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Andrew Bird tonight... also in my very own city! I hardly ever get to see anybody here anymore. Concerts without road trips... what a concept.

Revolution #9 (null)

Dave Matthews Band. Still OK in small doses, and on some of the deeper cuts, but not the steady diet it once was.

Euchre is a big deal in Indiana as well. Fun game, quick and not too complicated. Our current favorite card game is 31 which is also a quick / fun / easy game. (null)

Looks like they've moved past Popeye. Another icon kicked to the curb....

Lost. Great premise to start out (Gilligan's Island meets The Twilight Zone), and great first couple seasons. Loved it. But it just got too weird for its own good. Annoyingly disjointed and impossible to watch, let alone follow. The ending was so-so. Maybe it was planned that way from the start, but I think it was just a semi-graceful way to get out of the hole they dug themselves into.

I thought the ending of St. Elsewhere was brilliant. Well, after I read what it was about the next day I thought it was brilliant. In real time I didn't quite comprehend it.

in no particular order, although I the top 10 are the top 10... You Are the Everything Begin the Begin Flowers of Guatemala Perfect Circle Leave Half a World Away 7 Chinese Brothers Saturn Return The Wrong Child Endgame What's the Frequency, Kenneth? Can't Get There From Here World Leader Pretend Swan Swan H Binky the Doormat Low All the Way to Reno Daysleeper Country Feedback Superman

What is JEOPARDY? (null)

The record comes out tomorrow, and I downloaded it today (pre-orders got access to the download today). It's been streaming for a few days as well. Only one listen so far, but it's pretty good. The horns are more prevalent on some tracks than others. Nice vocals from both. Looking forward to a few more spins. "Dinner For Two" is my early favorite.

This sounds really good... would love to hear more about it. Glenn's website doesn't say anything about it, but it also has a Palo Alto show date in January (although it's not specific about whether it's this work or not). Oddly spread out dates. Hoping for something a little closer. Minneapolis in February does not sound like a fun trip.

And now back to our scheduled programming... I doubt that in 10 years TBS will be running that one 12 times in a row on Christmas eve. I really can't think of another movie that I like that I would LESS like to see a sequel to. (null)

EXACTLY!

well, you might as well get used to it pal.... those moments become more and more frequent. The good news is that soon you won't remember them anyway. I turned 50 last month, which was really not a big deal for me. I've been quite comfortable with my age and acquired wisdom as time goes by. Of course, I got my AARP card in the mail last week, and I admit that was a bit of a zinger. On a "parenting" note, there was also an open house at our son's school last night. He's our third kid, and is a senior in high school. Same school the other two went to. We skipped it. Figured that aft

Well, at least this is way easier than remembering that first album... Bad Company, 78 I think, right after Desolation Angels and Rock n Roll Fantasy came out. Roberts Stadium in Evansville, IN.

It's the one Wilco song that will almost always make me just pause whatever I'm doing and listen to it and absorb it all. More often that not, I'll hit replay to listen to it again whenever I hear it. Listening to it with headphones on a long plane ride or even just in the car is always a very peaceful and "settling" experience for me. None of the other mellow Wilco songs do that for me in the same way.

so, can you actually get your car into the garage now? or was that not the goal...?

Ironic that a thread about a lullaby digressed into a spat over hyphen envy

Cause it's boring?

There's a nice live version from night 3 of the residency. Jeff introduces it as a lullaby as the closer of their main set. I always liked it on Summerteeth.

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I think that VC live in its current form is the most emotionally charged performance of a song that I have ever heard, and I absolutely love it. Maybe it can get better with some revamping, but I don't see how. It's a religious experience for me. Watching John and Jeff just strum and sing through the chaos side by side while Glen and Nels convulse in sound is amazing. Put me down as a "no" on changing this one. I was a little lukewarm on the new Spiders. I like Jeff's solo acoustic version, so I liked the start of the the new full-band version, but after that it all seemed a little piec

And it worked!! Well, that's the story I'm going with, anyway. They probably wouldn't have played it if it was "just" Stan's birthday.

Really nice venue, and a delightful show as always. Finding out that Stan and I share a birthday was a treat, and I wished him a happy birthday on my way out. Favorite moment was hearing the "edgy" (Jeff's adjective) When You Wake Up Feeling Old. The park was really a great place to see Wilco. The areas around the edges were laid back and easy to grab a blanket or lawn chairs and take it all in, and the area in front of the stage was rockin but not at all a mosh pit except right on the rail. Great sight lines. Sound was really good where we were (about 25 feet in front of John). I reall

Thanks... it was a really sweet moment, and also pretty cool to find out that I share a birthday with Stan!