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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)?

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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.

Ha! I just came over to post this.

Quite a finish in the Red Sox-Yankees game. It's easy to second guess but this one is on Girardi.

Joey Santiago checks into rehab: http://www.pixiesmusic.com/2016/09/official-band-statement/

The Feelies!

Oh I agree - I was (mostly) joking. For an event like this they need to have it tightly controlled or it would be mayhem from the outset. I go to author readings/book signings fairly regularly and there is always someone who pulls out the author's entire works and wants each book signed and then wants to have a conversation with the author.

Got a wristband! But the list of instructions is like going through the TSA. Ticket is non-transferable. No signatures allowed. You are required to buy a copy of the book at the event. No bags or memorabilia. Bookstore is closed three hours before the event. You will be handed a pre-signed copy of the book and will have one picture taken with Bruce. You cannot look him in the eye. (OK, I made that last one up ...)

Yes, bböp - thanks for doing these recaps! I look forward to reading them.

Nice! I'm going to try for the Cambridge one. Wristbands are available tomorrow.

Sept. 27 -- Barnes & Noble - Freehold, NJ Sept. 28 -- Barnes & Noble Unon Square - New York, NY Sept. 29 -- Free Library Author Events -- Philadelphia, PA Oct. 1 -- Elliott Bay Book Company -- Seattle, WA Oct. 3 -- Barnes & Noble Events, The Grove -- Los Angeles, CA Oct. 4 -- Powell's City of Books -- Portland, OR Oct. 5 -- City Arts & Lectures -- San Francisco, CA Oct. 7 -- The New Yorker Festival -- New York, NY Oct. 10 -- The Harvard Coop -- Cambridge, MA