Eternal Instigator

Still can't believe I screwed up and missed this...hanging out with the family in Chicago all weekend waiting for tonight's show... Hope Minneapolis treated you well, Bböp! Bummed I didn't get to see you there like last summer

So who's all going to the Chicago show on Sunday? Hoping to see some familiar faces! I'll be down in the pit with my 13yo and my husband and our youngest are back in 202. Solid Sound or Red Rocks friends? bböp? We're actually on our way right now. Planned a family mini-vacation around the show and told the kids like 2 days before they announced the rest of the Midwest dates. I'm missing my first MN show in a decade (I don't count Morehead - my brain automatically screams "Too close to Fargo!") and of course it's one they're going to stream. Frak!!! There've been a few days where the urge to

I guess my point is that the more people are carrying guns in public places, regardless if they have a permit, the more often negligent discharge is going to happen. Innocents will injured or killed because they happened to be standing next to an incompetent idiot who is either so arrogant or so afraid of his own shadow, he'll bring a gun into a busy store where the chances of him needing it are next to nothing...and this type of gun-carrying "good guy" will not be the hero who thinks on his toes, keeps his cool and saves us all from a "bad guy". The NRA would have us all believe that CCW perm

Thank you for jumping on this one and providing the full results of the poll. The right wing's go-to strategy is to provide incomplete and/or misleading "facts" to their low-information base, knowing full well that few will actually dig deeper on their own. Unfortunately for Hixter, this forum tends to be a little more savvy.

http://www.startribune.com/man-sought-after-gun-discharges-at-fridley-supertarget/361752711/ Whoops. Can't wait to find out if this is a law-abiding citizen or not. Even if the idiot doesn't have a CCW permit, there have been plenty of other examples of people who do have permits but still put the rest of us in danger due to carelessness.

I like this from Buzzfeed: “It is, for instance, entirely fair to call him a mendacious racist, as the politics team and others here have reported clearly and aggressively,” wrote Smith. “He’s out there saying things that are false and running an overtly anti-Muslim campaign. BuzzFeed News’s reporting is rooted in facts, not opinion; these are facts.” http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/dec/09/buzzfeed-editor-in-chief-donald-trump

That's laughable. The loudest voices on the gun nut side can't see beyond their full and unadulterated worship of all things that go bang when you pull the trigger. They scream about needing to be armed against a tyrannical government, never mind that they'll never see the whites of their enemies' eyes as they launch rockets at that pesky militia from miles and miles away. They freak out when there's talk about limiting magazine size because, apparently, their right to be too lazy to reload trumps everyone else's right to not have a gun with 20-30 rounds pointed at them by a lunatic. And hey,

YES! I was so hoping I'd see something like this as I got caught up on this thread!

I'm sure the police who were on orders to stand down were feeling pretty helpless and frustrated, too. I don't know how you can watch those videos...

I thought the two before this one were a little better, but I've embraced Daniel Craig as my Bond - the only one that I've accepted besides Sean Connery and Roger Moore!

So well said, Kevin!!!

Thank you for not going the "if everyone in the theater had been armed..." route like I've seen elsewhere. I don't know about anyone else, but when I picture that added to the chaos of terrorists squeezing off rounds from their automatic rifles, I see far more people wounded or killed in the crossfire. I wonder what the impact will be on shopping malls over the holiday season? They honestly couldn't have timed this better to not only spread fear but to potentially impact the economy - so many retailers rely on December sales to keep them in the black. Regardless of what one thinks of America

No - don't apologize! It's scary as hell and it sucks that something like this will be in the back of everyone's minds when they go to a show instead of simply on the music where it should be. My husband and I went to "Spectre" this weekend and I found myself thinking about the Colorado movie theater shooting when we sat down. It usually only happens when I see an action flick now, but it's still there.

