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Metafilter had a long thread about it. Two of my favorite commments: "he's the fucking pop music critic of the New Yorker, a post we ought to pay attention to as much as the opera critic at Maxim." "As an exploration of Tuvan throat singing, the complete Rolling Stones catalog is an utter failure."

I don't think I ever really knew how spotty Schilling has been throughout his career. I also didn't know that he was a reliever for his first few seasons.

Rockies owner: We're still the better team Owner true blue for purple By Jim Armstrong The Denver Post No one was more excited about the Rockies' magical run than their owner, Charlie Monfort. In fact, maybe he got a little too excited. Monfort insisted after Game 4 of the World Series that the Rockies are a better team than the Boston Red Sox, a team that outscored them 29-10 in a four-game Series sweep. "These guys did amazing things," Monfort said. "I think this team is a better team than Boston. It would have been nice to have another two, three, four days. We'll wake up tomor

Trent Reznor on OiNk: What do you think about OiNK being shut down? Trent: I'll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what made OiNK a great place was that it was like the world's greatest record store. Pretty much anything you could ever imagine, it was there, and it was there in the format you wanted. If OiNK cost anything, I would certainly have paid, but there isn't the equivalent of that in the retail space right now. iTunes kind of feels like Sam Goody to me. I don't feel cool when I go there. I'm tired of seeing John Mayer's face pop up. I

I'm going to go get this at lunch (instead of going to the Red Sox rally).

I agree, on all counts. I was surprised to see him come back to the AL.

Looking at their filmography, I am guessing it was Still Smokin.

One of the Cheech and Chong movies.

I assume he is referring to the fact that Dice-K had 2 RBIs in one at bat and ARod has 1 RBI over his last 44 post-season at bats.

As much as I like Lowell, I thought Papelbon deserved to be MVP.

I just wish managers and coaches could wear something other than uniforms. Is there another sport besides baseball where the manager/coaches wear game uniforms during a game?

Yeah, they never broke up but they also had not put out anything new in nine years. They play an occasional show around here and Bill Janovitz has put out some solo stuff. I think the album is great. I am a big fan but I would put it up there with their best stuff.

Going to see them tonight in Boston. Convenient how they squeezed the show in between the World Series games.

This is the key question. I don't really see Lowell as part of the mix though. I know Youk came up as a third baseman but I can't see them throwing him over there in the World Series.

It was a good game. And it's nice to see Okajima pitch well again. He was lights out.

Great great show in Boston last night. I don't have a set list but it looks similar to what they have been playing at other shows. A nice mix from every album. They just cranked out one great song after another. Bejar was in fine form. During one song I thought he was holding up a percussion/shaker thing, but I think it was actually an orange. Neko rules and Kathryn was great.

Yup. On the 30th they only played two songs but on the 31st they played Lovelight, Tell Mama, Baby What You Want Me To Do, Hard To Handle, and Midnight Hour. I remember listening to the radio broadcast of the show and you remember correctly. She sort of rambled between songs and basically said "I don't know who these guys are but they are great."

They are indeed great live but you should know that this tour is a little different. They are describing it is this: "The Freewheeling Yo La Tengo Tour is a rare opportunity to see this ever-surprising band in a setting more intimate and interactive than any tour in their 23-year career. A little bit Storytellers, a little bit Unplugged, with a soupcon of their famously varied Hanukkah shows, it will feature the band playing an almost-acoustic set of songs from their entire catalog, with stories about their life as a band, and an encouraged back-and-forth with the audience. Already famous

I saw a lot of Grateful Dead shows between 1980 and 1986 but one of the coolest was seeing Etta James and Tower of Power horns sit in for the encore on 12/30/82. They played Hard to Handle and Tell Mama. (They played a longer set the next night but we couldn't get tickets ...)

Going to see them tonight ...

Me too. I'm liking it; Russo's great.

A guy I work with always uses "exasperate" when he means "exacerbate."

I don't mean to kick a guy when he is down - because I actually like Joe Torre - but his managing record before he got to the Yankees was not so good. Granted he managed some bad teams, but in parts of 15 seasons he had one first place finish and, if I did the math right, a .470 winning percentage.

My favorite post-game quote from Kenny Lofton: "When you say stuff to Kenny, he's going to say stuff back."