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How about Neil Finn's question? Has Olivia gone all four floors on the fireman’s pole yet? - Neil Finn, Crowded House Tell Neil I never talk about the pole! Ha ha! As Neil knows, I’ve got an adventurous young daughter who’s very rough and tumble. I guess things change as they get older and there’s a restructuring of power in the male/female dynamic. But right now my daughter’s as tough as anyone, male or female, under the age of about 15. The fireman’s pole? It’s a long story. Basically, I started smoking dope after a long period of abstinence, and I had an epiphany. I realised the house I

But he was barely on the last one, since much of it was at Roundhead in NZ, and he wasn't there.

Got to see the Fleet Foxes open, that wasn't too shabby. I agree with your points barbkm. Especially point 2. Waiting for general admissions show to open are alot nicer when you make a friend and trade happy hour time beforehand while you are holding a place in line.

There is way too much seriousness around here suddenly.... Lighten up, it's Friday night!

That's the only way. There is no way to get scalped tickets, etc. They have their system down.

First off, you may already be late for September tickets, so start looking online (best time is early to midmorning eastern time). Also, stuff opens up, but you have to keep checking, and there is always a standby line that you can risk on day of show. Not sure how many of those get in, but I'd definitely be there very early if your going to try that. The studio opens at 4:30, we were in line about 2:30 (we were serious about getting good seats). Taping was over around 6:30 or so.

I agree, when he's on, the first segment is unbeatable, even by Colbert.

The Daily Show studios are at 11th Ave and 52nd St. Colbert's studio is Jon's old one, somewhere further north on the west side, so you are right about that. If you go to the Daily Show, I suggest eating at Taboon afterwards ('Middleterranean food') on 10th, or at Vynl ('cool bathrooms - check out the Cher, Dolly, and Elvis themed ones - really') A local I met nearby while waiting to get in the show clued me in to these places. Both are great Hell's Kitchen neighborhood spots. Jon Oliver was at the bar with us at Taboon having dinner with a friend after the Daily Show taping. I wanted t

It's not hard to picture Colbert doing that with your friend. One day I'd like to see his show as well. Tickets are harder to come by than Jon Stewart, partly due to a smaller studio (I think), and we had a small window of opportunity in NY.

I hate starting new topics. There is so much pressure off the tee around here... I saw Jon Stewart tape his show in New York in early July. He was a true gentleman; the real deal. The best part was the off the tape question/answer session to start things off. He actually took my question about Sarah Palin, the day before she resigned. If you are in the NYC area, check it out. Free tickets through his website, but you've got to plan way ahead. Anyone else been there, or up the neighborhood to see Colbert?

and then Jeff and Jay Farrar will regroup and produce the greatest album since Revolver, after Jay goes on the media circuit and outdoes Sarah Palin and Mark Sanford in outspokeness about his excitement about things, and says 'will the media just leave them alone to be great already?'

I remember when AGIB came out, a review said Jeff Tweedy must have taking voice and guitar lessons, based on the quality of the recording. I think it was the New York Times, but I haven't tracked it down.

Indeed!

Until Nels learns to sing, I don't think either of them have too much to worry about. Now the merger of Porsche and Audi, on the other hand....I see some redundancy there.

Thanks, you reminded me I haven't watch any youtubes of this festival. This is a great song.

Peter Buck discusses how much he likes working with Robyn Hitchcock in the DVD 'Sex, Food, Death.... and Insects' (how's that for a title) for the very reason that things happen quickly in the studio. I would guess that's part of what he likes about working with the Minus 5 and his other one off projects as well. I do think things have improved again with Accelerate. I would bet that the studio time for that went way down from some of the previous albums. We'll see where it goes from here (in a few years, I expect)

They didn't play this, but they are playing the Capitol Hill Block Party on July 25th.

Ah that beer selection. I needed to run it off the next morning. Good cheap food as well. I was sort of familiar with Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, as they were the rest of the band on Robyn Hitchcock's Spooked album, but I didn't realize the talent they bring together. I left a big fan, and have to seek out more of their music. Rawlings guitar was amazing. I really liked Sam Beam's solo set, even though I would have liked to see the whole band. I was recalling seeing them with Calexico, and it would've been nice to see his recent music with drums, etc. Still, I was thinking about

Jackson as in Mississippi., not Michael...

Have any of you New Yorkers noticed the difference between David Letterman's and Jon Stewart's home digs? I hope David appreciates it, and Jon is still awesome in his shitty warehouse. (thank you Jon, for taking my question in your preshow warmup last week).

Accelerate is indeed great for the gym... Robyn and Peter are a great combo. I've seen them live as the Venus 3 probably 6 times. I just saw that they are on the schedule at the Crocodile for Oct 10 for another visit to Seattle. I am never thrilled with the coming of fall into winter here. That's a bright spot to appreciate when it's October.

What a great festival this turned out to be. We showed up spur of the moment in time for the second band (the all star review). Anyone else there? I'll write a bit more and post a few pics later on today. Gillian and David's encore cover of Jackson was a highlight.

Yes, Peter Buck's great guitars and the playing of them.

According to Wikipedia (always taken with a grain or several of salt): A nearly-complete collection of the known Dylan recordings has been bootlegged as the 5-CD set The Genuine Basement Tapes, which was later remastered and re-released on the 4-CD bootleg A Tree With Roots. This collection contains 107 songs and alternate takes.[38] On March 31, 2009, Legacy Records issued a remastered version of the original 1975 Basement Tapes double-album, two compact discs in digipak packaging, reproducing the original liner notes by Marcus but adding no bonus tracks. Neither were there additional e