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City of Darkness: Life In Kowloon Walled City. An amazing book of stories and photographs of this massive, mostly ungoverned settlement in Hong Kong which was demolished in the 1990s.

And more from the current email: And the anniversary revelry won't stop there – we'll soon announce news about two forthcoming releases – Wilco's first-ever Best Of collection and a Rarities box we're pretty sure you're gonna love.

I know I'm in the minority on this but I didn't love this. I really liked the first two and there was a lot to like about this third one. I guess one thing that bothered me was that I felt Jesse and Celine were giving speeches rather than having conversations, particularly in the first half. I also thought that Celine's turn-around at the very end was way too sudden. But it was also interesting to watch this and think of the relationship between these three movies and Boyhood.

Looking for something lighter so I thought I'd finally get to this ...

Liking this. Champions of Red Wine is a favorite ...

Should have been there. I thought it was a great show. A little bit of chatter but not much. Just came out, plugged in, and played one song right after another.

Agree. I wasn't going to go but a friend just called and said he had an extra ticket so I'm in.

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Pretty compelling story. It's amazing that the 1936 Olympics were even held.

Good one.

I'm normally a stay-through-the-credits person but when we saw this yesterday my wife and I noticed one of our crazy neighbors and her crazy boyfriend were also in the theater so we left as soon as the credits began to roll.

Ha! Just got home from seeing it and had this exact thought. And I'll pile on about how great it was.

Wow - something must be up. It also includes the Jamaica event in January of 2015.

Don't know if it's changed but the original report was that Buck would be there for four shows: Great Scott--Boston Ommegang Brewery--Cooperstown Rough Trade--Brooklyn Asbury Lanes--Asbury Park

I read a lot of Vonnegut in high school and college (which was a while ago). A few years ago I picked up Breakfast of Champions and it didn't do much for me. But I found a nice copy of Slaughterhouse Five recently and just re-read it and really enjoyed it.

From what I hear/read, it was both. It sounds like he didn't change much from who he has been his whole career. And when the team is winning and Pierzynski is hitting, it's easier to put up with it. But neither of those things were happening so the team decided to see what Christian Vazquez can do.

And now John Lackey to the Cardinals: http://bostonherald.com/sports/red_sox_mlb/clubhouse_insider/2014/07/red_sox_trade_john_lackey_to_cardinals

Lester and Gomes to Oakland for Cespedes ... http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2014/07/reports_jon_lester_has_been_traded_to_the_oakland.html?p1=ClickedOnBreakingNewsBox

Michelle Shocked has released an album consisting of silent songs that are named mostly after executives in the digital music world. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6191896/michelle-shocked-releases-silent-album-inaudible-women-of-songs-named-after-digital-music

Apparently Deer Tick had a little trouble getting there: http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/07/24/deer-tick-kicked-us-airways-flight-en-route-newport-folk-festival/

Clem Snide - Your Favorite Music

Nice piece by Jon Wurster in Spin: http://www.spin.com/articles/jon-wurster-remembers-tommy-ramone-rip/ Didn't realize there was a debate over the Replacements' "Kiss Me On the Bus" solo ...