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Have a ridiculously awesome one.

I'm studying Weimar Cinema (1919-1934) as we speak! It's awesome, the following rule: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Nosferatu Dr. Mabuse the Gambler The Golem and How He Came into this World M Metropolis The Testament of Dr. Mabuse There are more, but this is a pretty good start. Germany has lots of great film.

Have a good one!!

Happy birthday!!

A show in someone's backyard: Glenn Kotche--Drums/Percussion Elvin Jones--Drums Hamid Drake--Drums/Percussion Nels Cline--Guitar John Coltrane--Sax Darin Gray--Bass or alternately for rock stuff in a nice small sized club: Jeff Tweedy--Vocals/Guitar Brian Eno--Tape loops/Moog/Etc. Paul McCartney--Bass Glenn Kotche--Drums/Percussion John McEntire--Drums/Percussion Nels Cline--Guitar Special guests: John Lennon (vocals), Robert Fripp (Frippertronics)

Happy birthday dude! RAR

Happy birthday!!

there's a handful of people listed as "guests": J. Mascis, Andrew Kenny, Tom Cochrane, Joules Scott-Key, David Mitchell, Scott Kannenberg, and Gonzalez. Of course there's also a bunch of Broken Social Scene people on there as well. It's definitely worth checking out, pretty low-key, but it's really pretty good through and through.

I think I may try and make it to the Minneapolis show, but I'll have to see what things look like, my May-early June is nuts

Have a grand one!

Dinosaur Jr. is good news, same for Mission of Burma. I'm still pretty underwhelmed with the lineup. Still haven't decided what I'm going to do for tickets, but Friday is definite.

I've got a MIM Strat that I've had for a long time and it's treated me just fine. Squire's tend to be hit or miss, same with Epiphones, but if you play them at the store and find one in good shape then it's probably a pretty good bet and a reasonably long-lasting guitar. You could probably get a MIM strat or tele for just a little over your price range if you look for used models, maybe even one for cheaper. That might be a slightly better bet. I haven't heard anything particularly bad about Jay Tursers, and of course Ibanez's are generally pretty high-quality for the price. But look ar

Chicago has a great scene for modern "out" jazz, definitely all worth looking into. Rob Mazurek is also part of the Exploding Star Orchestra. Nels goes without saying, but check out a lot of the things he guests on (including his brother Alex Cline's albums) there's lots of great stuff out there.

Oh yeah, there's plenty of good stuff there.

I think fusion would count--in which case the Mahavishnu Orchestra's first two albums would be a good place to head with that, and perhaps Herbie Hancock's "Headhunters" (and of course Bitches Brew...which came out in '69 so it doesn't really count here). Ornette Coleman has released plenty of great stuff post-1960's, Bill Frisell and Pat Methany are both post-60's generally great jazz guitarists, Andrew Hill may have his best output in the 60's but there's lots of great stuff after that, if you're looking for weird definitely check out John Zorn, and without a doubt William Parker would be

The pick-guard, pickups, and selectors all look standard Jazzmaster to me, but maybe that's just my eyes on it. Anyway, I think it's just a repainted body. He still has his Jaguar which looks entirely different.

Yeah, that's the one.

I'm not sure about the black Jazzmaster, but my inclination is that it's a repainted older one. I'm not sure if it's one he's had for a while or if it's "new."

I was not at all aware of this band until this thread, I'll check it out

Combined this would definitely make my list, but I don't know it is after all two records.

My list: 1. Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot 2. John Coltrane-A Love Supreme 3. The Beatles-White Album 4. Steve Reich-Music for 18 Musicians 5. Radiohead-OK Computer 6. The Beatles - Revolver 7. Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation 8. Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One 9. Miles Davis-Kind of Blue 10. Califone-Quicksand/Cradlesnakes 11. XTC-Skylarking 12. David Bowie-Low 13. REM-Murmur 14. Charles Mingus-The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 15. Beck-Sea Change 16. Igor Stravinsky-The Rite of Spring 17. David Bowie-Ziggy Stardust 18. Calexico-Feast of Wire 19. Brian Eno-Another

ABBA Beatles Califone David Bowie Elvis Costello Frank Zappa Guided by Voices Hold Steady Iron and Wine John Coltrane King Crimson Low Minus 5 Neil Young Ornette Coleman Pixies Q and not U Radiohead Sonic Youth Tortoise Uncle Tupelo Velvet Underground Wilco XTC Yo La Tengo Zuzu's Petals

Agreed. I'm sure it will be improving some. The price seems about the same as last year (maybe I'm mistaken), I'll be buying tickets I'm pretty sure, it's a good atmosphere at least and Chicago is fun to head to.

That was loads of fun. Glad to hear Magazine/Cars Can't Escape. There were a couple obnoxious drunken folks around but not too bad (luckily!). Nels with the macrame owl on the guitar at the end was pretty funny. Seemed like everyone was having a good time. John Doe made for a fine opener. I think Australia is definitely in for a treat (seeing as Jeff's voice will likely be back too), but the setlist was grand and the band was in top shape as always.