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zz top - she don't love me (she loves my automobile) and of course, this awesome video w/ cameos from John Doe and Exene: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8MrSUf5VQ

found this tidbit of interest in one of Bob Lefsetz's emails, around sales of records:

photos from last night: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/the-national-the-antlers-house-of-blues-in-boston-/

yeah, i shot last night's show. i wish i had had a flash w/ me since at the end, Matt walked through the crowd and down a railing to the back of the room, then to the bar, walked down the bar and then back to stage, singing all the while.

Good show last night. i wonder if tonight's show is also a sell-out.

there's some available space at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.

weren't they called The Bangs originally? http://www.discogs.com/Bangs-The-Getting-Out-Of-Hand/release/2119503 edit - Ethan James was producer for that record, and i just found out that he was also in Blue Cheer. cool. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_James_(producer) http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ethan+James

you put it in your mouth. at least that's how I eat Indian food.

that's not just a baby, that's BOOJI BOY! stuff like this is what makes Neil awesome.

no word on Buckler? i would go see a Jam reunion show in a heartbeat. the solo Weller show i saw two years ago underwhelmed...

agreed that ticket prices for Neil were super steep, but at least he played pretty small venues (~2500 ppl capacity or less). if bruce, petty, (insert 70s FM Radio Superstar here) played a similar-sized venue, i can't imagine that the tickets would be priced much differently. if he sold 'em for $50, scalpers would eat that shit up and sell 'em for the price Neil set to start...

after seeing the Stooges the first time, i'd bet that 90% of the audience was getting it on later that night. some potent stuff there.

i am glad i wasn't the only one who thought that. RIP Dennis. you left behind an outstanding body of work.

no research needed...i'm well aware of the trader community's slavish devotion to SHN/FLAC files. my point is that this rigid covenant to adhere to lossless formats can be a waste of bandwidth when some source files are of such dodgy quality that it makes no difference, and no pair of 'golden ears' could possibly tell a difference given a controlled ABX test. i've definitely downloaded shows off Dime that fit into this category. yeah, one could likely measure a difference, but hearing it? doubtful. btw, Billy Childish is definitely someone worth seeking out. anyway, before you b

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or there are distinct events which bump them (award ceremonies, movie soundtrack tie-ins, deaths, etc)

so what do i need to learn about live show trading? i know plenty about mp3/FLAC. if i were to send you a FLAC file of a Billy Childish song, and then a VBR version of the same (say at APX), do you think you could really tell the difference by just listening, w/o having to resort spectrum analysis?

i'm not a big live tape collector, so one can probably ignore my post...but...some of the recording quality of shows i've heard via Dime and others don't mandate FLAC formats for sound quality...they are thin, tinny, etc...not what you would call a paragon of audio excellence, to be preserved in the highest audio quality setting. now, i do see the danger of continual compression, but do people really do that? i guess that requiring FLAC does eliminate that sort of thing from happening.

i thought i was the only person to have a copy of that

Pop Todd's post re: Beastie Boys made me think of this, which totally sets the mood for the entire record (which, in my mind is the finest hip-hop record of all time): Dr. Octagon - "Intro" (Dr. Octagonecologyst)

that, my friend, is a tantric love machine.

Skynyrd - Working for MCA

two of the best right there.

"Zanz Kant Danz" by John Fogerty

total guess...one of the Fletch movies? they are certainly more fun to lick.