Oil Can Boyd

Sweet Jesus - that is a lot of good music for one night!

Saw the Magnetic Fields do all 69 Love Songs over two nights. And I saw them do it twice (once in Boston and once in NYC). Saw the Pixies a number of times in small clubs but one show at the Rat in Boston (with Galaxie 500 opening) stands out. Saw Richard Thompson play in a fairly small club. Saw Sonic Youth the week Daydream Nation came out. The word was they played it straight through but no one had it yet ...

In chronological order: Grateful Dead - Europe 72 Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks REM - Reckoning (Harborcoat in particular) Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat Husker Du - Flip Your Wig Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs

I'm not defending booing your own players, but Gagne has been terrible for the Sox. ERA of 6.75, no saves, 3 blown saves and 2 losses. And last night was rough. Sure he struck out the side but he also loaded the bases.

Started this last night, and I'm liking it.

Rain

I only watched parts of about three episodes but those two sentences are exactly how I feel ...

There were a ton a couple of years ago, but some have left. Timlin, Wakefield, Varitek, Schilling, Mirabelli, and Matt Clement are all pretty hardcore. But a couple of years ago they also had Trot, Bill Mueller, John Olerud, and a few others.

Please, remember me, happily, by the rosebush laughing with bruises on my chin, the time when we counted every black car passing your house beneath the hill, and up until someone caught us in the kitchen with maps, a mountain range, a piggy bank a vision too removed to mention But please remember me, fondly, i heard from someone you're still pretty and then they went on to say that the Pearly Gates have such eloquent graffiti like:

Never heard this before yesterday but I'm on my third listen. I like it.

I watched Woody Allen's Scoop last night. Scarlett aside, it was not so great ...

There is some funny stuff on here: Dylan interviews

Kristin Hersh and Tanya Donelly got together to play two shows this past Saturday and they were great. They played at the Brattle Theater, a small (250 seats) theater right in Harvard Square. They each played a solo set (although Tanya had two guys play with her) and then they played a set of Throwing Muses songs together. It was pretty low key but a lot of fun. I saw both shows and they each mixed up their sets so there were not to many repeats. It was great to hear them singing together on the Throwing Muses songs. For those who care about these sorts of things, below are the setli

As did Gagme. But hey, it's over, I won lunch from a friend, and there are a few days off.

I like this: Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits (1967) that appear on DYLAN: 9 out of 10 Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (1971) that appear on DYLAN: 11 out of 21 Songs from Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 (1994) that appear on DYLAN: 13 out of 14 Songs from The Essential Bob Dylan (2000) that appear on DYLAN: 27 out of 30 Songs from The Best of Bob Dylan (2005) that appear on DYLAN: 15 out of 16 Previously unreleased recordings that appear on DYLAN, unless you get it from iTunes: 0

Getting back to the Feelies, I have always liked the transition from Slipping (into Something) to When Company Comes (on the Good Earth).

China Cat -> I Know You Rider from Europe 72

Retired 19 straight batters at one point ...

Pitcher Tim Wakefield received a cortisone shot in his back and will not be on the team's ALDS roster, which was unveiled today.

Good one, Moonshot Manny.

All that and expect to smile more than you do at a standard rock show. (And if you go see them again in six months, expect to see the same show again.)

Me too! I was in the third row ...

Not sure how I got through being an English major without ever hearing about his book.

I think the original comment (about Talking Heads) was about LCD Soundsystem ...

Saw the show in Boston (actually Somerville) a week or so ago, and it was great. I wish they had played more together, but I'm not really complaining.