LouieB

I heard the new single today, sounds exactly like Bruce Springsteen... LouieB

My thought exactly.....let's see if either of us actually get out of the house. LouieB

the Flume song by Bon Iver (well at least I can't get it out of my head...best use of the word flume by an artist this year...) LouieB

Haven't some already been released? LouieB

Sounds like it is time to move.... LouieB

Yea, if only we would make this gig sometime. There is also Von (which we should plan for during the holidays...) also, but at neither place will they let you stay all night.... Louieb

Is this over? I must have slept through New Years... LouieB

I think you will have to leave after Jeff plays at 10. But if you are there 24 hours you may make friends maybe someone will take you in. (Okay Chicago has something, let's hear from Omaha and Denver.....) LouieB

Yea, that's a good idea. For 20 bucks you can stay there all night and see Jeff. Plenty of people sleep in the back (i know I have in the past) since it gets pretty slow in the wee hours. LouieB

What do you consider good? If you check the thread on what to do in Chicago it gives some places to look for shows (The Reader and Time Out) and some clubs that people think are good places to go. Cross reference those places with their calendars (all clubs have websites) and you may find something to do and you may find somewhere to stay, eat, hang out, etc. I know you are young, but with that kind of itinerary you may be pretty beat once you get here...actually if you are here on Tuesday there are some regular gigs that are fun such as Devil in a Woodpile at the Hideout that won't be too

And don't we miss that as well... LouieB

I saw the trailer on this recently at a show and it looks really great. They seem to have nailed the fashions and hairstyles. Can't wait. LouieB

We essentially aren't disagreeing, except 18 million people probably are really thrilled by this since she can't be president. Hillary is a highly recognized figure and far more progressive than Condi Rice and hopefully will end up being more honest. I am not thrilled by it either, but to be honest, I actually don't care either way. She could be president elect right now and I wouldn't be crying. Think of the alternatives....(visualize Sarah Palin as commander in chief okay??) LouieB

No on has been misled. Because Obama has appointed some old hands to various positions doesn't constitute being misled. if he up and starts a unilateral war with some, that's being misled. If he raises taxes on the middle class, that is being misled (it may happen anyway because the economy is so fucked up), if he doesn't roll back a reasonable percentage of Bush's policies (not the things he can't control or laws passed by the Congress), that will be being misled, if he doesn't at least try to create green jobs, that is being misled. Barack is just one guy and he can't do everything he

Actually as I pointed out in another post, that is not entirely true. Both advocated during the campaign a fairly quick withdrawal from Iraq and in fact Barack may be more hawkish on Afganistan than Hillary. You got that right comrade.....this is a highly divided country. To shift too far left at this juncture is playing with fire. it is not like even 60% of the actual popular vote went to Barack. While the electoral college is pretty much a sweep, it is deceiving. As Barack said during an interview a week or so ago "I'm not stupid, man, that's how I got elected President." He was

Actually it smacks of the same ol different ol. With the exception of the Bush holdovers, of which there will be very few, most of these folks have not worked for the current administration. The fact that they did work for Clinton and other admiminstrations is really not so unusual, or that they worked for Obama or someone else in IL government I know everyone has looked at this whole thing as a whole NEW power structure, but that in itself is naive too. As someone who works for a government I have seen the same players pass in and out of offices for the better part of two decades. Many

Rumor out this morning is my boss, the state superintendent of IL schools is on the transition team. I was going to ask him to take me to Washington with him, but I doubted he would be asked. How wrong I was... Well I am fine with people being skeptical of some of these appointments. Some of them are obvious and others are troubling, but there just is no way after a widespread and hard fought campaign that some of the jobs aren't going to wind up in the hands of long time advisors, friends of friends, and a few adversaries. Frankly I would have been shocked if Barack had NOT offered some h

Exactly. I think Snap is very good for a band overview. LouieB

Kelly currently lives in Wisconsin as far as I know. Some small town near Madision according to sources. Sadly she no longer lives in Chicago; she used to sing with everyone here. LouieB

It is not really that strange that people don't know who Wilco is. As mentioned on the CKLW thread, there was a time records were played on the radio so people knew music by listening to the radio. Since Wilco is not played on stations that play to the masses, the masses don't know about Wilco. LouieB

I like the Jam better than Style Council, but both are pretty good. LouieB

Barack is the boss. And a whole ton of Clinton supporters (both Bill and Hil) voted for Barack as a sign of unity. As I recall Hil campaigned on the platform of getting the hell out of Iraq also, despite giving some support to Bush initially. In fact she was more in favor of getting out sooner than Barack was initially. Let's get real for a minute. I want out of Iraq as badly as the next person, but it isn't going to happen in January. You simply can't dump a hundred thousand troops into a country, distrupt the entire political process and pull out without a thoughtful way to do it. I

I would hope so. After all these years G&Rbetter make some money on this thing. bummer.... Rosie played him on her show the other day and I swear I can never identify his songs, EVER. I like him well enough but he doesn't sound like anyone. LouieB

Wouldn't you love to be the person who puts these shows together for him?? LouieB

Gotta get the vinyl....NOT>... LouieB