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We were sitting up front in the center for the openers, and then standing in the pit over on the right during Jenny's set.

It did say noon, but I've learned not to trust them.

ME TOO! I wish we'd said hi. Anyway, October promises to be very good to me concertwise, bookended by shows at the Pabst. Jenny Lewis Tilly and the Wall Andrew Bird tri-Wilco before a business trip! (Gotta love when that can work out) Jeff Tweedy November ... Decemberists, and maybe more! I'm hoping for Jon Brion to play Largo on my birthday.

They lie. Pabst onsale now; not sure about Champaign.

Me! And I had no idea that it had started again last week. They replay episodes, right?

I thought the TSA skit on SNL last night was funny. Sometimes I think Dane Cook is funny too! Kris, when U and I saw Greg Proops last month he made some comment about appreciating Dane Cook because date rapists need a comedian, too. Which comedian is higher on your hate list?

Thanks for the report, Bridget! I'm seeing Jenny on Tuesday, and I'm very excited.

Have a great birthday, Bridget!

I'm so sorry, Jeff. From what I've seen, your mom was always superbly kind and friendly to all the strangers she must have met over the the years of being music mom - I'm sure that extended to all who met her. And now so many more people share in your loss. My thoughts are with you and your family.

I can't watch video at work so I don't know if anything that was linked renders this advice pointless ... but search for "Rush Rush" by Paula Abdul instead and you may have more luck.

Probably ... refresh my memory, please.

The Midwest Monster gave way to a "Truth T.V." segment with a local white DJ urging us to demand receipts this November 7th. And now we are watching a political activism documentary featuring, so far, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Harper, and Noam Chomsky.

To the list of amazing and superbly random things on Madison public access TV we can add the current program, which seems to be called "Underground Perspective Curb Music." It's a homemade music chat show featuring a rapper in a Milwaukee Bucks warmup jacket, rambling about how he's got a 9-to-5 and a brother gotta do what a brother gotta do, referring to himself as the Midwest Monster, and now showing a selection of rap videos completely unedited. Words cannot express how much I love our public access. I hope they'll show the half-hour silent "meat on the grill" program again soon.

Wow. Wilco/MMJ is an excellent bill, I say from experience. (Side note - wish I'd made it to Calexico tonight!) ...But wasn't that show originally MMJ only? Would they both play full sets? Man, if that happened...

What a lovely little girl! Does she have a tiny toque yet?

Okay. Here is the "religion suite" of songs played at the Messiah show. After "The Ruling Class" and "Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down" there's some fun discussion. I'm sure it's not definitive, but it was pretty interesting. The Ruling Class Satan Your Kingdom Must Come Down Theologians

I know I have the show somewhere. Let me see...

You should listen to some of the banter from the small Christian college solo shows he played last year. Messiah College is one that comes to mind.

Thanks for the suggestions, E! It's from a cartoon at http://marriedtothesea.com. Go to the monthly archives pages to see them all displayed for a particular month. I had to hunt down the original cartoon from my sig, and found a couple other old favorites. Say, in third grade I knew how to knit. I'll bet I could learn again!

We have so much talent around here! Especially the meatloaf. I have fits of craftiness every once in awhile. I currently have sitting around two lovely 5 inch square ceramic tiles that an awesome guy whose name starts with a "P" and ends with an "aul" brought me back from Portugal last year. Does anybody have any suggestions of what I could do with them? Bonus points if it involves something functional. I was thinking about incorporating them into a tabletop, but I'm really not sure I'm up to that task.

We wish you a happy birthday, Nat!

Happy birthday, man. Perhaps I'll see you around.

The Andrew Hill disc made the first 80 miles or so of my Sunday night drive go by in a most enjoyable fashion.