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Have a great time! I would love to see Hamilton, but that's not likely to happen any time in the foreseeable future. Even seeing a bunch of high school kids perform one song from it convinced me that it's great!

Yep! I am quite looking forward to it...I have never seen Howe although I've been a fan for years and years.

Howe Gelb

I know the Jets are usually punching bags for the Patriots, but they were robbed yesterday. That game should have been tied at that point.

Marshall Crenshaw

The new Live at at Maxwells album sounds terrific - better than I'd dared hope for. Always on the hairy edge of falling apart but managing to hold it together. Just how I like my Westerberg.

Wilco covers Tom Petty last night: https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-wilco-cover-tom-pettys-the-waiting/ Apologies if this has been posted already, but it's been one of those weeks. I really enjoyed this cover. I have been feeling that Tom got short shrift on the news due to wall to wall Las Vegas coverage, so spent some time on you tube last night reminiscing over my favorite TP songs. I had totally forgotten about Listen to Her Heart - what a great song!

Go Yanks!

I saw that tour as well. I thought Tom Petty was so much better than Bob Dylan that night! I was never a huge fan, but I remember being at a craft show about 10 years ago and they were playing some sort of "Tom Petty's Greatest Hits" and it was just one great song after another. I realized then how much I really did like his music. I only saw him twice, the tour with Dylan and once even earlier that in early 1983. I really enjoyed the Traveling Wilburys as well...spent many fun nights jamming with some friends playing Wilburys tunes. *edited to fix typos. Darn small font size!*

Another one gone way, way too soon. Why are all these guys dying in their 60's?! Sorry to hear.

I hear ya and totally agree. But what is realistically going to change at this moment in time, especially with Trump as our president? If nothing changed after 6-year-olds were killed at Sandy Hook school, I don't see anything changing now. Ban guns! I am a lone voice and don't know how to change things. I continue to vote for those who support such issues but they don't win in my voting district.

The Jets are 2-2 while the Giants are 0-4. I wouldn't have predicted that!

Shocked to wake up to this.... Terrible, terrible news. People are insane. What is a realistic way to protect the audience at an event like this? I can't think of any. I get a chill thinking of all the outdoor concerts I've been to that are in close proximity to very tall buildings - a handful of those just in the past few months.

Good luck to you in your new job, Craig!

Matthew Sweet

I've read three of them: R.E.M. Murmur (very good), Big Star Radio City (very good), and Oasis Definitely Maybe (don't remember a thing about it, so maybe not so good.) I forgot all about this series. They are a quick read.

The Jets look dreadful. The Broncos look great.

I know you were teasing, No worries. I do wonder why the Giants went and signed the Jets cast-off, Geno Smith, who is worthless.

I dunno...everyone around me is also a life long Jets fan. It's just one of those things, right? You grow up with it, it comes from your family, etc. A friend of mine used to have season tickets, until the new stadium required seat licenses and he could no longer afford them. Their practice field is less than 10 miles from my house. :/

Life long Jets fan. I have no idea why.

Ha! Exactly what I was going to say! Good for you, Craig. I had the opportunity to speak to Michael Stipe a few times back in the 80's, and while he was always pleasant and friendly, each time he struck me as a really odd bird. (Although a pleasant and friendly one!)

I think Chameleon Days is among the best things he's ever done. I had it playing in my car this morning and it about blew my head off. The piano hook, his voice, the imagery at the end about the sky and the water. Breathtakingly beautiful.

I saw one too! I did not know there was such a creature, and when I saw it hovering over one of my flower pots, I got up and went over saying "What are you??". (This really did happen.). I didn't think it was a bird, but couldn't imagine what else it could be. Hence my exasperated question posed to a creature who could not answer me. A little googling helped me out. And yes, it was delightful to watch!

So did Trump do these things in the middle of a hurricane because he thought people wouldn't pay as much attention to them, or because he wanted to take attention away from the hurricane and put it back on him? All I know is last evening I was watching news coverage of a terrible storm, then all of a sudden Trump's face was plastered all over my TV yet again, and storm coverage went by the wayside for the most part. The news anchors did say that some of these things happened earlier in the day but were intentionally withheld for release to the media until later. Disgusting.

"And you don’t just have to buy the album once; you can buy the album many times across different retailers and get a boost each time. Which means you can buy Reputation on Taylor Swift’s site, you can buy it at Walmart.com, you can buy it at Target.com, you can buy it on iTunes, and each time you’ll receive a boost. The “pre-order and purchase boosts” are limited to 13 total across retailers." *rolls eyes* And even after you buy your 13 copies of her album, you're still not guaranteed a ticket. Good thing I'm not a Taylor Swift fan, because I wouldn't be one any longer after reading thi