Oil Can Boyd

I'm a big fan of both Cale and Paris 1919. Stan Demeski (drummer for the Feelies and Luna (who opened for the Velvet Underground reunion tour)) wrote this on his facebook page: "Happy Birthday to the only VU member who wouldn't talk to the opening band." He then added "Cale gave me a hard time about signing my un-peeled banana cover too. Last night of the tour I asked him, he said no then asked who I was. He relented a few minutes later."

I really like this one. I got the deluxe edition which has a disc of demos, and that is pretty cool too.

Of course, that was right before Randy mentioned that Don Was was in the Traveling Wilburys ...

Another vote for This American Life (which is the only one I never miss) but I also like Radiolab.

That is an interesting issue. A friend of mine, who is a huge REM fan, ran into Peter Buck in a record store a couple of years ago and the conversation apparently went something like this: Friend: Hi, I'm a huge fan and your early albums were really really important to me. Buck: Thanks, that's nice to hear. Hopefully our more recent albums are important to you too. Friend: Um, well, uhh ... My friend says Buck was really nice and they talked for a while longer but he said that was kind of awkward.

Jerry Garcia

About six hours ago (3:00 AM) I got an email with the password for yesterday's pre-sale.

Which CD did you have him sign?

I never saw Big Black but I did see Steve Albini's next band Rapeman. They were pretty intense.

Public thanks to explodo for helping me out. I was able to get some tickets to the Cambridge show.

I consider the Feelies one of my five favorite bands of all time but I won't disagree with you. I think the first one (Crazy Rhythms) had some decent lyrics but after that they became very mundane. As you say, not bad just forgettable.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow Don't be alarmed now It's just a spring clean For the May queen

I emailed wordless music who is running the event and they emailed back saying "check the Elephant 6 Town Hall message board." I went there and found a bunch of messages from people asking what the password is ...

Maybe I'm missing it but does anyone know where to get the password for the Cambridge pre-sale that starts tomorrow? The box office website says that a password is needed but I can't find any info on where to get one ...

Another good one from the rejuvenated Buffalo Tom.

RIP Duke Snider As a kid I always had this fascination with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Snider was one of the guys who I admired.

The Violent Femmes talk in another thread got me thinking about this one.

Nice choice.

That's the same lineup that's playing some shows and putting out an album in April. I would have loved to see the band when Anton Fier was the drummer ...

An old episode called "Music Lessons." It includes David Sedaris singing the Oscar Mayer wiener song in the voice of Billie Holiday. I was laughing so hard on the subway that I had to turn it off because people were staring at me.

It was a one-time event (and I know I told the story here before) but I still regret it. A few years ago Bill Janovitz (from Buffalo Tom) was doing a weekly residency at a very small club (75 people max) in Cambridge. For one of the nights Pearl Jam was in town and there was a rumor that Eddie Vedder and Theo Epstein (Red Sox GM) were going to come over to the club. I went with a friend and we waited until about 12:30 when we figured they were not going to show up. We went across the street to the parking lot and talked for a while and then went home. I got an email in the morning saying

I remember seeing an ad in a Boston paper for a show "featuring members of the Pixies and Throwing Muses." As much as I liked both bands I didn't go. It turned out to be one of the few (maybe the only?) Breeders' show where Tanya Donelly played live.

Grateful Dead Pixies (first time around) Galaxie 500 Husker Du (but wish I had seen them earlier) Replacements (ditto) Alex Chilton Talking Heads