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Stumbled ino this one tonight. We came to D.C. To visit our son, who casually mentioned last night that Lettuce and Soulive were playing the 9:30'Club tonight. So we made it a family outing to the Royal Family Ball tonight. My first visit to the famous 9:30 Club was a rager.

They just come out smoking at that Wolftrap show, those first 3 songs kill, and it doesn't let down. At least to my ears. Plus you get Laminated Cat and Christ for President.

I have 3 of the Roadcase shows: 6-23 Redrocks, 7-25 NYC and 7-18 Wolftrap, Vienna. Also have non-Roadcase versions of 9-22 Berkeley and 7-8 Geneva. All good, wouldn't knock any of them, but if you were asking which *1* to buy of the ones I have, I'd say Wolftrap, Vienna stands out above the rest.

Social D tonight in Boston

Sunday morning on the treadmill with these guys. I just love a pro shot show:

What a great choice! Always one of my favorites.

Heartless Bastards tonight in Boston.

Which generated quite a bit of discussion in the comments section. To my mind, '72-74 is just one big year, but when forced to pick a single year i usually split the baby and go with '73.

Good post and discussion over at Hidden Track on the 5 best/favorite years, with links to top 5 shows of each of the 5 best years. http://www.glidemagazine.com/hiddentrack/the-b-list-the-year-of-the-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-767607

From the Gathering of the Vibes channel on YouTube

We spent almost 2 weeks there in July several years ago. Never set foot in San Jose. When we got there we spent one night in a beautiful asian style villa/hotel outside the city, can't remember the name, then flew down to Manuel Antonio for several days. Then had a driver take us up to the cloud forest, Monteverde. That was fantastic, but don't do the drive on your own. Spent a few days there. I think we did the zip line up there. Then we ended in a rented house just off the beach in Tamarindo. Great trip.

Homicide, Life on the Streets. Actually I'm a little shocked it hasn't already been mentioned (at least I didn't see it). My hands down favorite show of all time. Close seconds: Sopranos, The Wire, Ally McBeal, Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, All in the Family, and of course The Munsters My wife and I love Episodes.

Just lost the broadcast. Back. Theologians.

What a double bill!

I was a huge Replacements fan in the day. I haven't listened to them at all in years. Until I saw the trailer for CMO. Now revisiting the catalog, the direct line from the Replacements to Wilco is unmistakeable and stunning to me. No wonder I love them both.

That's correct: http://www.nola.com/treme-hbo/index.ssf/2012/09/hbos_treme_renewed_for_a_fourt.html

From a Treme blog at the Times Picayune site: Annie and Marvin Frey talk contract at Stella! as “The Truth of The Blues” by Dr Michael White, “Li’l Duke’s Strut” by Nicholas Payton and “Fatimah” by Irvin Mayfield play in the background. Shannon McNally’s live CD. Wilco’s first album, “A.M.” Frey is tight with the band’s management, and knows that Jeff Tweedy loves to introduce up-and-coming artists that he’s into.

Really, has that been announced? Is this the last season? That would be a shame.

This show crackles with energy. I've got a lot of shows from the TWL tour, but this one jumps right out of the speakers at me. May be the best I've heard.

Yes, that was neat. For those who are familiar with Treme but didn't see this, Annie was meeting with some guy to be her agent. She was telling him that she's going with a different sound, and the agent says she's describing Wilco and A.M. Annie loves Wilco and says A.M. is one of her favorites. Then the agent says "I'm close with their management. Tweedy likes to bring new bands along, I'll speak to them about getting you an opening slot." Or words to that effect. Pretty cool.

Mine came in a couple of days ago. Sounds great. The original Live at Keystone was always among our favorite of all GD related releases. Very glad to have this. One interesting tidbit: the box comes with a poster of the Keystone calendar for the month. Ten days after these 2 classic shows, Jerry was back with Old and In the Way. Amazing to me.

Alabama Shakes tonight at HOB-Boston. Loooking forward to this one.

I agree exactly on the '76 vs. '77 shows. I saw a bunch of shows both years, and the excitement of having the Dead back after what seemed like an interminable hiatus (which looking back was of course only about 18 months) made the '76 shows special at the time. But in retrospect, listening to the recordings, I find the '76 shows a little slow and sterile. While just about every '77 show I've ever heard is off the hook fantastic.