Oil Can Boyd

Somehow this song had never caught my attention before. It came on shuffle the other day and for a second I thought it was Tugboat by Galaxie 500 and then I was wondering if it was on Merritt's new Obscurities collection. I was shocked when I realized it was on an album I have been listening to for years. It's so simple yet so great.

Although I've had this for a while, this is becoming one of my favorite Magnetic Fields albums.

Tanya Donelly (and friends)

Big League Stew has the story of the fan who caught Freese's homer: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/The-story-of-the-Cardinals-fan-who-returned-Davi?urn=mlb-wp25597 I like his friend sporting the Cubs t-shirt.

For those in the Boston area Buffalo Tom is playing three 25th Anniversary shows next month (November 25, 26, and 27). The first night Ted Leo is opening, Eugene Mirman will do a comedy bit, and J Mascis will be a special guest playing with them. Second night will include Tanya Donelly, and they are going to announce other guests for nights two and three. I'm bummed I can't make the first night because I'd love to see Mascis play with them but I think I'll make the next two.

I saw that tour too. I was a huge Dylan fan (still am) and it was my first time seeing him. I was really disappointed in Dylan but thought Petty and his band were great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smYgk7EWEEs&feature=player_embedded#!

I would not vote for the Late Greats in this poll but I will say that it was one of my favorite live closers. It was the encore at the Newport Folk Festival in 2004 and it was a perfect ending to a great show. Whenever I think of that show I think of people filing towards the parking lot humming/singing that song.

I voted for IATTBYH but if I were ranking them (today), I'd put Art of Almost second.

Really liked this. Brendan Gleeson is great.

They are a weird band for me. I feel that their first album really is a perfect album. I like everything on it. But when I've heard the demos that were part of one of the re-releases or live stuff, it doesn't do as much for me and some of Ian Brown's vocals are just plain bad. The second album has some good stuff on it, but to my ears, there is also lots of filler.

I agree with this.

Really? Wow. Some of the comments were getting pretty heated though. It sort of proved Tweedy's point about the internet as he was quoted in Magnet Magazine: “‘Look at this beautiful kitten.’ ‘Fuck you, that kitten’s a socialist.’ ‘You’re a fag.’ Basically, that’s the crux of all Internet discussion.”

Yeah, I know, I know but it looks like those Stone Roses reunion rumors are true: http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2011/10/18/stone-roses-reunion-tour-dates/

I saw it and liked it (but I'm a pretty big fan). It definitely assumes you are familiar with the band, and there is some great old footage. My one complaint is that it spends a chunk of time (and it's not a long movie) on whether Merritt is, as one critic call him, a “rockist cracker,” because he said that he doesn't like hip-hop.

Thurston and Kim split up. Statement from Matador: Musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, married in 1984, are announcing they have separated. Sonic Youth, with both Kim and Thurston involved, will proceed with its South American tour dates in November. Plans beyond that tour are uncertain. The couple has requested respect for their personal privacy and does not wish to issue further comment.

I kinda wish I was going to that instead of Crooked Still but I am committed at this point ...

Crooked Still

Agreed. I can handle an article about the players being spoiled overpaid slackers but the Francona stuff in the article was just wrong. Curt Schilling was on ESPN tonight ripping the Sox ownership for throwing Francona under the bus.

Theo Epstein "on brink" of joining Cubs ... http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/baseball/red_sox/view.bg?articleid=1372633&pos=breaking

I was just about to write something similar ...

One of their earliest b-sides was "If Only You Were Lonely." Well, I walked out of work And I was tired as hell Another day's come and gone and oh well Somewhere there's a drink with my name on it Well, I ordered a Scotch as I bust through them doors Spilled half on my jeans The other half on the floor When I saw you standing by that video game Well, I ain't very good But I get practice by myself Forgot my one line So I just said what I felt If only you were lonely, If only you was lonely too, If only you was lonely I'd go home with you Twenty push-ups this morning, that was half my

Boston Herald Grade: A- No new tricks here, instead Wilco’s eighth album is a collection of its best old tricks — and what a collection it is. Jammed together are wild experimental rock (“Art of Almost”), ace power pop (“Dawned on Me”) and sublime folk (“Black Moon”), giving the band a fresh, bold sound. Much credit goes to Nels Cline’s flat-out-sick lead guitar and Jeff Tweedy’s songwriting — how his melodic skills are still improving astounds me. For a bright, brilliant new wave nugget, download “Standing O.” — JED GOTTLIEB