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Very, very sad.

I wish I could remember buying it. I know I dl'd it from Napster first. Some of the tracks were incomplete and I'm pretty sure I got some of the sequencing wrong when I burned a CD. I remember listening to it on the way home from Omaha to Des Moines after a Bob Mould show. At the time, Bob was my favorite. But this was the tour in support of his crappy electronic album, Modulate. That ride home was, in retrospect the beginning of the switch from Bob to Wilco being my favorite.

Not saying I agree, Lamrod, but if it is, that's quite a feat. Also, Anthony, I did the same thing.

As a registered Republican, I pretty much agree w/ this. The Grover Norquist people are NOT deficit hawks. They are interested only in protecting the assets of the wealthy. There is valid concern, IMO, for that. But don't be fooled. Many of them don't give a rat's ass about the deficit.

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If they didn't, that's a strike against their karma.

I think I'm sadder about Levon. Chilton's death was such a shock that it's hard to compare. I love Big Star and some of the other stuff Chilton did, but I connected mostly through Westerberg. I knoew that w/o Chilton there would be no Westerberg, so I am incredibly grateful for his legacy. Levon... He has to have one of the top 5 voices in rock and roll. And his joy and compassion just always seemed to be right there. The Band was kind of in the background of my musical conciousness until about 5 years ago. His last 2 LPs are tremendous. The man had a lifelong career from the early da

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What's an RTT?

Avetts at Des Moines' 80/35 festival, not until July. Then Wilco plays a free festival in Sioux City the next day. It's a 3+ hour drive, so we'll see. Maybe Alejandro Escovedo in May.

Godspeed, Levon. In addition to decades of brillian musicianship, he was the narrator and Ridley in the Right Stuff. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE2t6Sg_H74

Nice seats! Oh, and Yankees suck!

Same weekend as 80/35. I might make a mad dash for Sioux City Sat, but it's not that close.

I volunteered 2 years ago and will again this year for Des Moines' 80/35 festival. Did setup the day before. Some heavy lifting, cool people, and a free ticket to a festival that included spoon and yo la tango. Avetts this year.

Well, shit. I'd forgotten Ed Bradley died. Damn. That was a great group of journalists.

First time on VC for a long time. Glad I didn't miss this link. Thanks!

That footage was some of the wildest stuff I ever saw. I assume all thos trailers were empty, but still. Wow!

I think I heard on the news that they still owe the taxpayers something with 11 digits. This article is 2 years old, but sheds some light... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/BUS91D55HR.DTL

Wrong. I really don't care whether they won a Grammy, but Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters kick all kinds of ass.

Milli Vanilli once one a Grammy. There is absolutely no honor in this award. It may have sold a few records for them, but since it's not even given out on the show, I doubt that. Stop caring about something as trivial as a Grammy.

Ditto to what everyone else said. We we busy last night, so I just heard about 10 minutes ago.

Tickets to a Vikings Super Bowl vs. Tweedy Living Room Show. The mind reels.

Fleetwood Mac has run across my mind. Would Plant/Page/Jones get together for this?

What's ugly about it? He is going to be well compensated for his ability to hit a ball with a bat. A little less because of a serious addiction issue, In the great scheme of our economic systems, I could name about a billion transactions less ugly than what this relapse is going to cost Josh Hamiltion.