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Interesting piece from a Boston Globe writer - who is also a HOF voter - about PEDs. He is basically agreeing with you and saying that he doesn't care any more whether players took PEDs. It is part of baseball's history and he is going to judge players on their numbers. http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/extras/extra_bases/2012/11/erasing_a_line.html

Two names I wouldn't have necessarily put together ...

via Pitchfork Low will celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band with their new album The Invisible Way. Produced by Jeff Tweedy and recorded in Wilco's Chicago studio, the Loft, the album is out March 19 in the U.S. and March 18 in the UK via Sub Pop. Watch a trailer for the album below. In a press release, Alan Sparhawk said that Low visited Wilco's studio while they were in Chicago on tour and decided to record with Tweedy after hearing his work on Mavis Staples' album You Are Not Alone. He also said that the tracks on The Invisible Way are "about intimacy, the drug war, the class war,

Country Disappeared was the fade out music on this week's episode of This American Life.

Saw this another site but here is the New York Times' original review of Abbey Road (which concludes "As it stands, Abbey Road isn't tremendous. Still, it has 15 fine minutes and, by rock standards, that's a lot.") http://www.nytimes.com/library/music/100569lennon-beat.html

That's exactly why I showed it to my daughter. There was some medical ad on with all sorts of disclaimers Including "may cause death" and that caught her attention.

I still quote from Happy Fun Ball and recently showed it to my daughter who was thoroughyl amused ...

I'm a big Russo fan. I thought the book and the movie of Nobody's Fool were great. (I think Risk Pool and Nobody's Fool are my two favorite books by him.) I liked - but didn't love - both the book and movie of Empire Falls. I know he has written other screenplays and TV movies but I don't think any of his other fiction has been turned into movies.

Better hope you are not booked on the same airline flight as Wayne Coyne: http://stereogum.com/1204222/wayne-coyne-apparently-brought-a-grenade-to-the-airport/news/

Interesting piece on the current version of the Who written by Ira Robbins. http://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?f=1&i=42564&t=42564#reply_42564

Nice one ...

I had to go on a non-fiction binge after Art of Fielding. I wasn't quite ready for another novel.

I may have mentioned this before around here but years ago my friend's brother took some guitar lessons from Richard Lloyd. Despite my love of Television, I somehow heard this as Christopher Lloyd. For several months I went around thinking that it was cool that the guy from Taxi and the Back to the Future movies also gave guitar lessons.

Really looking forward to this (and the show in Boston).

One of my all-time faves. (I think the re-releases with all of the extra tracks actually distract from the greatness of the original, though ...)

via Paste Magazine Neutral Milk Hotel's Jeff Mangum Announces Massive U.S. Tour Published at 2:05 PM on November 12, 2012 By Shaina Pearlman Andy Dwyer better be careful, Neutral Milk Hotel’s Jeff Mangum has announced a solo U.S. acoustic tour and one of the stops is close to fictional Pawnee, Ind. The Neutral Milk Hotel’s website released a statement on its site earlier today, saying: “hello friends in a flock of finches unfolding from the face of a foam horse on the phone toinform you that jeff is heading out for one last u.s. acoustic tour, giving him the chance to p

I know a handful of hardcore Democrats whose facebook page showed them "liking" Romney. Here is a piece from the Boston Globe about it: http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/11/01/some-facebook-users-dislike-being-used-online-advertising-for-mitt-romney/4HAxE8p7s9vlrnDgufqW9J/story.html

Just got back from the movie. Wow - what a story! I definitely need to track down some of his music.

When I need a fill of cute, I go back to this one:

Westerberg's Come Feel Me tremble documentary (all 90 minutes of it) is available on youtube:

Three that I haven't seen mentioned (but might have missed): Dig! - about Brian Jonestown Massacre and Dandy Warhols Tell Me Do You Miss Me - about Luna Even if you don't love their music (and I love Luna but am mixed on BJM and DW) I found these interesting because they are about bands on the fringe trying to make it. There are a lot of bands like Luna that are big enough to keep at it but not big enough to be comfortable doing it full time. Third one isn't technically a documentary, although it sort of feels like one: 24 Hour Party People (about the Manchester music scene of the 198

Galaxie 500 - Tugboat I don't wanna stay at your party I don't wanna talk to your friends I don't wanna vote for your president I just wanna be your tugboat captain

The first Dead-related show I ever went to was JGB in the summer of 1980 and the Tangled Up In Blue from that night (keyboards and all) remains one of my favorite live songs I've ever seen.

People have been telling me to read this for years. I finally picked up a copy over the weekend and just started it - and it is great.