Kevan

Clearly but it's now my Sig and I'd deem it uncouth not to ask; you did the work, not me!

I love this; why are so many sports fans blind to nuance? (not that anyone here is, just in general) Why can't one be a fan in the way described above? Or in any number of other 'ways' without having to explain AND lose the respect (which you can keep, by the way) of FANS? I've taken to calling myself an enthusiast, more often than not, just to avoid being pigeonholed as a 'fan' of a team or city, etc, and get all the BS that comes with that.. Case in point, I'm a HUGE Minnesota Viking fan - live and die with them, but I also like the Packers and Bears. Tell that to your typical sports 'fan'

I love that! Mind if I use it?

who are the geniuses at the nhl that schedule the playoff games? Two games tonight, both start at 7et. Wouldn't it be better for tv, especially when you have one channel broadcasting your games, to stagger the start times? say 6et and 8et? 630 and 830? pretty much any local time between 6-830 is acceptable in my opinion; I don't think anything in that range is unreasonable. And you'd essentially have 2 games on tv instead of 1; how is that not the preferred route? I think nba playoff scheduling (what I understand of it) is ridiculous, catering too much to television with numerous days off betw

I haven't been following very closely lately, but I remember hearing Wilco would be working on new material early this year; could it be a new song? I'd think not, but maybe?

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/05/opinion/05Patchett.html?src=me&ref=opinion

I made these picks in my own pool of friends and family before the games started, but I'm gonna postnow, late. If you reject them because they're late, I will not disagree with your judgement. I will also not care, cause I could get every series correct and it will all be dead-eye-luck because I watched roughly 7 minutes of nhl hockey this season...: SJ Chicago LA Detroit Washington Philly Buffalo Pitt Detroit LA Washington Pitt Detroit Washington Washington I will finally start watching the nhl in the playoffs, if I can. I hope I can, there is nothing better in pro sports

Jack Handey is a VC'er? Awesome! I love your stuff. Cracks me up every. time. I think its because you don't like to see people happy.

LOL, you schizo, Panther? A Red Scare!

Beach House - Teen Dream (2010)

Thanks! Looks cool; nice job Mr. Solace.

Nice. I'm moving back to the cities in a month or two; very excited! I'll have to stick around VC for local music info. Any good sites you know of for local music in the region?

Are there many Minnesotans/Wisconsinites on VC? It seems like there are...

Anyone else feel like they were at a Wilco show last night? I've got brain fuzz from 5 beers last night and hoodoo voodoo on a loop in my head. It's a great morning!

Cheers indeed! Love Wilco. Night y'all.

goddamn, i never much got into Im a Wheel, album version.... but this thrashes, eh?! Wow.

got it!

And, all across Wilco Land, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth...

I think they sound better, tighter than last night so far. Anyone else pick up on the Concord (excuse me, "Concerd") crowd acting a little petulant?

Not even kidding: having never heard of this band, I read the thread title and was 100% confident that our friend, the wilco fan in Japan who posts ocassionally, got tipsy at a barenaked ladies show and came back here to post about it I hope thats inoffensive.

Just abandoned A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore ( ); I was over halfway through it, too. She lost me at... well, a certain plot twist, though she'd begun to lose me well before that. Moving on, picked up Lit: A Memoir by Mary Karr. Almost done with that and its really good so far. Can someone please explain to me how to post those nifty book cover pictures?

For what?

While probably not technically underrated, The Visitor certainly deserved more attention than it got. The lead role, who is that guy - richard something...? He's been in everything, this was his first leading role.... (im gonna look).. Richard Jenkins! He was very good.

Today is the first day of free agency this off-season. I read that Chester Taylor signed with the Bears, 4yrs/12.5mil As a Vikes fan, that stings; I loved what he did for the team and thought he was under-utilized. Terms of the deal are odd to me, as he'll be 31 for most of next season, but, in the near term, I think this vastly improves the Bears, which I'm happy to see (until it impedes my Vikes). Hope he's the #1 guy over there!