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Benjamin Booker's debut album. Awfully good.

KevinG: That will never happen!! I'm a White Sox season ticket holder.

I've been rooting for the Royals (their fans have suffered much longer than Giants' fans), but it will be hard for me to root against Jake Peavy tonight. Not sure I can!!

I'm jumping the gun by a day (I won't be at my computer tomorrow), but tomorrow I'm going to see The Drive-By Truckers. Can't hardly wait.

Once I noticed that guy in the front row wearing the Marlins gear (and he was hard to miss), I couldn't stop watching him!! He kind of ruined the broadcast for me -- especially when he turned his visor to the side.

Was fortunate to get tickets for the whole family to the 12/12 show!! Very psyched.

I love this band.

The Bluebird In Bloomington is a great little bar/venue that gets surprisingly good acts. Congrats on closing in on 50. I've been stuck on 48 (ND and SD ) for 7 years!

Home Field Advantage!

The Revolution Starts Now by Steve Earle. Not as strong as some of his earlier works, but still damn good.

New Madrid -- though I think I've already seen Wilco do this song in concert.

Great, great band. I saw them live in Champaign for $5.00 in the early 80's. Loved Monster (though I'm partial to the early stuff through Document). Like Monster, New Adventures in Hi Fi, has some strong moments.

Sebadoh @ Lincoln Hall

Well done. Congratulations!

There are some GREAT selections in this thread. Let me throw out Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltrey's 2014 release Going Back Home for consideration..

They probably have another 10 album's worth of material that they will release over the next year. Bob has never really had an unrecorded thought. Sorry to hear about the break-up. One of my favorite bands.

Alejandro Escovedo with Joe Ely opening @ City Winery

Water bills may increase, but it sure as heck won't be due to the ice bucket challenge! That's crazy talk.

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo. Great song later covered brilliantly by Camper Van Beethoven. And I believe I saw Wilco perform it live (maybe not; could have been dreaming!)

The final chord change/shift right before the final chorus on Sugar's "Man on the Moon."

One of my favorite performers. I've seen RT live around 15 times. He is a force -- especially when he' plugged in. The electric show I saw this summer at Space was my favorite RT show ever. As others have posted, Shoot Out The Lights, I Want to See The Bright Lights Tonight and Pours Down Like Silver are all essential. One overlooked solo album that I enjoy is You? Me? Us? Two discs -- one electric, one acoustic. Across a Crowded Room is also great -- hell, most of his releases are great. Go see him in concert. Close your eyes and you'll think there are three guitarists on stage. Al

"Who I Am" -- Pete Townshend "Twenty Thousand Roads" -- Gram Parsons "Shaky" -- Neil Young "Learning How To Die" -- Wilco "Let it Blurt" -- Lester Bangs "Big Day Coming" -- Yo La Tengo and, of course, "Our Band Could Be Your Life"

Whiskeytown, Beulah, Galaxie 500, Pavement (I missed the last reunion)

Spicy Italian is my grilling sausage of choice followed by Brats. Now my mouth is watering.

Like many on this thread, I grew up on the Who. And though I've moved on, there will never be a band that I love as much as I loved the Who back in the 70's and early 80's. For those of you looking for something new, I highly recommend the 2014 release by Wilko Johnson (Dr. Feelgood) and Roger Daltrey titled, "Going Back Home." Great stuff.