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Then you should make sure you are there every time he pitches because he looked great. No walks!?!

When I moved to NYC in 1986 my uncle (who had lived there for most of the 1960s and 1970s) gave me one piece of advice: don't make eye contact with anyone. I didn't really follow his advice ... My only advice is to walk everywhere. If you like cities, it's a great place to live.

Glenn Mercer/Bill Million from the Feelies

One of my colleagues always uses "exasperate" when he means "exacerbate."

And the version of Airline is a nice acoustic version (with banjo).

I married Isis on the fifth day of May But I could not hold on to her very long So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong I came to a high place of darkness and light The dividing line ran through the center of town I hitched up my pony to a post on the right Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down A man in the corner approached me for a match I knew right away he was not ordinary He said, “Are you lookin’ for somethin’ easy to catch?” I said, “I got no money.” He said, “That ain’t necessary” We set out that night for the c

That new emphasis on pitching and defense paid off pretty well last night ...

Thanks for that link. There is some cool stuff on there ...

I really liked it. I think it does a really nice job at capturing the complexities of a place like New York City while also pointing out how interrelated things can be.

One of my pet peeves is when people make broad, sweeping generalizations about 8 million people.

I know I have mentioned the Kinks' movie in other threads but I thought this was pretty cool (from today's Boston Globe): Graham Parker performs at party for Kinks movie British rocker Graham Parker made a surprise appearance at the after-party for "Do It Again," director Rob Patton-Spruill's movie about Globe reporter Geoff Edgers's quest to reunite the Kinks. Saturday's sold-out screening at the Somerville Theatre was part of the Independent Film Festival Boston. (Among those turned away without a ticket were former 'BCN jock Oedipus and one of Edgers's former professors at Tufts.) Park

It's not Buffalo Tom but it is outside of Boston/NYC ... Bill Janovitz is playing a one-off solo acoustic show at Schuba's in Chicago on July 16.

That is great news. Caldo Verde is pretty good about giving away stuff when you order through the website.

A little late weighing in. As always, nice photos tinnitus. Not sure I have much to add. Great, great show. Highlights for me were One By One, Spiders, Laminated Cat, and Thank You Friends. I loved how they shared singing the verses on Thank You Friends. My only complaint was that I was over on the right and couldn't see Pat a lot of the time. Other than that, I would gladly do it again ...

Andrew Bogut breaks his hand and dislocates his elbow. Nasty stuff ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmY1wQ8nzSM&feature=related

Good one ...

Pretty interesting reading, but not at all like the Scorsese movie. It's more a series of anecdotes and character descriptions, but no real plot per se. I also understand that Asbury somewhat exaggerates a lot of the stories.

I have seen a lot of shows there over the years and the best I can say is that it is OK. On the plus side, it's relatively small (2,700 seats), has decent sight lines, is kind of funky, and the sound is generally pretty good. On the down side, the seats are really small and close together, the whole place is somewhat run down (despite "restoration fees" being added to every ticket they sell), and if you buy beer you have to drink it in the lobby.

Things only get sillier: Rachel Maddow vs. Scott Brown. Today's Boston Globe included this article: Rachel Maddow criticizes Sen. Brown in ad MSNBC-TV talk show host Rachel Maddow is lambasting Republican Senator Scott Brown in a full-page ad in the Globe today, saying he used a "made-up" rumor that she would run against him for Senate in an e-mail to raise funds. "I'm running this ad not because I'm running against Scott Brown -- I'm not, he made that up -- but because he's the senator for all of us," Maddow, a western Massachusetts resident, says in the ad, "and maybe this will make

Correct.

Saw the Feelies last night at the Middle East in Cambridge (MA). As always, they put on a really great show. When it was announced that the show was "An Evening with Feelies" and that there would be two sets, I assumed that one of the sets would be the Crazy Rhythms album in its entirety, which they had done last fall. It seemed to be heading in that direction because the first set contained nothing from Crazy Rhythms, but then they started the second set and played almost nothing from Crazy Rhythms either. By the end of the night they had played (I think) five songs from the album but the

OpEd piece from Paul Westerberg in tomorrow's New York Times March 21, 2010 Op-Ed Contributor Beyond the Box Tops By PAUL WESTERBERG Minneapolis HOW does one react to the death of one’s mentor? My mind instantly slammed down the inner trouble-door that guards against all thought, emotion, sadness. Survival mode. Rock guitar players are all dead men walking. It’s only a matter of time, I tell myself as I finger my calluses. Those who fail to click with the world and society at large find safe haven in music — to sing, write songs, create, perform. Each an active art in itself that offers