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I was shocked to read about that last night. I was at his last ever show, apparently.

Dhani Harrison

If I had to choose between first six and last six, it would definitely be first six, although I don't like Document and Green all that much. I do love Out of Time, but after that, I only really like several songs from the albums and never truly embraced any of them. I can honestly say I hate Monster. (p.s, Chronic Town EP needs to be on that first list!)

Sparsely attended was nice for a change, although I felt bad for Howe that there were so few people there. And at least one of those attending was a Giant Sand member, so someone he knows well. I liked the venue a lot and it was pretty painfree to get there. I will definitely return there. Enjoy the Paris concert tonight. Many, many years ago, a friend of mine would talk about Giant Sand all the time, but he never played any of the music for me. I hate to admit that I discovered Howe by accident after getting into Calexico years ago and then working backwards. I used to like both eq

Howe was AWESOME!! Absolutely loved him. There were only 20 people there! (And chairs!). I seriously hope those Monty Hall shows are simulcast on WFMU or it was really not worth his time to play there.

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.