Oil Can Boyd

I'm a big fan of Lou but this doesn't do it for me. There is just too little time and too much good music that I own and don't listen to for me to spend an hour listening to that.

I'm another person who has been playing it recently after putting it aside for a while. It is holding up well for me.

Agreed. I like the stuff on the third disc except for that tune.

Feelies - May 12 in Boston

Yup - it's pretty distressing to watch. It was not too long ago that I thought this ownership group was doing all the right things.

Came out 20 years ago today ...

I wonder if he is in the best shape of his life ...

Finished this last night and thought it was great. (It also made me realize how many books I read that are set in NYC ...) Next up is this. It's one of the few books in the 33 1/3 series that is a novel.

Pretty accurate prediction so far ...

And I'm going to see them again tonight.

Blood on the Tracks being turned into a movie? http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118052289 'Blood on the Tracks' gets film adaptation RT Features acquires rights to make Bob Dylan classic into a movie By Dave McNary Brazil-based RT Features is moving on a simple twist of film, acquiring rights to adapt Bob Dylan's 1975 album "Blood on the Tracks" into an English-language feature. RT Features toppers Rodrigo Teixeira and Fernando Loureiro will produce and are seeking a director after buying rights from Grey Water Park Prods. that include the ability to use the music in the film. "

Magnetic Fields

I was just in the Harvard Book Store looking at a copy of Rick Moody's new book. It's a colleciton of essays about music and includes a piece on Wilco. While I was flipping through the book trying to decide whether to buy it, Reservations came on. I bought the book ...

I might be there. But I also might be at the Big Apple Circus with my daughter. (I know they are not at the same time but I'm probably not up for doing both ...)

I remember seeing Moyer pitch during his short stint with the Red Sox (1996 maybe?) and thinking he was a decent, end of the rotation guy who probably wouldn't be around much longer. I guess that is why I'm not a baseball scout.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIQr6ipWFR0&feature=related

What Ghost said and therefore for me it is the 1980s. I started the decade by listening only to the Dead but by 1985 and for the next five years I was listening to (and importantly, going to see) REM, Talking Heads, Husker Du, the Feelies, Sonic Youth, Replacements, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Dinosaur Jr., Galaxie 500, etc.

There are four video clips in the link above. I'm listening to the China Cat/Rider right now and it's pretty good. They've got a trumpet in the mix which is cool.

You can read about - and see - the National and Weir here: http://stereogum.com/985452/watch-the-bridge-session-national-members-playing-with-bob-weir/video/

Broken Bells put out an album and a four song EP.

The always-great Bradley's Almanac blog has a long posting about Kozelek with info, links, pictures, set lists, and a giveaway. Check it out: http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2012/03/lp-previewdvd-reviewep-giveaway-mark.html