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Cool. I used to love Ed's stuff but had kind of lost touch with him in recent years. His first three records were quality. Good live show aswell. Quite Tom Waitish....if Tom were in his thirties....and English.

I have the CD and VHS of the show. Some really nice performances. Neil Young stole the show if I recall. Also remember Sinead O'Conner getting booed off. Do you think we'll be treated to a 50th Anniversary show next year?

Just curious what people think of Dire Straits. Not a band I see mentioned around here a whole lot. I used to love them back in the 80's. I heard Private Investigations on the radio the other day and that made me revisted some of my old vinyls (Alchemy and Love Over Gold). They did record a number of great songs. So...Dire Straits...anyone?

A bit more info on the new record and a record label(s) etc. I'm liking the album cover. http://pitchfork.com/news/38122-band-of-horses-reveal-labels-cover-art-for-new-album-iinfinite-armsi/

I love Genesis, especially '69-'75 period, but I have no great desire to see them all get back on stage for something like the R'n'R Hall of Fame. Like the record or not, that is where his focus is at the moment. Credit to Peter for his single-mindedness. The R'n'R thing would be a nice nostalga trip but nothing more.

I actually know where you're coming from with this statement. There are times when I try to limit new music and focus on what I have. We have too much exposure to music these days so it is getting harder and harder to give things time to develop and fall in love with in the way we did as children. After all, I would say I have a couple of hours a day when I can listen to music. When you compare that with the size of my record collection it just doesn't add up. Therefore stick with what you've got some times and give those records you bought but didn't connect with give a second spin. And I

A bit more info here. Reports state that he shot himself through the chest. Tragic. The NME link is a very well written article in response to the sad news. http://www.nme.com/news/sparklehorse/50109 http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?blog=10&title=why_mark_linkous_was_a_genius&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

What a truly sad piece of news. Depression is such a horrible and debilitation illness. The pain that one feels in their mind is the worst kind. My thoughts go out to Mark's family and all those effected by this sad news. As a aside, didn't Vic Chestnut also tak ehis own life recently? I can imagine Mark and Vic recording that track for the DNOTs record (Grim Augery) under such mental stress and it breaks my heart. "Sometimes days go speeding past sometimes this one seems like the last it's a sad and beautiful world it's a sad and beautiful world"

Without wanting to sound like a music snob but I kind of liked the fact that was was unreleased. It would have gained a mythical status if it had remained so. The book/cdr's are now impossible to get hold of. Great album though. Not sure what Mark Linkous is up to at the moment. I would love a regular 'Sparklehorse' record.

I know what you're saying but I imagine if it had been recorded as one piece of music it would have sounded amazing and probably different to how the individual pieces turned out. From what I recall reading Turn It On Again was much less polished in its original state and was almost a linking piece between Guide Vocal and Duke's Travels. I think they also didn't want the Supper's Ready comparisons with a 23 minute song that took up an entire side.

Has anyone seen the films 'Smoke' and 'Blue In The Face'. They are the brainchild of the auther Paul Auster and are great little films (he also co-directs). Harvey Keitel is amazing as the cigar shop owner. 'Blue In The Face' also has really good cameo appearances from Lou Reed and Jim Jarmusch. I'm from the U.K but I would imagine anyone from Brooklyn NYC would love these films. They are a homage to the area, which is where Paul Auster lives I believe. I would recommend both films.

Yeah the soundtrack is fantastic. I watched the film again recently and it is beautiful, a little dated in places, but apart from that I love it.

