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I've enjoyed reading the responses to the question posed in this thread. I'm 56 years old (how the heck did that happen?!) and I can honestly say that my love of music is as strong as ever. A lot of my contemporaries bitch about music "not being as good as it used to be" and I disagree strongly with that sentiment. There's so much great new music being made today -- it just takes a bit more effort to find it. What I mean is that there is so much more music available now than when I was growing up, that much of the "good stuff" is drowned out by mainstream media/radio. Investing in XM radio a

^^^ And if YoYo La Tengo was to form a super-group with The La's and Django Django, they could be YoYo La La's Tengo Django Django.

Did anyone go to the RT show last night at the Vic? Did JT make an appearance?

How about a "biography" about a music label? I just finished Our Noise which is the story of Merge Records, one of the greatest indie labels -- started and run by Laura and Mac from Superchunk. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

He's playing at the Vic Theater in Chicago on Wednesday. I would normally be all over this, but the I'm going to stay in and watch the Blackhawks instead.

Uncool: Yes, 2008. I got shut-out on Winter Residency tickets. It was a great show and John Doe was stellar -- he closed with an other-worldly version of "Gimme Shelter."

The Band Chest Fever The Weight Stage Fright It Makes No Difference Long Black Veil

Shortest: 4 block walk from my office to the Civic Opera House in Chicago (Nick Lowe opened) Longest: 322 miles to the Val Air Ballroom in West Des Moines, Iowa (John Doe opened)

I can't wait for new YLT. Great news.

^^^ JM was hilarious -- new material. My wife works with and is friends with his mother which made it even more fun since he references his parents frequently. And the Hawks won!

Lou Reed (solo) 1. The Kids 2. Busload of Faith 3. No Chance 4. Underneath the Bottle 5. Street Hassle

^^^ Jealous. That should be great.. I'm going to see John Mulaney tonight with one eye on the Blackhawks score.