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I know a lot of people love that LP in particular. My ears just don't hear it.

I'm always surprised to see love for any live Stones vs. studio. Never really cared for any live recordings. Some are ok. Mick's vocals usually sound awful, IMO. After reading the Keith autobiography, I realized, as well, how much he used the studio to create a unique sound that cannot be replicated live.

Chet Atkins

2nd greatest band leader in jazz behind his hero, Ellington. A tremendous bassist, but when I listen to Mingus, it's the swing that gets me, not his individual playing.

Many of those mentioned. John Cale for the bass line on European Son alone John Entwistle The Who featured 3 incredible musicians whose sum was greater than the parts. When John, Keith and Pete were on the same page, nothing could beat them.

Willie Nelson. So damn meoldic

Richard Thompson Bob Mould Keef Jack White Neil Young

I know exactly one of her songs. Anchorage. I think it's an absolutely fantastic song. I enjoyed it in the past, I will enjoy it again. Strange that how much I admire that song, I never pursued her music beyond it.

If we've turned the corner on the economy, and the numbers and the administration suggest we have, then now is the time to start cutting back. Maybe not the draconian and ill-devised cutbacks suggested by some. I think the long term health of our economy would be well served by making some serious entitlement reforms that would affect the younger generation. Gradually raise the age of retirement and grandfather in some means testing on medicare. Make people who can afford it start to pay a premium in 5-10 years. Nothing huge. I just cannot imagine the positive vibe that would send to

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