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Was this for the federal insurance initiative rather than the state one? Had it been for the state Blago would have shown up I would guess. Durbin is a good guy. We are very lucky to have two excellent Senators. LouieB

I suspect I care even less than anyone. I am totally done with fests until next summer. LouieB

Uh yea.....considering it mostly just foolin around....

Really? Wow, must be a slow day for all of us....LouieB

Hence dispelling the rumor on one of the Band's threads that Robbie had no solo career. Both are great albums. Not that Robbie is such a great singer....but.... LouieB

Whenever I hear this band's name I think of the old country song "dropkick me Jesus through the goalpost of life..." I know it has nothing to do with this thread, but no one else was chiming in. LouieB

When those animals start getting their shit together, human beings are SOL. LouieB

I'll second that.... Internet connections have been cut..... LouieB

Give Blago my regards....good luck with all this. LouieB

I do like both Jansch and Renbourn alot and have heard Martyn on occasion, so I will check it out.

I was half joking....the 2 grand a square foot is huge for Chicago real estate. The screw design is perfect for both Chicago and Illinois....we are always getting screwed by someone... LouieB

He is one of Brit folk artists I never listened to much, although I know who he is... LouieB

I just love reading well written stuff. I won't say the New Yorker is always spot on, but this time the article had something somewhat new to say about a well worn topic. Of course it is always great to see Ginsburg's pictures... LouieB

Aman never kids.....either way that is one funky band name... LouieB

The weirdest part about this though is that Kerouac in real life was extremely didactic. It was his unbelieveable talent that enabled him to be opinionated, yet not let that interfer with his art. LoueiB

Actually I know someone who lives a few blocks from Washington park on the south side, they seriously wll be able to do this......well not really, but it is going to bring incredible economic development to an area that is on the upswing. LouieB

It is a calm cool night in Chicago and I can't sleep, so I figured I would post this article from the New Yorker by Louis Menand on the Beats...... Critic at Large Drive, He Wrote What the Beats were about. by Louis Menand October 1, 2007 -

The Milwaukee Art Museum is interesting, but I doubt this will ever be built. Who's going to buy condos in something like this...?? (famous last words....) Louieb

Never been much of a John Martyn fan, but I have a friend named John Martin. LouieB

Happy Birthday!! (wherever you are... LouieB

I need to give this another shot. I know it is an important movie in some respects, but somehow it was paced really slow or something, I donno. A great movie about REAL gospel music is "Say Amen, Somebody". Of course RS isn't going to promote that.... Another great music movie is "The Decline of Western Civilization" (part one only..since I have not seen the other two...) LouieB

If you mean Chuck Berry, yea I guess he is....everyone has emulated him since...hisChess era singles have certainly stood the test of time. LouieB

I guess I need to re-see the movie, since I saw I can't remember that much about it except for Bono stupidly spray painting something. I like the music from the album, but not sure why the movie bored me. Hail Hail should be great, but in fact Chuck Berry is not a really nice person and he comes across as kind of a jerk; I know I tried watching it on tape and never even got to most of the performance footage. I did enjoy somewhat hearing about his early years in St. Louis, but even that was marred by his grating personality. The Devil and Daniel Johnston just showed up from Netflix today

Beltman claimed my extra Alligator... LouieB

Anyone need a copy of Alligator? I have an extra. Its good but I don't need two. (Make me an offer I can't refuse.) LouieB