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Oh and here is that song that Clapton covered: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DSue36BpH8 Didn't make sense to me at the time and it's still hard to put together.

It may not seem right for Toots to be doing John Denver. But here it is. And it sounds pretty damn good. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M1JJ8fAXHo

"Superstar" in a live venue is nearly transcendental. Great call. Actually, Larry and John (Haggerty) showed up at one of MY gigs, many years ago... because I was sharing that bill with one of John's roommates. It's funny, because for as huge a guy as Larry is, and as monstrous a presence as he is on stage, when I paid him a compliment on the show that I had seen... he just kinda shuffled his foot, looked at the ground and gave me an embarrassed sorta "thank you". Really nice guy, though.

"Behind the Mask" - Eric Clapton (originally by Yellow Magic Orchestra) I was talking to a friend of mine today, a guy that I DJed with in college. He was very into electronic music, and I was coming out of a big Clapton phase at the time, and really immersing myself in the underground stuff. One day, we shared a shift and each picked a bunch of records to spin. Stu spun the song: "Behind the Mask" by Yellow Magic Orchestra an early Japanese techno/electronica band from the 1970's. Early use of vocoders and all synths. I recognized the track as having been covered by Clapton on his 1989 alb

I don't know. But, if they are done, I guess that I should add them to my list, too. I saw them in 1989 (headlining over opening acts Mojo Nixon and Skid Roeper, and The Pogues). That was a helluva show.

Well, he is still here, but I doubt very much that he will come back to the US. (Although I wish very strongly that he would): TOM ZÉ Brazilian überweirdo and supergenius came to tour the US only one time and, lucky me, I was able to get to the show here in Chicago (Park West). He brought only one musician with him from Brazil, the rest of his backing band was Tortoise. One of the best shows that I have ever seen, if not the best.

This MAY have been it: Hard to remember if that was the exact one, but I do remember that it was definitely red, white, and blue. It had a banana seat. And, it was a second- (or even third-) tier brand. I do think that this was it. Except the seat had red, white, and blue stripes, too.

Love and prayers to all of you in NZ. Hope that you and yours are okay.

A really great song from a band that I never took very seriously until I heard this tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRGnHCGbkg0

That first image is supposed to represent a compilation of Margo Guryan songs that was made for me. I don't listen to this as much as I should. It's really great.

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Ditto this one for me (with Big Star in '94). And I wish that I had been able to see Quine with anybody. Nice.

Neutral Milk Hotel (twice in '98) Meat Puppets ('87 and '89) Joe Strummer Grateful Dead ('88 and '94) The Dismemberment Plan ('01) The Pixies ('89 and '91) Guided By Voices (with the classic Sprout/Demos/Mitchell lineup in '96, I think?) fIREHOSE ('89) Uncle Tupelo ('89 and '93) The Replacements ('89 and '91) Television ('92) Blur ('95 and '97) Pulp ('95 and '97) Stevie Ray Vaughan ('90)

Just got an urge to hear this:

When I was in college at the University of Missouri, Sun Ra came to play at one of the halls on campus (Jesse Hall), for something like $4. I heard cool things about him, but didn't know his music at all. So, I CHOSE not to go. Damn.

"What Do You Want Me to Say?" - The Dismemberment Plan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj1NiA-PDV8 EDIT: To change it to a pretty sweet live clip of the band from just last month.

For me, it just feels right. Although, I will admit that heavier-gauge strings do sound better. I played a Strat at my local shop that was outfitted with 0.13's!!! And, pumping it through, even a smaller amp, it still had that HUGE SRV tone. Couldn't do much bending, but for the aping Hendrix rhythm/lead thing that he did, it sounded pretty damn sweet. Nonetheless. I stick with 0.10's.

I am ashamed to say that I know: The Baha Men

This is the *SIGH* thread. Oh I wish, I wish I had seen Shrimp Boat when I had the chance. The one time that I remember having the chance, was at a time when a friend was in from out of town, and he wanted to go to see some blues at Kingston Mines. So, I took him there, figuring that I could see SB sometime. Anytime, really, since they were local. They broke up soon after that. Oops. Damn.

Nothing in Chicago? Damn. At least I saw NMH.

One of the greatest songs ever written. Period. And this version, performed by the genius who wrote it stands up, even to the classic James Carr version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGcM_tcJ6Tk

That creme brulee stout seems like something that I need to try, whether I will like it or not remains to be seen. But it sounds interesting. Is it a regional brew? I've never seen that label around Chicago.