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The New Pornographers

This is a great album. Big fan.

Same. I live vicariously through bböp's reports.

As always, the Feelies put on a great show. Mostly stuff from the first three albums, plus their usual mix of covers thrown in. (Jonathan Richman's Egyptian Reggae was a highlight.) With bands that they play out a lot, I often worry they will be rusty to start a show but I thought they were pretty tight from the start. They did two Television covers in the encore (Glory and See No Evil), which was nice.

The Feelies!

I am only about half way through but it definitely talks about the tension between Leon and Joe Cocker on the Mad Dogs tour. Much of it seemed to be around the perception that Leon was running the show and trying to make his name off of Cocker. And part of it seemed to be based on the contrast between Cocker's manic performance and Leon's calm presence. That said, the book suggests that Leon is really the person who made that tour possible.

Everything you'd ever want to know about Leon.

Live last night - Robyn Hitchcock! Great as always.

Sure. I didn't mean to suggest that those were the only three songs by Weir that I like.

The question above got me thinking about favorite songs. Over the past few years, while working from home, I've been listening to more Dead than I have in a long time. And almost all of the songs I go back to are Jerry songs: Bird Song, Dark Star, Scarlet>Fire, Morning Dew, Eyes of the World, Brokedown Palace, Ripple, Terrapin, Althea, Franklin's Tower, Friend of the Devil, China>Rider. I don't mean to crap on Weir - I really like his guitar playing - but in thinking about my favorite Dead songs, almost none are his. There are some I like: the Other One, Cassidy, Estimated

Ha! I am too. And it's a big book!

I've been listening to some Leon recently. There's a new biography of him just out (written by Bill Janovitz from Buffalo Tom).

Wow - I used to listen to that a ton. I haven't listened in ages.

I've been listening to a lot of Hitchcock recently - going to see him in a few weeks.

The latest edition of the Jokermen podcast discusses the album. I like the podcast but I haven't listened to this one yet.

Yeah, I'm a big fan of that album (and Quine). But I haven't listened in a while. Maybe I'll put it on now ...

Been on a big Lou kick recently. Dating myself, but when I first got into Lou and the Velvets the first three Velvets albums were hard to find. This and 1969Live were my intro and I still think of this as the definitive version of Heroin.

And the other? The Feelies seem to only play the DC to Boston/I-95 corridor these days. I know at least one of the band remembers doesn't fly.

Friday April 21 at the Sinclair!

Granted they have not put out a ton of music but the Feelies first record came out in 1980 and their most recent album came out in 2017. There's some stuff on the latest one that's as good as anything they've done.

Enjoyed that one (and the follow-up Stella Maris) - though I will admit that I'm not sure I got everything. Might be worth a re-read.

Happy anniversary to one of my favorite shows (and favorite Dark Star): 2/13/70