Oil Can Boyd

Was it tough to leave off Sunrise?

I am! 1. Dark Star 2. China Cat > I Know You Rider 3. Bird Song 4. Scarlet > Fire 5. Morning Dew Not sure how Eyes of the World and Brokedown Palace didn't make the list ...

Somehow I've missed or forgotten how great this album is. Ricky Wilson's guitar is fantastic.

It was a great great show. Unfortunately (for me) I was in the balcony. It was pretty intense up there but must have been nuts right up front.

Nick Cave!

And Nicaragua didn't join because they felt it didn't go far enough ...

Tough start for the Mets. And now Mr. Met is out: https://www.boston.com/sports/mlb/2017/06/01/mr-met-gives-fan-the-finger-employee-out-as-team-mascot

I was there!

Wow - that must have been a great night of music.

Pretty interesting list on Pitchfork. Let the arguments begin! http://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/10078-the-grateful-dead-a-guide-to-their-essential-live-songs/

Um, Twin Peaks? I still have no idea what I watched last night but it was entertaining ...

Buffalo Tom - Let Me Come Over

How was Grant Hart? I hear he's not looking so good these days.

Cause of death is "suicide by hanging." http://www.vanyaland.com/2017/05/18/chris-cornell-cause-death-revealed-suicide-hanging/

I'm a little bit behind on this thread but I got it right away. It's a reference we use around the office from time to time.

Looks like Jonathan Demme has passed away from complications from esophageal cancer. Sad news. He made some great films. http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39724613?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

New Pornographers

Juliana Hatfield Three

Saw her last night opening for (and then playing with) Richard Thompson and she was fantastic.

Are you going both nights?

Richard Thompson

Bummed that I'm passing on this. Just sold my tickets to a friend because I'm feeling pretty crappy.

If you like the new album, the show is great. As you may know, for this tour they are playing songs 1-25 of the 50 Song Memoir on the fist night and songs 26-50 on the second night. It feels a little more like a Stephin Merritt solo show than past Magnetic Fields tours in that he has a bigger new band (with only Sam Davol and Shirley Simms as holdovers) and Merritt is more at the center of the stage.

I do - but I am a big Merritt fan. It doesn't have the range of styles of something like 69 Love Songs - and he sings all 50 songs - so it can start to blend together if you are listening to it straight through. But it is also autobiographical and more personal than anything else he has done so it is interesting to get that insight into his life.