Oil Can Boyd

RIP indeed. I only saw her once and it was at a Grateful Dead show. On 12/30/82 she and the Tower of Power horns came out for the two-song encore. (They played a longer set the next night.) But she was one of the greats.

This Fausto Carmona/Roberto Heredia story is a weird one: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7480419/fausto-carmona-cleveland-indians-arrested-accused-using-false-identity

Sure, but it's not totally outrageous given that Sabathia gets $24M, Johan Santana gets $21.6M, Zambrano gets $18.8M, and Zito gets $18.5M.

I was there too and really enjoyed it. Per Tinnitus' comment above, I preferred CVB's set to Cracker's.

Saw them last night play with Cracker and the show was great. I think I actually preferred the CVB set but they were both pretty rocking.

We'll disagree on that. Yes, Robbie can't match Dylan's lyrics but musically, I'd rather listen to The Weight. Interesting that they were the two sides of the Band's first single, with The Weight being the A side.

I agree. And if it is not The Weight it is I Shall Be Released. I remember hearing that Wilco and Fleet Foxes were going to put out a song together and I was excited and then I heard it was going to be I Shall Be Released. It's fine but not something I go back to very often.

WOW! That looks good ...

I have no idea if this is new or not but Pitchfork has an eight part mini-documentary about the making of the Soft Bulletin. I just watched the piece on Race For the Prize and it was pretty interesting. http://pitchfork.com/tv/pitchfork-classic/1885-the-flaming-lips-the-soft-bulletin/ And +2 on the Stephen Drozd appreciation ...

Thought this was great - and has me listening to lots of Clash today.

According to SLicing Up Eyeballs (http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2012/01/12/firehose-tour-dates-reunion/): fIREHOSE tour dates: April 5: Harlow’s, Sacramento, CA April 6: Doug Fir, Portland, OR April 7: Neumos, Seattle, WA April 9: Wild Buffalo House of Music, Bellingham, WA April 10: WOW Hall, Eugene, OR April 11: Slim’s, San Francisco, CA April 12: Historic Coconut Grove Ballroom, Santa Cruz, CA * April 13: Fulton 55, Fresno, CA April 14: Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA April 17: Crescent Ballroom, Phoenix, AZ * April 18: Orpheum Theatre, Flagstaff, AZ * April 19: P

Bon Iver playing on SNL on February 4.

And you can hear a song from it right here: http://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/the-magnetic-fields-andrew-in

If you are on facebook, they are lised here (and there a bunch of others that are on there): https://www.facebook.com/newmultitudes?sk=app_123966167614127 San Francisco’s The Fillmore March 6 Los Angeles at The Music Box March 7 Portland, Ore., at McMenamins Crystal Ballroom March 9 Seattle’s Showbox At The Market March 10 Alexandria, Va., at the Birchmere March 12 Philadelphia’s Union Transfer March 13 New York’s Webster Hall March 14 Boston’s Paradise Rock Club March 16

Fans Claim Van Halen's New Song 'Tattoo' Sounds Like a 1977 Outtake http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fans-claim-van-halens-new-song-tattoo-sounds-like-a-1977-outtake-20120110

And they are touring together. Two dates announced so far: Alexandria VA March 12 Boston March 16

They are playing three shows next week, one in Brooklyn and two in Boston. Have not heard anything about a new album.

Came out 23 years ago today

Magnetic Fields - Love At the Bottom of the Sea (March 6)

The last time I saw fIREHOSE they opened for the Lemonheads, and that was a pretty good night of music.

I never saw the minutemen but I saw fIREHOSE at least five times and they always delivered a great show. I'd go see them again.

I'll pile on the love for this movie. It was great.

Wingdale Community Singers. Great overlooked album from a few years ago. The core of the band is David Grubbs, Hannah Marcus, and (author) Rick Moody.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSMxwg_7aCE&feature=related Not the biggest Bowie fan but I love this song. Happy 65th ...