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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.

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.