930s, but really began to go nuts in the 60s through 80s. Then came the short lived tech-bubble-fueled imaginary surplus of the 90s. That led to the Bush tax cuts. Then Afghanistan, Iraq, TARP, stimulus. If Krugman had his way, he'd do another bigger stimulus and spend us into banana republic territory. That is simply unsustainable.

An interesting article, Kevin. Krugman is certainly a good advocate for left-wing economics. I'm not sure why he says there's nothing wrong w/ an $845 billion deficit when he say about 1/2 of that is what would currently be sustainable. He really glosses over the entitlements issue. Why does it need to be dealt with now?? Because we clearly have an incredible crisis developing as baby boomers continue to go on medicare and social security. The insane thing is that there are reasonable solutions (gradually raising the retirement age, means testing) but the assholes in Washington view co

Thanks for the notice!

Europe - Final Countdown Starship - We Built this City All tracks of Lou Reed/Metallica - Lulu

Rock and Roll All Night

To quote a different Bill Murray movie, but not Murray's character, "Lighten up, Francis."

Saw them open for the Old 97's once. I was pretty impressed. Good harmonies, good energy. Unfortunately it doesn't look they're coming close to the midwest.

Think simple supply/demand. The fed pumps billions into the Econ to keep it afloat, but what's the true value do that money? Let's hope inflation stays under control, but I'm not holding my breath.

Just because Sparky had an unnatural obsession with the fed doesn't mean that it's incorrect to point out that the fed's pumping $$ into the economy is responsible, to a large degree, for the increase in the stock market and that our economy is still a house of cards ready to collapse.

Bill Murray follows his muse. Sometimes it leads to fame and popularity, sometimes it leads to beautiful art, sometimes it confounds us all. It's his muse, we cannot question, just appreciate. Also, my brother once observed that he was playing essentially the same role in Lost in Translation that he had played in Meatballs. A jaded, but caring presence in the life of a lost, sad, and confused young person. Brilliant!

Just curious exactly what you mean by this? Do you expect a collapse of the economy that will be blamed on Republicans? ADemocratic takeover of the house in 2014? Something else?