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Jonathan Richman, whom I've wanted to see since 1986 or so. Damn!

Not sayin' I'm for term limits. Back in '90s I thought we should have them, then the '94 elections proved incumbency wasn't a guarantee to a job. BUT, I do think the influence of lobbyists would be diminished because they wouldn't always be running for re-election and there just wouldn't be as much time to foster the lobbyist/politician relationship. I could be completely wrong and the lobbyists may be able to influence over a bunch of amateurs. Anyway, it's going to require a constitutional amendment and that's just not going to happen because the anti forces would remind people in every

Not really relevant to the sport, but Joe Mauer's wife is pregnant with twins and that's just fucking cool.

In other news, I've got my ticket, I AM seeing him 3/1. Anyone seen him recently? I'm a huge fan of his 80s work, in particular Rockin' and Romance, which is hard to come by today. My guess is there won't be much of that or the Modern Lovers stuff.

Misread.

I agree with the first sentence, but couldn't imagine listening to it during a workout. Lots of Wilco tunes in my running playlist, but Less Than You Think is not one of them. Pretty sure Late Greats has been on it, though.

Please read this, get outraged, and take action. Goddamn do we need transparency and a true free market in healthcare. The author was on the Daily Show and Charlie Rose this week. http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/

I'll start the bidding at

This, fundraising aside. These assholes thrive on the message that there is no such thing as bad publicity. I do admire that kid, about 10 years old, whose mom took a picture of him near a protest holding a sign saying "God hates no one".

Funny the Westerberg connection. At a show once, I thought it was about how I view(ed) Bob Mould.

Seeing the movie usually makes me think not such nice thoughts about Bennett. I really wish I'd seen the band while he was in it. I love his guitar work and his contributions to the band are beyond question, but he truly annoys me during that whole mixing board scene. I haven't watched it since he died, so those thought might be tempered out of respect for the dead.

My point is I think that that's photshopped bullshit. It's pretty obvious when you look at the font. Maybe it was intended to be viewed as nothing else, just a joke.

I just googled "russian meteor global warming" and didn't find any conspiracy theories. What connection could be drawn?

Cattle theft?

This Republican agrees.

I hope to see him on 3/1

Yeah, I agree. I have no idea what Hixter looks like, but I totally imagine him at Solid Sound looking like this:

I was disappointed. I've got nothing against Mumford & Sons, but they just don't do anything for me. I'd rather listen to Wilco playing it w/ Levon.

2 replies to Ghosts of Electricity 1) Enforcing current laws could do a great deal. It would include giving the ATF appropriate resources to press charges against gun dealers violating the law, for example. 2) Hixter isn't a statistic. He is a living, breathing human being. Just because gun owners in general are more likely to be victimized rather than stop criminals does not mean he fits into this statistical norm. There are lots of variables. Women in general make less money for doing the same job as men. I am a public school teacher. I work with a lot of women who have more exper

I think I -- and others -- said this before, but it bears repeating as, Hixter, you call for the current laws to be enforced. The NRA and their friends in Congress are a roadblock to this. IIRC, when someone posted a link to a Daily Show bit that you ignored as you don't like Stewart. I could have imagined this or it could've been someone else on your side of the debate. Anyhow, it's worth a watch. It's a really well documented story, not just Stewart spouting off. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-16-2013/there-goes-the-boom---atf

Also, all this discussion and a moderate case of insomnia just brought this album to mind. Haven't listened to it in quite a while. I'll have to give it a spin soon. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-minus-5-mw0000357117 Good night, I hope.

As I read Lost Highway's post, all I think is that everyone -- myself included, I suppose -- is more interested in scoring points in some debate we're having rather than having an honest search to solutions of gun violence. Tweedling says Hixter is "owning" his opponents. Lost Highway says if you're really trying to protect your family, you wouldn't own a car. Cars suck. They pollute, they're dangerous, they're fucking expensive to buy and maintain, yet most of us own them because they conveniently and quickly move us from point A to point B. Guns suck too, unless you happen to have one

Tweedling, I am not dreaming of being a small European country, if I am the target of that particular charge. I just want to point out that it is clear that we pay a hefty cost for wanting to protect our right to own guns. You know the saying "Freedom isn't free"? It doesn't apply only to those brave souls who have paid the ultimate price in defense of our country. It also includes every innocent victim of gun violence because we have, as a country, determined that the right to bear arms is worth the cost of the gun violence we put up with in this country. The rocket launcher question i

I just wish you and other gun advocates acknowledged more honestly other parts of my argument.

This is a point that's been brought up before, but the experience of the U.K. shows that this statement is simply inaccurate. We just aren't anywhere close to going down the same road as them and I'm not sure we should. The U.K. pretty much did away with firearms. Period. It has saved lives. Period. These are points that are simply true and cannot possibly be debated by reasonable people. One could argue that it has created other problems. There is a lot of evidence that it emboldens burglars to break into homes while the homeowners are at home. The right to bear arms can empower both