Oil Can Boyd

She willed herself invisible?

Came out on this date in 1985. Still one of my favorites REM albums.

I think you are correct ...

just let the thread die, you highly messed up freak!

Not as good as his Any Human Heart, but still an enjoyable read.

Wayne Coyne's latest kerfuffle: http://pitchfork.com/news/46765-erykah-badu-is-super-pissed-at-the-flaming-lips-right-now-about-that-nsfw-video/

I wonder the same thing (about my kids, not yours). They read other comics - and read and re-read all of the Foxtrot collections - but they almost refuse to look at Calvin & Hobbes. I wonder if I pushed it too hard on them.

I agree. I am usually fairly picky about what books I start but once I start them it is fairly rare that I don't finish them. I read a fair amount and I can only think of less than ten books in the past 25 years that I have not finished. Interestingly, two of them have been in the last month. I also keep books after I read them. I am happy to loan them to people but I like to get them back. My wife is the opposite on both counts. She'll start a book, read 25 or 50 pages and if she doesn't like it, she'll put it away and start something else. She also gives books away as soon as she fin

Agree - and I'll add in that I also love Lethem's writing. (And I swear I posted something similar in this thread but I can't find it.) I liked his approach but then I'd lose his train of thought.

Hope it was worth it to him. He missed his son's first birthday because he was being held awaiting arraignment, and he might be fined and banned from CitiField for life ... http://gothamist.com/2012/06/03/shocking_jorts-loving_no-hitter_par.php

The guy in the jean shorts and Gary Carter jersey who joined in the on-field celebration was pretty funny ...

Weird story coming out of Boston - Tim Thomas might take next year off: http://www.boston.com/sports/hockey/bruins/extras/bruins_blog/2012/06/bruins_assuming.html

Guns N' Roses ban fans from wearing Slash t-shirts to their UK gigs: http://www.nme.com/news/guns-n-roses/64110

I liked that song more when Bob Mould did it and called it Brasilia Crossed With Trenton.

And it's great that Seattle's Hisashi Iwakuma picked up a save. He comes in with his team up 17-5, gives up three runs in three innings, and gets a save.

Steve Martin and his band showed up at Paul Revere's House in Boston the other day: http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/local/12007595628884/steve-martin-performs-outside-paul-revere-s-house/

A 1988 documentary about Sonic Youth is linked here: http://gothamist.com/2012/05/25/video_watch_pbss_1988_documentary_o.php

I pre-ordered the album through Caldo Verde and it arrived a couple of weeks ago. It does not really break any new ground for him but it's definitely got some good stuff on it. It also came with a free CD called Live at Lincoln Hall, which is pretty good. Again, not groundbreaking, particularly if you have any of the other live CDs Caldo Verde has issued in the past few years, but it's enjoyable.

That's a good one ...

Doc Watson in critical condition: http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-rt-docwatsonl1e8gp1q0-20120524,0,6259102.story

"... in the meantime the Red Sox are starting Daniel Nava, Marlon Byrd, and Che-Hsuan Lin in the outfield tonight versus the Orioles. And outfielders now on Boston’s disabled list include Cody Ross, Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury, Darnell McDonald, Jason Repko, and Ryan Kalish."

That's a pretty awesome way to go out. (Although I wonder what they would have done if he gave up a homer ...)

Speaking of job creation and government handouts, there's a lot of talk around here (Boston) about former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. In the past he has supported small government and opposed government support (writing on his blog “If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him.”). He then started a gaming company in Massachusetts, took a $75 million guaranteed loan from the state of Rhose Island to move his company there, and now he can't make payroll, missed his payment to the state this month, and h

Kerry Wood to announce his retirement: http://espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/story/_/id/7945053/chicago-cubs-kerry-wood-retiring I remember watching highlights from his 20K game and thinking that he was going to be the best pitcher of all time.