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Reportedly Jerry only lived there for less than a year. His estate sold it in 1997 and the guy who bought it totally renovated it. About five years ago he was selling items from the house (toilets, dishwashers, drawer handles, etc.) to try to raise money for a foundation. I don't think I ever heard how the sale went but I remember lots of articles at the time about people bidding on ebay for Jerry's toilet. As others have noted, it's safe to say that the place now looks nothing like it did 15 years ago when Jerry lived there.

Magnetic Fields - 100,000 Fireflies I have a mandolin I play it all night long It makes me want to kill myself I also have a dobro Made in some mountain range Sounds like a mountain range in love But when I turn up the tone On my electric guitar I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me I went out to the forest and caught A hundred thousand fireflies As they ricochet round the room They remind me of your starry eyes Someone else's might not have made me so sad But this is the worst night I ever had 'cause I'm afraid of the dark without you close to me You won't be happy with me,

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Eleven:Eleven by Come. Saw this guys last night and it was fantastic. Great guitars, great rhythm section. Pretty dark but lots of fun. I think they are only playing two shows - last night and then this weekend at Matador 21.

And reading Kristin Hersh's memoir Rat Girl.

Susan Boyle putting Lou Reed song on album Sept. 22, 2010, 4:46 PM EST Susan Boyle has recorded the song she was prevented from performing on TV. The Scottish sensation was crushed that she couldn't perform Lou Reed's "Perfect Day" on a recent "America's Got Talent" episode. Representatives for Lou Reed have said it was a licensing glitch. But the singer is getting the last laugh: The anthem is set to be the lead song on her second album, "The Gift." Boyle's last album, "I Dreamed a Dream," was the world's biggest-selling album of 2009, and has sold almost 9 million copies to date.

The "interview" with Malkmus was pretty painful but they did a nice version of Gold Soundz.

Pavement is on the Colbert Report tonight.

I remember Throwing Muses used to cover the two Ls on their Marshall amps so they said "Marsha." And yes, tinnitus, I'm looking forward to the rest of your pics because 1) they are always great and 2) I was kinda far back ...

I'm guessing you were close enough to see - was that David Cross who came out and sang with Spiral Stairs?

I had no plans to see this tour (despite being a big Pavement fan) but a friend called me at 5:00 yesterday saying he had a free ticket for last night's show in Boston. I am really glad I went; the show was great. I don't have a setlist but it had most of what I expected. The stuff from Slanted sounded particularly good to me. I think it is partly because to my ears Malkmus is a much better guitar player than he was when they wrote those songs.

The Allman's Mountain Jam is based on the Donovan song "There Is a Mountain."

Me too. I usually don't go back past 69 Love Songs in their catalog so I sometimes forget how good that early stuff is.

When Warehouse came out they played the whole album straight through. I know other bands have done that but it was the first time I had ever seen it. I saw them twice on that tour and it was a little weird knowing not just what was coming next but what was coming for the next 90 minutes.

Been listening to a lot of Stereolab recently ...

It is the greatest record ever made in the history of the human eardrum. Number Two: Kiss Alive!

Someone whose debut album sold more than 9 million copies, which I am guessing is a whole lot more than the entire Velvet's catalog has sold. (And it's interesting that Mick and Keith were OK with her recording "Wild Horses.") According to wikipedia, "In May 2010, Susan Boyle was voted by Time magazine as the seventh most influential person in the world, fourteen places above US President Barack Obama, who received one fifth of her votes, and fifty seven above French President Nicolas Sarkozy." I am not conflating popularity with quality (and I consider Lou one of my musical heroes) but 1

I agree. I didn't know much about it the first time I saw it and I thought it was a quirky comedy (which it is for a while). But then it got dark very fast. I remember going back to the theater and seeing it again a few days after I saw it for the first time. One piece of trivia I just learned - the two old ladies who run the junk shop where they buy Jeff Daniels a new suit are Demme's mother and David Byrne's mother.

That is an amazing scene - and for me it is one of the best examples of music in a movie. I remember getting chills when the song started ...

I forgot how much I like this movie. (And given the prominence of the Feelies, you'd think I'd remember.) Some great cameos including John Waters as a car salesman and John Sayles as a cop.

Agreed. He and Jeff Beck must have contests to see who can come up with the worst covers.

I certainly agree on the "Echoes" side of the album (because I have listened to that many many times late at night) but "One of These Days" might give me nightmares.

I had never heard of This is England before last night. I was flipping around the channels and saw it was about to start so I watched. It was great.