As a Minnesotan, I always feel like I need to point out that we don't actually talk like that...well, most of us don't. Unless, of course, one's having a boring day at their job that requires them to be on the phone with people from other states. In that case, a working knowledge of the "hotdish and lemon bars in the Lutheran church basement" language can be highly entertaining!

There's a "Paris" thread that's talking about this same theme. What's sad is that, at a time when the people of Paris could use something like live music to take their minds off the tragedy for just a few hours, bands are cancelling their shows over there left and right.

I had to fly 2 1/2 weeks after the 9/11 attacks and I almost cancelled but everyone kept pointing out how security was going to be overwhelming and that I'd be OK. I have a feeling security in Europe is beyond crazy right now but I totally get the trepidation and I don't know what I would do. If you let them come between you and your daughter, the terrorists win but is a visit worth the risk? Ugh!

There's a guy here in Minneapolis named Park Evans who became my local guitar hero the first time I saw him play. I'd never seen or heard anyone at a local level who could come that close to Nels Cline. When my local music cosmos aligned a couple years ago, I became friends with his girlfriend and got to know him - turns out he's a highly trained jazz guitarist with a love for effect pedals which explained why I was drawn to his sound. I started taking lessons from Park a few months ago and every now and then he'll play something that screams "NELS!" and I'll make him repeat it and show me wha

I just saw an article about some comments Bono made about the attack: "This is the first direct hit on music that we’ve had in this so-called war on terror or whatever it’s called. It’s very upsetting. These are our people. This could be me at a show. You at a show, in that venue," he said Saturday. "It’s a very recognizable situation for you and for me, and the coldblooded aspect of this slaughter is deeply disturbing and that’s what I can’t get out of my head." I was a little disheartened to read the comments because they focused on Bono turning the tragedy into being about him which mea

It won't last long but it's cool that they can pull it off without having to dedicate an entire show to just that record (since it's so short). Unfortunately, I don't have any shows coming up so I'm guessing I won't get to experience it live. Thank the maker for tapers! You guys rock!

Instigator would have fit you too, Diane LOL! It's definitely a permanent obsession Speaking of permanent, it's bonus time at work which means it's time to start going through posters for another tattoo! Taking suggestions...

I can't get The Joke Explained or Random Name Generator out of my head. They've been there solid for a good 2 weeks now and I know I've had a couple dreams where I was singing them, too. Don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining! I've decided to just give in and change my VC name from Folkgirl to Eternal Instigator. Get it? Ince-tigator? (For those who don't know me, my last name is Ince and I like to rile things up a bit ) Dave the Husband thinks it's quite possibly the most fitting name I could ever have LOL! I only wish I would have had it when I played roller derby...

Nice seeing you at the show! You can tell a lot about a person from how they high five and that was a solid high five, my friend! Man, I love a good high five! You left out how distracting it was with Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern watching the show from the side of the stage LOL! Someone else said they were at the Rock the Garden festival a few weeks earlier so yeah, they definitely must be shooting a film in the Twin Cities. But holy crap, when Isbell came out to play, I thought my husband was going to die and go to heaven! He's had a major man-crush on him for years and seeing Jason shar

Next time I see you at a show, I should have at least one more Wilco tattoo on my other forearm! I fully own and embrace my fandom It was nice to talk to you guys and to be surrounded by Wilco fans at a festival gig! I always get nervous at festivals because you run the risk of standing near folks who were there for some other band and wind up talking through the band you're there to see. Not sure which one of you this is, but you NEVER have to apologize for singing along, even if you think you're the worst singer in the world! Tweedy and the guys like it and besides, singing along live wi

Coolest part about Handshake Drugs? The tempo is perfect for walking with purpose, like, I suppose, when meeting someone to buy some drugs downtown. Not that I've done that recently...now days, it just puts a spring in my step early in the morning when walking from the bus stop to the office! It's a nice moderate pace that gets you where you need to go without looking hurried or suspicious . I like to think they did that on purpose because nerdy song composition makes me happy.