tinnitus photography

this is awesome...Matt Pike in high school

IRDB, i've actually seen Phish twice, once a couple years ago @ Fenway, and their very first Boston show in '89, when they rented the Paradise themselves because no one would book them. two friends of mine at UMass were HUGE fans and dragged me to both shows.

who hit the operatic final note on "Candyfloss"?

Spent is a pretty awesome surprise opener. blast from the past!

didn't he record only 16 songs?

listening to the stream on my main stereo now...excellent, excellent show. great, .balanced sound. thanks again, Wilco.

Video of Big Dipper's tribute to Pollard (entitled, natch, "Robert Pollard")

well, for a Wilco-themed board, i figured it was a foregone conclusion. assume it's a top 11, then.

i think _In Prism_ is the best thing they've ever done.

in no particular order Guided By Voices/Robert Pollard - best songwriter of the post-70s, hands down. prodigious output...95%+ Neil Young - can be soft, can be abrasive, can write some amazing lyrics. 75% Mogwai - kings of the loud/soft dynamics. absolutely wipes the floor w/ bands like Explosions in the Sky. 95% Sonic Youth - the most influential band of my generation. i don't find my self listening to the very early material or the outre-SYR recordings that often, though. 80% Black Sabbath - the most important metal band of all time. i've got time for all the Ozzy material, and most of the

yep.

Brighton Music Hall.

i hung out and had a beer w/ him:

my wife got a copy of Entertainment Weekly (magazine drive/fundraiser for school) and they had Vile in this year's top 10!

let's be clear here...Michael McD did the yachting up of The Dan, at least until Aja onwards.

"In the musical sense, yacht rock refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock that emanated from Southern California between 1976 and 1984. The term is meant to suggest the kind of smooth, mellow music that early yuppies likely enjoyed while sipping champagne and snorting cocaine on their yachts. Significant "yacht rockers" include Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, and Toto."

sperm hits target rock

Kaputt is way too yacht rock for me, and i like steely dan.

a friend said that 'Bon Iver' is French for 'as boring as Iron and Wine'

i shot that show and remember when the gates opened and it was a mad rush to the front of the stage. the running of the U2 fans in Foxboro.

Never Seen Fucking Whitey?

is there some sort of weird capitalization macro going on?

after reading a few posts in the Morrissey forum, those fans scare me.

while wearing a Michael Schenker t shirt.