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Some of you may remember when I posted about a student, Paul Shuman-Moore going missing from Grinnell in September. Yesterday a body was found in the Grinnell country club pool and today police officially identified it as Paul's. I was not one of Paul's closest friends, but I did play music with him a few times, and had some very interesting and good discussions about left-field music, free jazz, and sound experimentation. He was someone with a very open and interesting mind for music, and I only wish he had the chance to pursue that farther. I'd just like to request your vibes and tho

I'll take this on. 1. Like Cryptique said, basically album sales are meant to cover label costs like producers/studio time/equipment/promotion/etc. That money is just basically forward to the artist and then they are expected to earn it back. I do think most labels take advantage of artists, but obviously they offer something otherwise no one would sign contracts anymore. Going to see a band live is good for the band and certainly they make money off of it, but it is not analogous or a substitution to buying a record (nor does it in my mind justify downloading music illegally). Even at c

00's Wilco-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Califone-Quicksand/Cradlesnakes 90's Yo La Tengo-I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One Radiohead-OK Computer 80's Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation REM-Murmur 70's David Bowie-The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust Roxy Music-For Your Pleasure 60's The Beatles-The White Album John Coltrane-A Love Supreme

Well I'll keep it brief for now since I need some sleep and all that. Anyways. Overall a very good concert. A friend of mine's band from Minneapolis opened (Mouthful of Bees) and did a great job, definitely had the crowd on their side (helps when you're playing the college you're going to I guess...), Driver of the Year played after that, a much tighter set then when they were here before. Spoon was very solid, like I expected they stuck mostly to their songs the way they appear on the albums, but without feeling dead/devoid of energy. Quite the contrary they seemed to be having a lot o

Enchiladas in mole sauce. Plus margarita. After I returned here: Gin and tonic w/lime juice, gin and tonic w/grenadine. Spoon concert in an hour

"teh porn" Ps. ABBA's "SOS" is teh greatest, no joke.

Exactly. And I agree with Cryptique. The US just needs to get over individualism. There's a lot of benefits to having everyone serve their country. But they just shouldn't be forced to be in the military (even if it is only in a support position).

Aw man, this is a real drag. One of my favorite authors period. Always brilliant and funny simultaneously. I'll have to do some re-reading I think.

The first album I bought was a Beatles Greatest Hits compilation of some sort (I think spanning their career) and it was on cassette tape. I got it at K-Mart. The first concert I remember going to was Three Dog Night, they played in a park in Springfield, OH when I lived there.

Down With Wilco is amazing, I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone.

Happy birthday dude, have a good one.

Happy birthday!

I've heard rumor that the Japanese Reissues are actually quite high quality, but if you want the warm/muddy classic tone you'll have to switch out the pickups on it...otherwise you get single coils in disguise. But it's an easy fix and its a much cheaper guitar...albeit a bit harder to find. I haven't played one...so couldn't tell you. Jazzmaster has been on my wishlist for a while. Just can't afford it....though I've been seriously contemplating the mij reissue. I do want to get one of the those Ibanez Jet Kings to refurbish, I've actually been looking for a while...used ones don't seem

When I was back home (Minnesota) I heard it a handful of times on 89.3 the Current.

Have a very happy birthday!

Davenport would indeed be the Quad Cities area. I think I will likely be going to that date

Happy Birthday

Well, I'm there. I was hoping for this.

Cleaning out my stock of summit EPA and IPA in anticipation for Spring Break

Fixed it.

Did you notice how Creed's fantastically innovative and definitive "Human Clay" is ranked #95, right above the Clash's "London Calling," I think that finally proves who is the superior group of musicians you elitist jerk

Exactly, I'm not exactly sure what this list is trying to be "definitive" about really... I mean, it's definitely not a definitive list of rock, and it's not even really a definitive list of top album sales. But really, come on, any list that ranks the Saturday Night Fever and Grease soundtracks higher than John Coltrane's a Love Supreme deserves to be shot a few times, and then thrown in a dumpster.

There might be something funky up, but you might just want to check this out first. When you first login there should be a check-box that allows you to always be logged in from whatever computer you are on. If you check that it should work, if it doesn't maybe clear your browser cache and then try checking it. If not, someone else probably has a better solution.

Glad you're digging it. Yeah, this song is definitely one that's great for any frustrated/depressed/bad moments, so cathartic. Many a time have I cranked this up and accompanied the Tweedy freakout...wonderful.

Well the dude does have a little more time to practice it Makes it no more visceral or amazing though, every time.