Oil Can Boyd

It's been a while since I have been as obsessed with an album as much as I am currently obsessed with this one (I'm You by Hallelujah the Hills).

Good lord! Don't know why it took me so long to listen to this [songs: Ohia -- Magnolia Electric Company]. It's right up my alley and it's great.

I did. I've seen them before but I'm not super-knowledgable about them. They rocked. Big riffs.

The second two on here are two of my faves so I'm going to check out Songs: Ohia. I don't have a whole list but I think my favorite album of the year is I'm You by Hallelujah the Hills. I saw them the other night and they played everything from the album and it was really great.

Hallelujah the Hills

Been meaning to pick this up. How is it?

Magnetic Fields (actually last night)

Really liking I'm You, the new one from Hallelujah the Hills.

Yes! Did you end up shooting? I have mixed feelings about it. I think the sound is good and like it more when I've been up close. The ongoing food service during the show bugs me and the awkwardness of sort of sitting sideways is uncomfortable.

Robyn Hitchcock

The Washington Post has a very detailed, interesting, and well done (multi-media) look at the 50th anniversary of Altamont. I appreciate that they provide a lot of background on who Meredith Hunter was. In many tellings he just the guy who was killed. To me the Dead's role in the whole thing has always seemed confused but in this story they are much more in the middle of things than I had understood. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/lifestyle/altamont-rolling-stones-50th-anniversary/

Bill Janovitz (from Buffalo Tom)

A little late to the party - but we just watched both seasons of Fleabag. I really loved it.

I saw them do the Acoustic Foolish show last week and have been listening to a lot of Superchunk recently.

I usually go for You're Living All Over Me or Bug when I want early Dino Jr but I just put this on. I forgot how great this is.

From Hitchcock's FB post: "Stars of Joy - I’m opening for Wilco at their first two Chicago shows this December! These will be festive nights, which I will do my best to garnish with Brit dismalia. There’s some ‘family’ links between us: Scott McCaughey has worked extensively with us both; Pat Sansone plays on my new single; and in his Uncle Tupelo days, Jeff Tweedy recorded I Wanna Destroy You with his then-colleague Jay Farrar. Plus it’s always a major groove playing Chicago - yaysville! Thanks, fellas..."

Ha! I'll pass along the message ...

Superchunk

Oh yeah. I remember hearing about that - and also thinking what a drag it would be to have a row of 6"10" inch guys standing in front of you!

Is it weird that there's an autographed picture of Larry Bird in the middle of Jerry's stuff? (I'm assuming that it wasn't his ...)

Sounds about right. And he left the stage when they were not playing his songs, right?

I'd never say "fully" with that band but is does appear he's not part of the new record or the tour. He wasn't part of the last NP show that I saw but they still played a couple of his songs.

New Pornographers

Bon Iver