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The Standells "Dirty Water". LouieB

There are still some members of that generation around, but mostly the youner ones (I guess Donald Byrd was not that old really) including Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter. Shorter has been getting alot of press of late. LouieB

Yup, another of graduate of the Blue Note hard bop school. That generation is really about gone. LouieB

I almost always watch the Grammys, but this year I kind of forgot and then when I realized they were on, I just couldn't bring myself to watch. Kudos to the Black Keys I suppose. I haven't even looked at the complete list, but guess I will. None of the major awards went to anyone I care about. LouieB

I was south at the U of C folk fest but didn't have time to stop by. Thanks for stopping and communing with the house. Everyone I talk to wants to jump in on this because it so badly needs saving, but so far it seems like something is going to happen, but just not sure what. Turning it back into housing seems a bad solution but at least it iwll save the structure. The best would be for it to be a museum, music school, community center, or something interactive. You are right, with the red X on it is very omminous. I now have noticed those red Xes on other buildings, a sign that they wi

They are releasing a fairly wide variety fo stuff including a Chicago salsa box set and Codine and a bunch of off beat one off reissues, but I think their main stock and trade has certainly been the Eccentric Soul. Now that they are also getting into some off beat psych, metal, and garage type stuff I think their will become ore identified as a more inclusive label. LouieB

Cool, the Metro in Chicago. Will be mobed. Bob Mould is much less rare than a Marr show. LouieB

Yea, I'd take it. LouieB

I agree. I recently bought a used car that did not have an iPod jack and was disappointed that I could not plug in my iPod or iPhone. Oh well, back to the CDs. There is something still so cool about CD box sets though. You get the liner notes etc. There is a place for them as well. LouieB

Those made after Robbie left. Particularly mediocre are those after Jericho (which is uneven but not bad.) Specifically High on the Hog isn't so great. I may have heard Jubilation once and never wanted to hear it again. LouieB

When people so many people are getting killed by guns we need to enforce the laws we have and maybe figure out ways to strengthen them. I know you don't think we need to do anything but you are in the minority. LouieB

We need to keep guns out of the hands of the mentally ill Whether or not that means we need more gun laws remains to be seen. LouieB

Do we really want to attach importance to the ideas of a psychopath? The Unibomber also had some salient points in his writings too I suppose. Leave it to HIxter to try and pin the crazy on someone expressing softcore lefty ideas to deflect the issue of gun violence as a problem. LouieB

Re-Shug's post. When the album first came out a friend and I listened to it and we then spent a long time discussing the Joycian implications of the work. Quadrophenia lends itself to multilayered interpretation. I saw this on tour a decade or so ago, before Entwistle passed. It was very moving, surprisingly so in a huge shed on the south side of Chicago. The movie is also strangely moving too. I rewatched it recently. I think the theme of complete alienation from everyone and one's self is very powerful. The over exposure of the Who and the Who's songs have diluted the overall impact

I think so. Let's face it, there is only so much interesting material they can release, but it seems endless. They also have the 7 inch psych stuff and a bunch of that other crazy 60s material. I hate to admit how many of their releases I have bought and never even cracked the plastic wrap, much less put on the turntable or CD player. How would you like to be the guy who has to listen to those endless hours of crap on tape..... LouieB

Its probably me that hasn't aged well either. Big Pink came out of the pressure cooker of the Basement Tapes and includes some of The Band's greatest songs and a great cover. All four singers sound great, young and vital. Some of the songs have become rock standards. Needless to say it was recorded over 40 years before Dirt Farmer, which makes it dated i suppose. Advanced multi-track recording and other innovations can make any record sound great now. Music from Big Pink was a towering acheivement, whereas Dirt Farmer is a nice set of mostly traditional songs with a few good contempor

I don't really have to. Whatever his beliefs are doesn't impact what his actions clearly are. LouieB

Here is a long article in the Chicago Trib today for fans of the Numero Group. Check it out. LouieB Numero Group unreels a mystery over 5 years By Jessica Hopper, Special to the Tribune 1:16 PM CST, February 7, 2013 Like many great mysteries, this one begins with the extraordinary claims of a strange man. "Every record store like this (Record Dugout) has a character like Joe Lopez," says Numero Group's Ken Shipley. Shipley, along with Rob Sevier, one of his two partners in the Chicago-based record label, has spent the last six months untangling a mystery that spans five years and 500 ree

I hate to argue, considering you quoted me, but as good as Dirt Farmer is, it is not even cosee to the first two albums by the Band. It may be better than the faux Band albums and even better than Levon's later solo albums from the first solo period, but the first two albums by the Band are up there with the greatest records ever made. Dirst Farmer is a nice late career comeback. LouieB

Certainly the CD is taking kind of a death spiral at the moment, but so did the cassette tape, LP, the 45, and even the 78 not so many years ago. CDs have advantages the rest of those formats don't, like you can play them in a car, get a whole ton of music on one, etc. But who knows. It could end up at the 8 track, which has not come back but somehow I doubt it. The vast majority of folks who are not downloading are still buying CDs. LouieB

We seem to be in the middle of an unpresidented amount of gun violence, but maybe it is just we are so much more sensitive to it because of Newtown. UNtil the outrage continues long term and the voices parrotting that guns don't kill people, people do and that we should be able to have all the guns we want are finally drowned out by those who think that unfettered gun ownership isn't a constitutional right that can go on unchecked, this kind of stuff is going to go on. LouieB

I looked up his filmography because honestly I donn't remember him being in other movies, but in fact he was. Aside from documentaries and the two we are discussing here, the others he was in look terrible and certainly there aren't any I think I saw, with the exception of Feeling Minnisota, which I remember as pretty mediocre. Then again maybe I didn't see it. So while he certainly spent most of his life as a musician, he did a fair amount of movies. It really was great that the end of his career got that bump. because his later solo records and the faux Band records were not that great.

I don't but I sure seem to get some every year. LouieB

Oh sorry, it has been rough. Well The Right Stuff is a fantastic movie, Levon only has a small part, but is great, particularly if you remember that actual period. LouieB

Can someone send a link on this or is up on ITunes? Do they talk about their Chicago connections? LouieB