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For $51.7 million. Wow ...

Just got this email from the YLT mailing list: Hi everybody, especially those of you with tickets to next week's shows, We strive to make our Hanukkah shows unpredictable, and in one unfortunate regard we've outdone ourselves this year. I'm going to be a little vague here, but I had a pretty serious health scare earlier this month. I'm well on the way to recovery, but I've not yet been deemed ready to Rock. The good news is . . . well, the good news is I'm on the way to recovery . . . but vis-à-vis next week, the good news is that I've been deemed ready to sit in a chair and play the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tS2orIE2QUQ#!

Brian Wilson to reunite and tour with the Beach Boys: Hollywood, California – December 16, 2011 – The founding members of The Beach Boys, one of the world's most legendary bands in popular music history, will reunite for a global 50th Anniversary CELEBRATION in 2012. Beach Boys Brian Wilson, Mike Love, Al Jardine, Bruce Johnston, and David Marks will come together for a new studio album and commemorative catalog releases with Capitol/EMI and a 50-date international tour to begin in April with a headlining performance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival ("Jazz Fest") as well as ot

I think the song itself is OK - and there is a very nice solo piano version floating around. But to my ears, the version on the album sounds like bad 1980's adult contemporary rock that would be found on the Miami Vice soundtrack or a Lionel Richie album. I just don't care for the cheesy keyboards, the sax solo, the guitar sound. Given how much I like every other song he has put out as Bon Iver, this song just seems out of place and doesn't work for me.

Good one. I like that album much more than I like anything by Modest Mouse.

Thanks for the heads up. I am a fan of Zhang's films, although I have not seen any of his more recent work.

When I saw Bon Iver several months ago Beth/Rest got one of the louder crowd responses. At first I thought people were being sarcastic but then I realized they weren't ...

New Magnetic Fields album out in March. US, Canada, and European tour dates announced and many pre-sale tickets are on sale: http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/ March 6 - HUDSON, NY | Helsinki Hudson March 7 - PHILADELPHIA, PA | Union Transfer March 11 - MINEHEAD, UK | All Tomorrow's Parties March 14, 15, 16 - AUSTIN, TX | SXSW March 18 - VANCOUVER, BC | The Vogue March 19 - SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater March 20 - SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater March 21 - PORTLAND, OR | Roseland Theater March 23 - LOS ANGELES, CA | Orpheum Theater March 24 - OAKLAND, CA | Fox Theater March 26 - CHICAGO, IL |

Beth/Rest still confuses me ...

Beltmann - wow, thanks for recommending this powerful movie. Watched it last night and I am still thinking about it. It was at once both beautiful to watch and horrible to imagine those events.

Ryan Adams covering Galaxie 500 the other night: http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/onthedownload/archive/2011/12/09/listen-ryan-adams-covering-galaxie-500-s-quot-blue-thunder-quot-last-night-at-the-orpheum.aspx

Postcards from the Hanging (Grateful Dead playing Dylan) Garcia Plays Dylan Byrds Play Dylan Mary Lee's Corvette did all of Blood on the Tracks EDIT: Bryan Ferry also did an album of Dylan covers

Japancakes (from Athens GA) did a a cover of MBV's Loveless album a few years ago. It's pretty good, if you like that sort of thing. There is a lot of cello and pedal steel guitar and little/no distortion.

Woke up, got out of bed Dragged a comb across my head Found my way downstairs and drank a cup And looking up, I noticed I was late Found my coat and grabbed my hat Made the bus in seconds flat Found my way upstairs and had a smoke And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

From stereogum, War are pissed about not making it into the HoF: http://stereogum.com/900391/war-are-pissed-about-rock-hof-snub/franchises/wheres-the-beef/

I don't follow the Brewers all that closely so I'm sure I'm missing something but isn't this a case of the Brewers screwing themselves equally as much as K Rod screwing them? They acquired him and his hefty salary and asked him to be a set-up guy. They gambled by offering him arbitration so they could get the extra first round pick and they assumed he'd turn it down. When you say he screwed them are you suggesting that they had some unwritten agreement or understanding that he would turn down arbitration?

Pujols to Angels ... http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/story/_/id/7330066/sources-albert-pujols-takes-10-year-deal-los-angeles-angels