JerseyMike

I believe his main gig is engineer at Sears Sound in New York City.

I was one of their agents, then I decided I needed to reclaim my soul! I was particularly close to Richie and Guy, since they lived locally and are great guys. I still keep in touch with Richie from time to time. Sounds like the show was a great time. Rolling Stone.com has a little review on their site.

Damn, makes me wish I still lived in NY. I used to work for Havens, McGuinn, Arlo and the great, underrated Guy Davis. Must have been a great show.

I was just up in NY/NJ a few weeks back to play some shows with my old band and we went to the studio and did some background vocals for the new Johnny Markowski record (he was/is Stir Fried, basically). He is also playing drums with the New Riders of the Purple Sage these days. Small world.

It was my first SXSW since moving here last May, and what a blast. Gigs were just coming out of the woodwork, so I didn't get to see any bands, but what a time we did have. I had old bandmates in from NJ, we played a bunch of shows and turned my house into a recording studio and made half a new record. Great week. I'm just returning to normal now! Good for you. You should come with me to get coffee on my way to work every morning.

I will re-iterate that this claim is completely false. I am a friend of Buddy's and he has sat in with my band many times, and I have never heard him say anything like that before. Besides, I don't think Buddy can remember too far past yesterday as it is! This is not to toot my own horn, but just to shed light on the best steel player I have ever seen: Bob Miano Check out the end solo to this song from my first record: ANYWHERE http://www.myspace.com/mikejunemusic The guy is ace.

You know, if you don't like the music a band is putting out, you can simply stop listening. Its that easy.

I don't have a problem with scalpers because its just a matter of supply and demand. The people I have a problem with are the bands that readily charge $80-$250 for a ticket. Its pure greed. Acts like U2, The Stones, AC/DC, CS+N, etc taking home around a million bucks for one show is ridiculous. Not that I can blame people for making money that people are obviously willing to dish out, but if they charged just ten bucks a ticket, they would still take home over 100 grand. You have to give Bruce credit for keeping tickets relatively reasonable. Having had my own personal Springsteen moment, I c

Oh, the Higher Ground brings back memories. Saw Wilco there on the Summerteeth tour. They closed with "Immigrant Song" and then I spent the weekend in the county lock-up. Good times.

This may be the dumbest thread ever...

If Nader was serious about doing anything to change American policies, economic or otherwise, he would have run for Congress or Senate, or lobbied for a cabinet position instead of running for President.

No, I was a pitcher. I played all he way through college. You couldn't be more wrong about this. The fact that you wrote it puts your credibility as a baseball player in question. Do you know that "2-3-2" means catcher to first to catcher? It a) isn't that hard for a catcher and first baseman and and is much more rare than a 3-6-3, which means "first-to short-to first". Ask anybody who knows anything about the game, or who has played it past little league. A 3-6-3 has a chance to happen in any game where a runner gets on first. Once again, your clueless. If the pitcher is covering t

2b requires a player to be more athletic, but 1B is a more difficult position. There are so many subtleties to playing first that are taken for granted, like guarding the line, covering foul pops near the stands and dugout, fielding bunts, having a good stretch (very important and very overlooked) and of course, scooping the ball out on bad throws. A good first baseman can make much more of a difference in the game than a second baseman, but most of it is overlooked. Also, the 3-6-3 DP is the hardest to turn in the game. A second baseman, on the other hand, doesn't need a great arm and the g

I recently jammed with Ian McLagan and he said they would probably never tour. Liar!!!

I, too, have been dipping into the Mescaleros more then the Clash lately.

I think Tweedy has a little resentment for the song, since they added it to Summer Teeth after they finished recording because the label "didn't hear a single". I always thought it should have been a Top 40 hit!

Anybody who thinks Ringo was a bad drummer is either not listening, or a complete moron. My favorite drum part is "The Day in the Life": subtle, yet complicated. Perfect.

It was a cute movie, but when I left the theater, few of the jokes stuck with me. Luckily, I didn't have to pay for the movie. I did see a screening of Tropic Thunder, and that was hilarious. Robert Downey Jr. should take home the Oscar!

Car Wheels on A Gravel Road by Lucinda Williams should be on that list, IMO.

Bruce is a great guy. I played a Springsteen tribute show in Asbury Park last year on his birthday. Bruce showed up and took a bunch of us down the street for a round of beers to watch the Yankees when the show was over. Totally down to earth, if not a little buzzed!

I thought that Peter Frampton had purchased that pig at Pink Floyd's yard sale.

I think the blame needs to go to Omar Minaya. He overpaid for Beltran and Pedro, resigned the oft-injured (and older than dirt) Alou, resigned an underwhelming and deteriorating Castillo and did nothing to shore up the bullpen in the offseason. I, for one, am glad I just moved to Austin, sparing me having to watch the Yankees this summer.

Don't ever complain about that drive! Its one of the most beautiful in the whole country! I just drove 22 hours from jersey to Florida straight through, thats a hell drive! Leaving Tampa today for Austin...see y'all at Stubbs!

I was glad to see this as well. I had a little giggle seeing John in that red sharkskin suit because there is a quote of his about Van Morrison's reaction to his clothing in the Wilco book.

Thats because as a rap group, they kinda sucked. They may have been appealing to open-minded honkys trying to get into rap through MTV in the early '90's, but it wasn't all that great. Where's the love for NWA, one of the most ground-breaking rap acts? They were ahead of the game in subject matter, lyrics and beats. Not to mention "The Chronic" by Dre.