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First one I remember is being shocked to discover that Signed Sealed Delivered was not a Peter Frampton original but that Stevie Wonder did it first. I saw Jerry Garcia cover Tangled Up In Blue. I bought Blood on the Tracks the next day and it has remained one of my favorite albums ever since Feelies covering Mannequin (Wire) Replacements covering Another Girl Another Planet (The Only Ones), Iron Man (Sabbath), and Black Diamond (KISS) REM covering Crazy (Pylon) Bangles covering September Gurls (Big Star)

Chris Sale to the Red Sox: http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/12/06/red-sox-trade-for-lefthander-chris-sale/27u5r2Ql6w8ltggPYkIG5I/story.html

Who knows if any of these are true but some of them are pretty funny. 37 Hilarious Bob Dylan Stories: http://www.vulture.com/2016/10/37-hilarious-bob-dylan-stories.html?mid=twitter_nymag

Anyone got some money to blow? Sotheby's is auctioning of some of Lou Reed's original type written Velvet Underground lyrics. They estimate this set will go for between $150,000 and $200,000. http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2016/rock-roll-n09587/lot.112.html

Netflix has said there will be six seasons, each with 10 episodes, and each season covering about a decade. Not sure if the key cast members have committed to that.

Not reading it yet but last night I saw Michael Chabon read from his new novel Moonglow. I'm a big fan - though I didn't really like his last book (Telegraph Avenue).

I thought it was a great night. As one of my friends said it was perhaps the most 1990s Boston thing ever when J Mascis joined Buffalo Tom and they did a cover of Galaxie 500's Tugboat.

Dinosaur Jr/Buffalo Tom

Magnetic Fields at MassMOCA (night 1 of 2)

Kate Upton wasn't very happy that Verlander didn't get the Cy Young: http://deadspin.com/kate-upton-on-cy-young-vote-i-thought-i-was-the-only-o-1789068042

My college-aged son didn't vote. He said that he didn't like either candidate and that his vote in Massachusetts - where he is registered - wouldn't make a difference because Clinton was going to win it easily. I tried to convince him that it was an obligation, that he should vote even if it didn't decide who won, etc. etc. but I couldn't sway him.

My cousin told me to go see Arcade Fire at TTs and I ignored his advice. I saw them at the Royale on their second swing through for Funeral. I saw the Pixies open for Throwing Muses at the Rat (summer '87) and then at the Ritz in NYC (spring '88). I also saw Pixies headline at the Rat, TTs, and the Paradise in the '88-'90 timeframe.

I saw REM at BU in the summer of '85. I saw the Pixies opening for Throwing Muses twice, including once before Come On Pilgrim had been released. Arcade Fire and White Stripes (separately) in a big club.

Nice one. Really fantastic show.

Nice! With your camera(s)?

Teenage Fanclub

Just finished Stranger Things and now moving on to Broadchurch.

For an awkward exchange with Curt Schilling trying to defend some of Trump's comments click here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2016/10/14/schilling-defends-donald-trump-bizarre-comment-about-year-old-girl/p32rsUzQknAqT40Qzu3l0I/story.html

I got a free print subscription to Rolling Stone. The review of Weir's solo album in the current issue begins "The Grateful Dead bassist's first solo album in a decade is a set of 'cowboy songs' ..."

As well as can be expected. (Sorry - don't know how to post it here ...)

I went to the signing in Cambridge yesterday and agree with earlier comments. It was very well run - like a combination of the TSA and the Soup Nazi episode of Seinfeld. Wait in line, step up, get your picture, move on. Bruce looked pretty exhausted by the time I got there and he had a ways to go. I thanked him for Nebraska and he thanked me for coming.

Very nice. Do you get a chance to talk with him even briefly? Or is it step up, get your book, your picture, and move on?

Jose Fernandez killed in boating accident: http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/17632541/miami-marlins-ace-jose-fernandez-dies-boating-accident

Wow - really? I haven't seen him in ages. Do you know who is in his band?

Another fine show by The Feelies last Friday night.