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I saw that and it's a shame. I saw him a few times when he was with the Replacements and didn't pay too much attention to him because I was so focused on Westerberg. But a few years later I saw him as a solo act (opening for Son Volt, I think) and he was great. Good songs, great playing, and he was very very funny.

Agree on all counts. A quick google news search shows a number of articles over the past five years where Frantz says the rest of them are game and where Byrne says he has no interest. Then again, if Frank Black/Black Francis and Kim Deal can make up ...

According to Deadbase it was played 13 times, all in early 1968. It's a weird one but I'm surprised they retired it so early ...

You can download a track from the forthcoming album here: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/13208-sunshine-in-chicago/

Love Goes To Buildings on Fire by Will Hermes. It is a pretty interesting look at a number of music scenes (punk, jazz, rock, hip hop, salsa, classical) that were going through big changes in New York City between 1973 and 1978.

I came across this site where a guy in New York tracks down the exact spots where album covers were photographed. Some of it is pretty impressive (and obsessive). Who knew The Kids Are Alright photo was taken in Morningside Heights? http://www.popspotsnyc.com/

That was actually pretty good - and probably fairly complicated to pull off.

Some shows: April 27 Bell House, Brooklyn April 28 Helsinki Hudson, Hudson, NY May 11 Pearl Street, Northampton, MA May 12 Paradise, Boston

Tim Wakefield to retire: http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1404331 Always liked Wakefield. I saw him pitch some great games ...

This is a pretty nice session:

Some funny Tweedy footage here: http://www.vh1.com/video/interview/733263/does-anyone-know-how-to-pronounce-bon-iver.jhtml

He's one step ahead of you. He signed a two-year contract with the Japan Series champion Fukuoka Softbank Hawks back in December.

When he was with the (Red) Sox, I saw Pena hit one of the longest home runs I have ever seen. I'm not sure why anyone ever threw him a fastball because he would crush it. But he just couldn't handle any off-speed stuff, particualrly a good curveball. At times he looked mystified that a ball could move like that.

Oh you are right. I thought you were saying it was a something else (a guitar maybe) made to sound like a sitar. It seems like it was an electric sitar.

Hmm, an old friend who is a big Steely Dan buff told me it was the original dude. EDIT: don't know if wikipedia is the best source for this stuff but if you believe the wiki, the Do It Again solo is on a real sitar and it is Dias playing it. Elliott Randall did play some Steely Dan solos. "Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page has reportedly said that Elliott Randall's guitar solo on "Reelin' In the Years" is his favorite solo of all time.[1][2] That solo was also ranked the 40th best guitar solo of all time by the readers of Guitar World magazine.[3]"

Right - the camera is on Denny Dias, one of the founding members and the original guitar player. He also plays the sitar solo on Do It Again.

New album is out in May. http://www.caldoverderecords.com/ Among The Leaves is the 5th full length album by Mark Kozelek under the Sun Kil Moon moniker. Played almost entirely on nylon string guitar, this 17-song all original album was recorded between October 2011 and January 2012 in San Francisco. Among The Leaves - words which caught Mark’s attention from a John Connolly novel - finds Mark relaxed, singing playfully about his life as a musician while retaining the melancholic spirit of his 20 year catalog. Mark’s love for San Francisco and Northern California are at the heart of this new

Happy 42nd birthday to the most awesome Dark Star ever. http://www.archive.org/details/gd70-02-13.early-late.sbd.cotsman.18114.sbeok.shnf

Not quite sure where to put this but last night I went to what was advertised as a Discussion with Dean & Britta. It was hosted/moderated by a Harvard Law School Professor, Jonathan Zittrain, who writes a lot about the internet. There were only about 20 people there which was sort of cool. They showed some clips of their Andy Warhol movies and then asked them lots of questions. Given Zittrain's background, some of the conversation was about file sharing and how the internet has changed the music industry. The quesitons from the audience ranged from standard ("Do you like all of your a

Do you know what sort of band is part of the tour? Strings and horns or more stripped down?

From Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/news/45352-listen-j-mascis-and-the-electronic-anthology-project-do-dinosaur-jrs-tarpit-synth-pop-style/ Dinosaur Jr. 's catalog has been reissued and celebrated with full-album tours. But, as previously reported, J Mascis will now look back on his career in a very different way. Mascis has teamed up with Built to Spill bassist Brett Nelson's Electronic Anthology Project to remake nine Dinosaur Jr. songs as full-blown synth-pop. "Tarpit" from 1987's You're Living All Over Me is the first taste. The album will be released in a limited-edition run of 500 pur

John Cale - Fear Sharon Van Etten - Tramp

I can't sign in using "Sign In." When I click on it nothing happens. I can click on "View New Content" and then a sign in box appears and I can sign in that way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGDTfoVyr5Y This made me laugh (and the guy has a pretty good voice, too).