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I remember an interview with REM, probably in the Green era, where Peter Buck said that they could have kept cranking out albums that sounded like Reckoning over and over but they wanted to move on. Being a huge fan of Reckoning, I was really disappointed to hear that.

I am pretty sure that I am in both the Feelies and New Pornographers crowd shots. I think I bought the Feelies t-shirt that you photographed (I got the last one). I was also at a bunch of the other shows so it is fun to see the shots. I am friends with one of the guys in Kinski and I sent him a link of your pictures of them.

Overall it was a great night of music. Obviously too little Wilco but, as mentioned, they were very focused and very tight. But it was a weird crowd. A lot of drunk people and a couple of near-fights where we were (in the front third of the floor).

Nice photos! I looked at your site and there are lots more great shots. (And I can see myself in at least two of your photos ...)

The Amy Grant/Vince Gill show that was scheduled there for last night apparently took place so I can't imagine they would cancel tonight's show.

Coldplay responds to copyright lawsuit By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY, AP Music Writer Tuesday, December 9, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (12-09) 13:01 PST New York (AP) -- Coldplay has fired back against accusations they copied another artist's work for their hit "Viva La Vida." In a statement released on Tuesday, the band responded to a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by guitarist Joe Satriani last week in federal court in Los Angeles. That lawsuit says the Grammy-nominated song contains "substantial, original portions" of his 2004 s

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I used to listen to this a lot when it first came out but I haven't listened to it in a while before today.

Me too. I like it.

I'm with you.

One great moment from that Boston show is when one of them (Stipe, I think) says "We'd like to thank the opening act, the Replacements."

Water Boy

I wonder if this stat (which I saw on the Boston Globe website) is in Boras' book on Varitek: 14: According to The Hardball Times Baseball Annual, percentage of the time this season that Jason Varitek hit a line drive, the lowest percentage among all qualifying players.

Crowder, Light fined $15,000 each for verbal, physical confrontation ESPN.com news services New England Patriots offensive tackle Matt Light and Miami Dolphins linebacker Channing Crowder have both been fined $15,000 by the NFL, but not suspended, for their roles in an on-field altercation during the Patriots' win at Miami on Sunday. Both players were fined the same amount for their verbal and physical confrontation. Both were ejected midway through the fourth quarter. According to league sources, both players, in addition to game officials, were interviewed by the league office. It was

That's funny - I was just about to post that I saw them at the Agganis Arena in Boston and it was probably my least favorite of all of the Wilco shows I have seen. It had more to do with the venue than the band, but it (the venue) was big and sterile and security was really strict about people staying in their seats.

What would you rank ahead of Murmur?

I'd sign up if they were giving away Moxie.

ESPN reporting that the Red Sox have offered Varitek a one year deal (but no dollar figure was given).

I have been there many many times over the years but did not eat there the other night. But the Somerville Theater now serves beer so it wasn't a total loss ...

Show was great. I was curious as to which I Often Dream of Trains he would play. I am old enough that I bought it on vinyl when it came out but I also have the first CD reissue that has bonus songs added in (rather than tacked on) to the original track order. He was sort of the anti-Stop Making Sense in that he walked out to a tape of Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl, slowed the tape down to a stop, and then began playing the album. He had two guys playing with him and, well, they played the album (although there were a couple of songs that they didn't play). And of course he fi

Robyn Hitchcock's I Often Dream of Trains Going to see him play the whole album tonight and really looking forward to it.

But don't forget: he was the MVP one year.

Yeah, the MVP voting is a weird and subjective process. One of the voters (from the Dallas Morning News) didn't have Pedroia in his top 10. In terms of all time pooch screws, Ted Williams could probably complain. He hit .400 (in 1941) and won the Triple Crown (in both 1942 and 1947) and didn't win the MVP in any of those years. One of those years, 1947 I think, a writer left Williams completely off the ballot.