Oil Can Boyd

If it was the boombox and acoustic guitar then it was the Stop Making Sense tour a few years after this. The link above is to a show from 1980 which was the first big expanded Talking Heads band and parts of that tour were included on the album The Name of This Band is Talking Heads ... It is worth watching to see Adrian Belew's guitar playing.

This 1980 show has been on youtube in bits and pieces for a while but now the hour plus show is together:

Agreed. I still remember when I was in high school being at a friend's house and he sat me down in a comfy chair, put headphones on me, put on Echoes, and said "I'll be back in 20 minutes ..."

Saw Mould last night and the band (bassist Jason Narducy and drummer Jon Wurster) ripped through this to open the show. They took a breath, addressed, the crowd, and then launched into a mix of songs from Silver Age and some choice Husker Du numbers (and a Cheap Trick cover). It was pretty great.

Yes - but for me it would need to be the speedier Uncle Tupelo version, not the slower Tweedy solo version.

Bob Mould

I saw O'Rourke sit in on a couple of songs at Avalon in Boston on 10-2-01. They played California Stars and Beard of Stars (by T Rex) which, according to WIlcoBase, was the only time the band ever played it.

I like that one - and it's a good goal.

Liking this so far ...

One of my favorite soundtracks ...

Jerry Garcia Band, Boston, July 25, 1980. Great show but the most memorable thing for me was that it was the first time that I heard the song Tangled Up in Blue. I bought Blood on the Tracks the next day (and have probably listened to BOTT more than any other album).

It was the 1970s. Mistakes were made ...

Good choice. I listened to that the other day and I still really like it.

I just finished this (and thought it was pretty good): One funny anecdote: They were playing the early Bonnaroo festivals, when Bonnaroo was a little more focused on jam bands. Someone shouted out "what does Yo La Tengo mean?" Ira responded "it's Spanish for Chinacat Sunflower ..."

Newbury Comics in Harvard Square - walked in and heard Walken, What Light, and On and On and On ...

It's funny - I have Irving's new one but I'm not quite ready to read it. Instead I just started this:

Wow - I didn't think a deal like that would happen. Sad to see AGon go ... Maybe it's all part of a plan to bring back Bill Lee: http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Bill-Lee-wins-professional-game-at-65-3811767.php

The info is there on the website. I actually thought they did a nice job of breaking down the data in different ways, particularly the geographic information. But in the end, yes, it's another list and I agree with some of it and disagree with some of it.

Cheaters!! Voting is reopened: From http://wilcoworld.net/#!/photo-contest-poll/ Alright, people, we're going to be blunt here. We caught a whole lot of people cheating during the voting period of this summer's photo contest, i.e., contestants voting for themselves more than once, at times, thousands of times in one day. It is clearly stated in the original rules & regulations that this is against the rules of the contest. However, since this contest is part of a campaign pushing for voting on environmental issues by the general public, and pushing for people to speak up and be heard

Maybe he can be a permanent pinch runner, like Herb Washington:

And I know I've pointed this out here on VC before but it blows me away that they did all that while they were in their 20s. George Harrison was 26 when he did his last recordings with the Beatles ...

Kristin Hersh (Thorwing Muses/50 Foot Wave) last night and again tonight

I'm reading this right now and it's pretty good. Remarkably detailed look at their formation and early days. I'm only at the point where their first record came out but it's interesting to read about their approach to things in the early days (and the number of bass players they went through).