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I'm a big fan of McCann and liked that book. The (true) story of him getting attacked that he mentions in the forward (or maybe the afterward) is pretty tough.

Patti Smith, Elvis Costello, and Ryan Adams (and others) just added ... http://www.vanyaland.com/2016/05/26/newport-folk-adds-patti-smith-alabama-shakes-elvis-costello-ryan-adams-2016-lineup/

I might have to check this one out ...

Nice game by Max Scherzer last night. And the (Red) Sox's Jackie Bradley Junior is on quite a tear. He is so good defensively but it's nice to see him hitting well.

We've been watching Hinterland, which has a similar feel to Wallander (but set in Wales).

The Pablo Sandoval situation just went from bad to weird: he's now out for the season with shoulder surgery. http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/redsox/2016/05/02/pablo-sandoval-have-shoulder-surgery/K28Kn96WrRkkwkrPaVe0RI/story.html

I realize it is ten years old but I just saw this earlier today and thought it was pretty funny: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/notes-on-sweet-child-o-mine-as-delivered-to-axl-rose-by-his-editor

I really liked that one.

Springsteen cancels his show in North Carolina: As you, my fans, know I’m scheduled to play in Greensboro, North Carolina this Sunday. As we also know, North Carolina has just passed HB2, which the media are referring to as the “bathroom” law. HB2 — known officially as the Public Facilities Privacy and Security Act — dictates which bathrooms transgender people are permitted to use. Just as important, the law also attacks the rights of LGBT citizens to sue when their human rights are violated in the workplace. No other group of North Carolinians faces such a burden. To my mind, it’s an attemp

Just got to this era in the new Replacements book so I thought I'd give it a listen straight through. It holds up pretty well. The production is a little weird. And Left of the Dial remains one of my favorite Replacements songs.

Ha! Final in what way? I don't think he's ever stopped touring. I saw them open for the Sonics last summer and they were great. Looks like he's doing another tour opening for the Sonics this summer.

This is a funny Trump story. I would love to have seen Keith confront him: http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/music/that-time-donald-trump-was-fired-by-canadian-concert-promoter-michael-cohl-and-the-rolling-stones

This is sad if it's true ... Keith Emerson's girlfriend says he killed himself because he feared disappointing his fanshttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/12192653/Keith-Emersons-girlfriend-says-he-killed-himself-because-he-feared-disappointing-his-fans.html

Interesting discussion of the Anthology Series (and Free As a Bird) here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/03/09/george-martin-kept-his-hands-off-the-beatles-worst-song-it-was-one-of-his-best-decisions/

Agreed. Fantastic stuff. My only complaint was that I missed Kelly Hogan's vocals on some of the songs.

Cool - you shooting?

Neko Case (with Felice Brothers opening)

Ha! I was searching for the most recent Grateful Dead thread and found the one just limited to 5/8/77 and dusted it off.

Glad to hear that you (and smells like flowers) liked it. When they were doing the trip I set up a facebook page (now just called Rinker Buck) and they would send in reports and pictures from the trip. There are some great photos of the wagons and mules. And if you liked that book, I'd recommend his first book Flight of Passage. It's another crazy adventure story. When he was 15 and his older brother was 17 they fixed up a Piper Cub and flew it from New Jersey to California.

Someone is writing a book about this show: http://ezramagazine.cornell.edu/Update/Feb16/EU.Grateful.Dead.77.html

Not a great year but that Augusta show they played was pretty awesome. One of my favorite shows that I attended.

Ha! My brother in law wrote that (and I'm thanked in the credits at the end)! Let me know what you think!

I'm bumming. Neko's show here in Boston just got moved from the Orpheum (where I had 10th row seats) to the general admission House of Blues ...

Very funny parody of recent Kozelek (including the song I Watched the Movie Revenant with Leo DiCaprio): http://sunkilmoonalbum8.bandcamp.com/album/under-the-canopy