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Original Kinks bassist Pete Quaife died.

I wonder what that would sound like ...

Feelies - Crazy Rhythms But now how to address debut EPs? I was going to include: REM - Murmur (but Chronic Town came first) Arcade Fire - Funeral (but the Us Kids Know EP came first) Pixies - Surfer Rosa (But Come On Pilgrim came first) Pavement - Slanted + Enchanted (but Slay Tracks and others came first)

And the Paradise is going to be closed for renovations for most of the summer. I would guess most of the shows that would go there will end up split between the Middle East and the Royale. I am curious to see what they are going to do to the Paradise ...

There is another streaming song that you can link to from the caldo verde records site. You can also pre-order the CD and get a limited edition four song EP.

I certainly agree that NJ gets a bad rap and I think many New Jersey-ites feel defensive about it. My grandmother grew up in Elizabeth which she says as one long word: "Elizabeth-which-was-nice-when-I-lived-there." My wife also grew up in a nice part of NJ but she often has to explain that there is a nice part. And I certainly agree with Lammy's point, and my trip this past weekend is a perfect example. The NJ portion of the trip started on the Turnpike which is, well, the New Jersey Turnpike. Then we got on Route 1 which looked like it used to be beautiful farmland but is now a lot of o

And remphish I don't mean to seem like I am picking on you or your list, but half of that statement is arguably not true. According to the National Park Service "the Statue of Liberty is on Liberty Island, federal property administered by the National Park Service, located within the territorial jurisdiction of the State of New York. A pact between New York and New Jersey, ratified by Congress in 1834, declared this issue."

Oh I read it. It seemed pretty amazing to me so rather than working I spent some time researching eggplant. This is a response to that same fact posted elsewhere: 9/20/04 - E-mail from a visitor: "This is fiction. New Jersey eggplant production reaches about 8,000 tons a year. In the USA this ranks FOURTH in the nation. California is #1 with 13,000 to 18,000 tons a year of eggplant. World-wide New Jersey produces about .1% of the world's eggplant. There is a lot to be proud of in the Garden State. Let truth be among them." - JP (Thank you for the note and the correction JP!) And according

While New Jersey does have a lot of beautiful farmland, that is not even close to being true.

I just spent the weekend in Princeton for a wedding and it smelled like money to me.

Kendrick Perkins out for Game 7.

Not sure whether this deserves its own thread but it is a little odd to me (from pitchfork): Last month, we reported that former Galaxie 500 frontman Dean Wareham would play a set of all Galaxie 500 songs this September in Atlanta. It wouldn't be a Galaxie 500 reunion, though; Wareham would be backed by his current-day Dean & Britta bandmates. As it turns out, Wareham has booked a whole tour of Galaxie 500 shows. The tour, spread from August to December, will take him to some of the bigger U.S. cities. Dates below. Also, Double Feature will release the Dean & Britta double album

Posies - Grant Hart Sleater Kinney - Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone REM - Wendell Gee Magnetic Fields - Busby Berkeley Dreams Magnetic Fields - The Death of Ferdinand de Saussure

Exactly. It's not really a predictor of future success. And it's a weird feat. The first guy to do it was in 1898. Then nobody else did it until Hermida in 2005. And two guys have done it since Hermida and they both did it on the very first pitch. I think the Commissioner's Office needs to look into this.

I'm embarrassed to admit this - because I've been a big Dylan fan for, oh, about thirty years - but I don't think I've ever heard Planet Waves.

Yup, and Nava was only the second guy to hit a grand slam on the very first pitch he'd seen in the majors. The first was Kevin Kouzmanoff, then with the Indians in 2006.

From Matablog: The return of Gary Young The rock world has seen all sorts of momentous reunions no one would’ve predicted recently. Sammy Hager and Michael Anthony. DRI. The Faces with original vocalist Mick Hucknall and bassist Glen Matlock (hey, look it up!). But I feel very safe in saying none of the above pack the punch of the following newsflash: Original Pavement drummer Gary Young (above) will be behind the kit, accompanying SM, Spiral, Mark Ibold, Steve West and Bob Nastanovich on Thursday, June 24 at Stockton, CA”s Bob Hope Theatre. You know, the same Stockton concert somebo

If I am using wilcobase correctly, Wilco has never played Blasting Fonda but Tweedy has played it 20 times solo, and they have never played Student Loan Stereo.

Roadrunner - Modern Lovers Ol 55 - Tom Waits Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody My Chevy Van - some guy from the 70s

Tanya Donelly - This Hungry Life

Shoot - just saw your response ...

Both Boston shows are sold out (and I stupidly never got around to getting tickets). Did you take pictures?

Orpheum Theater, Boston, July 25, 1980. It was the early show.