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Yeah, he's very clear that: 1) arranging the meeting with Wolf was complicated; 2) they had a really interesting, long night of talk and stories; 3) Wolf hinted about getting Walsh access to the tapes; and 4) he never heard from Wolf again and that any attempts to contact him were rebuffed.

Wolf has them and Ryan Walsh saw them in Wolf's apartment, but Wolf's story has changed. When they met, Wolf said that he would need to "bake" the tapes before they could be played or transferred, but if I'm remembering correctly, Walsh later met someone who had digital copies provided by Wolf. I believe Walsh has heard them but does not have them in any format.

The story from the guy in the audience was great. He said he was out walking around Boston and saw a sign that Van Morrison was playing. He didn't have any other plans and he knew Brown Eyed Girl but that was about it so he went in. There were about 30 people in the club. He said the band was sort of jamming and sort of tuning but it was not really coherent but then the song Astral Weeks emerged and it was incredible. And then the band kept playing and they would get quiet at the end of the song (while still playing) and people were not sure whether they should clap but then the band woul

I saw Walsh read from this a few weeks ago and he was quite good. He told some stories that were not in the book and expanded on some other things (like his weird night with Peter Wolf trying to listen to recordings of Van Morrison from the summer of '68). One of the interesting moments was when someone who had been at one of these legendary Van Morrison shows at the Catacombs chimed in and said that they really did live up to the hype.

Ha! (And Rob Sheffield writing about Slanted and Enchanted - nice!)

Awesome. If you like the first two, definitely grab the third one (Only Life) next. I like 'em all! The two more recent "reunion" albums are good too though they are a little quieter. (That said, there last one - In Between - has the longest noisiest jam they ever recorded.)

Thoughts (on The Good Earth by the Feelies)?

Love that one too. That was the first Feelies I ever heard. It's different from Crazy Rhythms - more acoustic (or "lush" as the critics all said at the time).

The Feelies - Crazy Rhythms

I have not been in a few years but many of your questions are answered here: http://www.newportfolk.org/info/

Thanks for that report. I'm going tonight and looking forward to it.

Wasn't sure where to put this link but the Boston Globe had a nice prominent piece about John and his new hotel venture Tourists. https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2018/07/19/wilco-john-stirratt-north-adams-artful-lodger/Aic8Pv6ieeGLwc7ImqRP9K/story.html?p1=Article_Recommended_ReadMore_Pos1

Watched this the other night. I think i saw it when it first came out and had forgotten much of it. I think it does a nice job of capturing the ups and downs of being a band with limited success and an ardent cult following. They obviously edited it to include lots of scenes of the band sitting around or being in a van or getting on each others nerves.

That is awesome.

To KevinG's point above, it is interesting how/why a story like the kids in the cave captivates so many people while a story like 3,000 kids at the Mexican border becomes accepted or a story like the boat that capsized off of Thailand on Saturday killing at least 44 people gets little to no attention. The Boston Globe had an opinion piece today on this issue: https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/07/09/the-thai-teens-and-baby-well/GUNIR4mYKUQzIBIWgusf9O/story.html#comments

I thought I understood the difficulty of what they were doing but then this morning there seemed to be a lot more video of it. Wow - that is extraordinary.

I was there. My friend who I went with was a reporter and though he wasn't covering the show he showed his press ID to security and it got us through the traffic line.

Elvis Costello reveals cancer diagnosis as he cancels tour dates: https://www.elviscostello.com/#!/news/297540

Pruitt out. But the fact that he was allowed to resign and was praised by Trump, rather than being thrown out ages ago, is still problematic.

Still enjoying this one a lot. Love the closing song - Pitch or Honey.

I'm on board with this (except that I have no plans to go to Dublin).

This - and I'm loving it.

Yeah, my immediate reaction was that I'm bummed but as I looked into his numbers this year (including his contract) I totally get it.

I watched this too and found it interesting and also very sad. And I saw in the news today that she is being charged with welfare fraud.

Picked up a used copy of this the other day and I'm about half way through it. It's pretty interesting. One of the things that strikes me is how inexpensive the Village/East Village were at that time. Hell talks about how a lot of musicians ended up there because it was affordable. How times have changed ...