Oil Can Boyd

Nice choice. I think it would have to have to be a smaller side stage though. I most recently saw them on the big stage at the Newport Folk Festival and I thought a lot of what makes them great was lost in such a big place.

Greinke to Brewers

I haven't been in college in a long time and I don't usually get that drunk when I see Wilco, but I love Pat's moves.

Now I feel guilty for bringing him up in that thread. Maybe I'll give Trout Mask Replica one more try (or put on Safe As Milk).

We'll probably never know the details, since the Yankees offer had a lot of details to hammer out, but this ESPN article suggests the gap was closer to $13 million.

Black Eye

I mentioned this in the Now Reading thread a while back, but Patti Smith. I like some of her songs, and I liked her book, but I like the idea of her more than I actually like her.

I am reluctant to start yet another similarly themed thread but this got me thinking about Highly Praised Albums That Don't Do a Thing for Me. For me, Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica might be at the top of the list. I had Safe As Milk, which I really like, and I remember reading about how amazing Trout Mask was, so I got it. Believe me, I tried to get into it but I'm just couldn't.

Totally surprised me too. I thought this talk of a mysterious third team was just hype. Is it easier to change the title of a thread or start a new one? Seems like we should have a MLB 2010-2011 off-season thread ...

Nice choice. I love that song ...

And is it all that?

I like it and totally didn't see it coming. I assumed after the Adrian Gonzalez trade that they would be tinkering around the edges and not making any more big deals.

I'm not sure I understand your point here. He's called himself a Christian (or maybe a small c christian) for years. He certainly wasn't hiding it on Seven Swans.

Perhaps he was mesmerized by Donald Trump's hair: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLTrPo7-AXA&feature=player_embedded

I am totally happy with the result and was surprised at how easy it looked.

Werth signs with the Nationals: 7 years and $126 million. Wow ...

All kinds of conflicting reports on whether this is happening. Sounds like the negotiation of the contract extension is all over the place.

It's funny. I don't think Age of Adz would have been in my top 10 until I saw him play most of it live. I like the album so much more having seen the show last month.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n34s98WpwJg

This is kind of cool: isolating the tracks of Gimme Shelter.

But the photoshopping was done by the NY Post, which ran that on its back page last week.

THIS - only I'd say the first four tracks are just about perfect. Sidewalk (track 4) is one of my favorite BTS songs.

New song, track listing, and cover art on stereogum.

I've had Pink Moon and Five Leaves Left for years but for some reason I never picked this up until yesterday.

This Jeter/Yankees negotiation is getting weird. I'm sure he'll re-sign with the Yanks but they are pretty far apart right now and it's unusual (for them) to be playing it out through the media like this.