Oil Can Boyd

I thought these guys were British until fairly recently. I love "Yoga Means Union."

Slint

Wow - this is not just a negative review (by Jim DeRogatis) but it verges on being petty and unprofessional. http://www.wbez.org/blogs/jim-derogatis/2014-04/return-afghan-whigs-110063

That was the first tape that I ever got. Love the Fire on the Mountain on that one.

Yes - pretty horrendous behavior from the top all the way down to the bottom. But also some remarkable stories of people pitching in and helping each other. And weird stories like former NFL football player JaMarcus Russell letting Fats Domino stay at his apartment in Baton Rouge.

Just got this email from ticketmaster: Join us for an evening with GREGG ALLMAN w/ Special Guest JAIMOE'S JASSSZ BAND as he takes the Newport Yachting Center Stage on Sunday, August 10th. Watch as these Rock & Roll Hall of Famers take over the Newport Waterfront with their soulful voices and unmistakable sounds of blues and Southern rock.

Where, where the hell is Bill?

Um, I think you meant tUnE-yArDs ...

I only read the print edition but it was a fantastic article. Maybe I'll check out the online version tonight ...

Interesting piece by Chris Frantz on the R&R Hal of Fame: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-frantz/the-rock-and-roll-hall-of_2_b_5146973.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=789893b=facebook

Saw her play this album last night and it was terrific. She ended with Jesse Winchester's "My Songbird" which was tremendous.

Emmylou Harris

30 minutes of Phil Collins' fill from In the Air Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOwAvW1CIJs

Waaa? I gotta look into that ... For me (all in the Boston area): Slint Emmylou Harris Feelies Buffalo Tom

By far the most I've ever spent on a ticket was the approximately $200 I spent for my daughter to go see Taylor Swift last summer. For a show that I actually attended I'm guessing it was Neil Young/Wilco which I think was about $75.

I went to New Orleans for the first time a couple of weeks ago so I thought I should read this.

Agreed - and I love it. I know people who never use it and I am the opposite. I listen on shuffle probably half the time I'm listening to music.

Looks like April 24 is the date (and there are a bunch of other guests): http://www.avclub.com/article/yo-la-tengo-will-also-be-part-parks-and-recreation-202769

A couple of months ago I saw a great lecture/performance by Wynton Marsalis called "New Orleans: the Birth of Jazz." Much of it was a lecture but he had a crack band with him and as he talked about specific pieces of music or explained how a song sounded when it was played in different styles, the band would play. It was pretty illuminating. These names may mean more to others but his band was Lucien Barbarin (trombone), Jonathan Batiste (piano), Troy Davis (drums), Vince Giordano (tuba/bass), Victor Goines (reeds), Ricky Gordon (percussion), Marcus Printup (cornet), Don Vappie (banjo/guit

For the first time since 1998 the Yankees do not have the highest payroll in baseball.

That quote was from 1974 based on a show at the Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge. http://web.archive.org/web/20030202021626/http://home.theboots.net/theboots/articles/future.html

One of my musical regrets is that I ignored my cousin when he urged me to go see that show at TTs.

Small Pixies (with Galaxie 500 opening) at the Rat in Boston 12/88 Arcade Fire at the Roxy in Boston 2/05 Richard Thompson at the Paradise in Boston Spring of 91 Feelies at Maxwell's in Hoboken 12/87 Medium Wilco - An Evening With at the Orpheum in Boston Magnetic Fields doing all of 69 Love Songs Alice Tully Hall in NYC 3/02 (or Somerville Theater 12/00) Sufjan Stevens - seen him twice in theaters (Somerville Theater and Orpheum) and they were both amazing Large Talking Heads Portland Maine 8/83 Grateful Dead various '80 through '86 Wilco (and others) Newport Folk Festival 8/04

Weird - it initially showed up then was gone. In any case, 20 Feet From Stardom is what I watched ...

Finally saw this and thought it was great.