Oil Can Boyd

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.

The first concert I ever saw was the Jerry Garcia Band in the summer of 1980. They did a version of Tangled Up in Blue that blew me away, partly because I had never heard the song before. I bought Blood on the Tracks the very next day. But Jerry's version was amazing. I have it on tape somewhere in my basement and I should dig it out because it was one of the best versions of it that I heard him play.

I wouldn't call it a crappy song but I usually skip Brown Sugar when I listen to Sticky Fingers. I don't think it's a great song but I mostly skip it because I can't wait to get to Sway.

Just read this for the second time. It's just as bleak (if not bleaker) the second time through ...

Two of my favorites right there ...

But what a crazy life he lived before all that TV stuff. As one of my friends said, he lived the sort of life that Tom Waits writes about. From a different obit: Gordon Arthur Kelly was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. Before he was a month old he was abandoned by his parents and adopted by Fulton John and Mary Metzler Linkletter, a middle-age couple whose two children had died. It was not until he was 12, while rummaging through his father’s desk, that he discovered he was adopted. In his autobiography Mr. Linkletter recalled his adoptive father, a one-legged cobbler and itinerant evang

Whaa? When does it come out and how is it?

Tangled Up in Blue is probably my all-time favorite, but other good ones include: Airline to Heaven - Billy Bragg/Wilco (MA II) Summer Babe - Pavement (Slanted ...) Bone Machine - Pixies (Surfer Rosa) Little Fury Things - Dinosaur Jr (You're Living All Over Me)

Funny Aerosmith-related story on boston.com. A few weeks ago, we told you a funny story about the time, back in 1993, when actor Bradley Whitford - he of "The West Wing" and the new cop show "The Good Guys" - cashed a $500 check that was intended for Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford. (The dough was remuneration for the ax man's not-so-Oscar-worthy performance in "Wayne's World 2.") Whitford, the actor, told us he regretted cashing the check and said he would happily return the money now that his bank account is a bit healthier. "If you know how to get in touch with him," Whitford said, "I'd

I agree with every word in that (including that Fables was the first REM tour I saw).

I was listening to that last night. I think it is still my favorite Morning Dew.

This may sound sort of cheesy or like a commercial, but for me it is when strangers smile. This morning on the subway a woman got on and was sitting across from me. She was looking very dour and serious (and unhappy). She got out her blackberry and was scrolling through and then got to something that made her happy. She suddenly got the biggest smile on her face and she looked genuinely happy. Just seeing that made me smile too.

I can't figure out if my ipod is telling me to get this or reminding me that I already have it on CD and vinyl. On my way home from work yesterday both Shine a Light and Happy came up on shuffle.

Wow - as much as I love early REM, I haven't bought either the Murmur or Reckoning reissues. But I might have to get this ...

Well that explains a (very little) piece of the acrinony in this thread. D-Dogg's original post on this said "Federal law requires that legal residents have their papers on them at all times when out in the public ..." In fact it applies to legal aliens not legal residents.