Its been awhile but it looks like Belle and Sebastian will have a new record out this year. They are back in the studio. A great band and one of the few British bands that seem to do really well over on your side of the pond. 'If You're Feeling sinister' is a classic album. I was really tempted to start a list (Top 20 B&S songs) but I've managed to refrain!! http://pitchfork.com/news/38094-belle-and-sebastian-hit-the-studio-schedule-festival-dates/

Well it looks like 'Dark Night of the Soul' is finally getting released this year. http://pitchfork.com/news/38084-danger-mouse-buries-beef-with-emi-idark-night-of-the-souli-to-be-released/

I've spent the past hour thinking about this. Is that sad? I'm not sure. Anyway, here's my selection. A good mix of all eras: 1) Supper's Ready (The last 8 minutes are perfection) 2) Cinema Show (Tony Banks is, despite 'Mouse's Night', a God) 3) Anyway (Tony Banks is a God etc) 4) Firth Of Fifth (Tony Banks is a God etc) 5) Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers In That Quiet Earth/Afteglow 6) Down & Out (Great opening track from an underated record) 7) Watcher Of The Skies (Great opening track full stop) 8) The Musical Box 9) Duke's Travels/Duke's End (Would love to have heard the c

I had to look up the lyrics to remind myself how silly they were and ....they're as bad as I remembered. Lyrics in bold represent the lowpoint in Genesis, and indeed any, wordplay. Loving Couple: I can't see you but I know you're there. Got to get beside you cos it's really cold out here. Come up close to me you'll soon be warm. Hold me tightly like we're sheltering from a storm. Mouse: Think I might go out for a stroll Into the night, and out of this hole. Maybe find me a meal. Walking along this new shag pile Presents a problem all the while. Nearly the door. Suddenly he bumps into

http://pitchfork.com/news/38075-radiohead-david-bowie-lily-allen-blast-bbc-over-6-music-closure-threat/ It does appear that concerns over the ditching of Six Music are gathering steam. Even Bowie, the U.K's greatest living recording artist (well that's my opinion and I'm sticking with it!!) has issued a statement calling for the BBC to think this one through a little bit before they do something silly.

I've been listening to the second disc of the recent retrospective 'Music From The North Country'. The quality of the material on that disc is staggering. I think the band made some major errors with the choice of songs/versions that were released on their later albums. Tracks like 'Someone Will' and 'Rotterdam' are vastly superior to the versions that made the cut. 'Smile' could have been a massive album but they kind of blew it by trying to make it sound too commercial. That move almost had the opposite effect in that it didn't gain new fans but rather lost them some old ones. Who knows, but

Very hard to define an underated film, but my shout out goes to. 'Local Hero'. A truly great, heartwarming, film. I never see it in the usual 'best of..' lists. Other undervalued gems are things like Jim Yarmusch's 'Down by Law', David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' and 'Fire Walk With Me' and Woody Allen's 'Zelig'.

Fair comment. 'All in a mouses night' is still a dreadful song though and almost manages to ruin (almost) an otherwise supurb record. When I skip back a couple of tracks and listen to 'One for the vine' I soon forgive Mr. Banks. What a song. I also love the 'Unquiet Slumbers For The Sleepers...In That Quiet Earth...Afterglow' passage which is also genius.

Well thats just about the best news I've had this year. Sounds really exciting. Looking for to the legacy editions of HTH and TTGG and the Bunkhouse recordings. hopefully the band will be playing some shows in the U.K to go along with the releases. A new Louris/Olson record is also pretty exciting. Sounds like a good life-style if you can make a living from it. Roaming round the country writing songs with friends, old and new. With regards to the Vinyls, I have Sound of Lies which is my favourite Jayhawks record.

I'm with you. Couldn't live without 6-music. Many of the bands I love I first heard on that station. Where else in the U.K could you hear stuff by Micah P. Hinson, M. Ward etc. A while back I also heard the title track from Neil young's 'On The Beach' which was a staggering thing to hear on a U.K Radio station. Save Our Six (S.O.S).

I've just booked tickets. I've gone for a balcony seat to get a nice view. I assume, on a first come first served basis, that this will be at the front of the balcony. Sometimes its preferable to be further back in terms of sound etc. Bit pricy though. I thought they were gonna be about £20.

I'm sure there will be plenty of tickets available on the fifth. Its quite a big venue. Really looking forward to this show.

I think it was mentioned on 'Pitchfork' a week or so back. No, I can say I've heard of Earlimart either. That fact that I haven't heard of them coupled with it being on the Pitchfork website would suggest they are a cooler-than-cool indie band with plenty of credibility. Sounds interesting anyway.