Wendy

DING DING DING !!! We have a winner! My seat: Sec. H, Row J, seat 22 StubHub: Sec H, Row J seat 21 ... and only paid $38 more than my Ticketmaster seat (*coughfeescough*) So I think I love StubHub today. (Sorry, I didn't want to lead you on any further, but you had to know where I was going with this ... although I really did want to know what the odds were. )

I don't watch much TV, but somehow I saw the preview for this the other night and thought it sounded interesting. I had no idea it was your baby! I too love Benjamin Bratt.

Ah, yes, I know we can do that if there's some empty seats (it is sold out) ... but I was more curious about the math part. What are the odds? I don't know how to figure it, or if it is even possible to calculate odds when a show is sold out and you are hoping someone sells them again.

Been trying to find one more Radiohead ticket for my friend who decided to go with me at the last minute. I was doing this one solo, so there are only 2 seats I am interested in - one on either side of me. It is a sold out show. 6000 reserved seats in the Pavilion at Verizon Wireless in Indy. So here's my question for you math whizes ... what are the odds of me finding one of those two reserved seats?

Hey, daddio, where's the video? JK - that's very cool that Langford does this with the kids.

Hardwood Floor, I doubt you would like this, judging by what you do like. It doesn't seem your thing.

Neko's site mentioned more dates to follow, but no word of more from Giant Sand's site. But a new Giant Sand album Sep 2! From YepRoc Records: and ... .

NEKO CASE GIANT SAND NEKO CASE TOUR DATES FOR SUMMER/FALL 2008 MON 8/25 - TUCSON, AZ @ THE RIALTO (Benefit for Greyhound Adoption League + Tucson Dog Protection) WED 8/27 - RENO, NV @ ROBERT HAWKINS AMPHITHEATRE THU 8/28 - SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ GALLIVAN CTR. TWILIGHT CONCERT SERIES FRI 8/29 - BOISE, ID @ WINERY @ EAGLE KNOLL SAT 8/30 - SEATTLE, WA @ BUMBERSHOOT FESTIVAL +SUN 8/31 - VANCOUVER, BC @ MALKIN BOWL (Neko Case show) +*MON 9/1 - VANCOUVER, BC @ MALKIN BOWL (New Pornographers show-NOT Neko solo material) FRI 9/12 - EARTHDANCE FESTIVAL @ BLACK OAK RANCH, CA SUN 9/14 - MOR

Hey, nurfherder! Congrats on the move. What for the change, a new job? Whatever the case, I hope the cross-country trip goes smoothly and your AC doesn't break. That happened to me once on a cross-country in the summer. That was tough.

Cute puppy, Donna. So good of you to take him in. Please keep us updated on his cute puppy antics!

Teaser! At the Detroit show last Saturday, 3 new songs were performed. One was this one, Two Silver Trees. http://www.ilike.com/artist/Calexico/blog/168913964 Leak already! You too, Okkervil River! (Sep 9th both) And these from the Calexico MySpace: Joey Burns giving Kyle Gass of Tenacious D a lesson in Spanish guitar: Joey with Kyle again doing a song about hot sauce: http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=...ideoid=38004936 And finally, thanks for being good sports and not crucifying me for my Calexico geekdom.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080711/ap_on_...WmtZAMWXzdH2ocA

This new place "The Venue" has not even opened yet. No one has seen a concert there. Why so negative about the place? http://www.harrahs.com/casinos/horseshoe-h...-us-detail.html Plus, I think Wilco played a casino outside of San Diego last year, if I recall correctly.

This will be classy

I was thinking about getting an iPhone until I learned AT&T's G3 technology has not yet reached my region. (AT&T coverage chart) Apparently AT&T was saying it would be here in NE Indiana in Feb 2007. Yes, 2007. So obviously not moving too fast on this. They both are cool though, and my Verizon 2-year commitment is up in 2 weeks, so it's been on my mind, too.

CortezTheKiller, if you were my neighbor and played your music too loud, I'd be soooo okay with it.

I'm temporarily locking this thread. It is taking the weekend off. We can talk about Jesse Helms on Monday, okay? A mod will unlock it then. But for now, can we please enjoy the holiday? Participate in the patriotic threads if you want. Let's just step away from the negative for now, okay? Thank you!

This has been one of my most-played albums recently.

Have a great day Chris!

I've stayed at the Marriott and the Westin downtown Indy. Pretty nice, I thought. No complaints. I think I did hotwire.com and got a decent rate. The Marriott was very nice IMO. Nice clean high-rise room, really great bed linens, you know, with the fresh sheets over the poofy comforter thing. I would stay away from the downtown Embassy Suites, that wasn't so great quite a few years back. I guess it could be different now, but ... ?

Sadly, inexpensive wine gives me a wicked headache within a few hours. I can't drink it anymore. The finer quality the wine, though, that headache never appears at all. I'm happiest with a Sauvignon Blanc if it has the grapefruit finish. Love the Australian varities. But mostly I just drink water. I pretty much love water, especially sparkling water with some lemon.