JerseyMike

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

What did you used to do for them?

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.

To be clear, I'm not claiming the statement as true, just that it's what he said to me in a conversation. He told me this about 6-7 years ago at Quixote's in Denver playing with Stir Fried. Wonder why he'd say it....

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!

No Leslie or Beatle Bob sightings!!!

Good for you. You should come with me to get coffee on my way to work every morning.

Cage told me once that he taught Garcia how to play pedal steel. I kind of smirked as I thought Garcia pre-dated him on it. Do you know anything on this?

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 can attest that he comes close to living up to his myth.

For those who are looking for a cheap ticket, I have had a lot of luck going to the show and waiting until the show begins or is about to begin. That's when fans and scalpers start to panic and are usually willing to unload their tickets for face value or less. A ticket is just a piece a paper after the show so those with extras are just looking to get something for a ticket. A lot of times, its usually a guy who bought tickets for his friends who couldn't make it at the last minute. This worked especially well for me at Willie Nelson/Bob Dylan (2 $60 tickets for $60 total) and the Wilco/Flaming Lips NYE show at MSG (2 floor seats for $20 total)

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.

ou played 1st Base in highschool, didn't you? Scooping a ball is not that hard - with the large scoop glove, all it takes is a calculated swipe. I will say that footwork is VERY important for a first baseman, but that can be learned very quickly. The proper footwork includes which foot should be on the bag depending on where the throw is coming from and proper footwork also includes learning a good stretch - all which are relatively easy to learn. Fielding bunts is moot - the pitcher covers alot of the right side of the infield and if the ball does get to the first baseman it is an easy underhand throw - unlike the barehand, off-balance throw from a full on sprint that the third baseman has to make (yes, I played 3rd). Coverling the line falls into the 3rd baseman's realm. The majority of batters are right-handed and their line shots go down the left field line, not the right field line. In addition, the majority of the time the first baseman plays off the bag, giving him much more time to field any grounder coming his way. Although this can also be said for the 2nd baseman, as he often play shallow right. As far as going into the stands - I argue that a second baseman, with their great range make more of those catches down the line near the stands. And the 3-6-3 DP is no harder than the 2-3-2 DP and almost as rare.

No, I was a pitcher. I played all he way through college.

And the 3-6-3 DP is no harder than the 2-3-2 DP and almost as rare

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.

Fielding bunts is moot - the pitcher covers alot of the right side of the infield and if the ball does get to the first baseman it is an easy underhand throw - unlike the barehand, off-balance throw from a full on sprint that the third baseman has to make (yes, I played 3rd).

Once again, your clueless. If the pitcher is covering the 3B side, as they usually do, the first baseman must charge the ball at full speed, which takes them much further from 1b than an "underhand toss". (the bases are 90 feet away on the big boy field) And when they do field the ball, they have to spin towards first and make an accurate throw without hitting the runner in the back, and usually to a secondbaseman who is running towards first, making it a very difficult throw.

unlike the barehand, off-balance throw from a full on sprint that the third baseman has to make (yes, I played 3rd). Covering the line falls into the 3rd baseman's realm.

You must have been a pretty shitty 3rd baseman, because most decent 3-baggers know when a batter is in a bunt situation with a runner on first (you see, with a runner on 2nd, the pitcher would probably cover that side of the field), play in, and field the ball cleanly and make the throw. You rarely see an off-balance, diving play on a bunt, unless the player was taken by surprise. A chopper or slow grounder, yes, but rarely on a bunt.

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 glove doesn't need to be great either, since they can make the short throw after knocking the ball down. Ranger, of course, is very important, but there have probably been more 2nd baseman with limited range on good teams in recent years than there has been good teams with shaky first baseman. Just look at the Yankee dynasty teams: Duncan and Knoblauch at 2nd, both shaky fielders, with Martinez at 1st, who had good range and a great glove. The Red Sox have had a few different 2nd baseman (Pedrioa being the rarity) who were mediocre at best, but they had Youkalis, Olerud and Milar at 1st, who were all good gloveman. The Astros and Giants went to the series with Jeff Kent at second, who had limited range as well. This years Phillies may have been an anomoly.

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 one of a kind. Love or hate him, he gives

his all at every show.

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.

It's not just this year. This team, among the top 5 in payroll, has been playing .500 ball since about the end of May 2007. Is all of that Randolph's fault? No. But if he hasn't fixed it, or at least addressed it, by now, he's never going to address it and the team needs somebody in there who will. Randolph should have been fired immediately after the last game of the season.

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.

I drove six hours from Denver at the last minute and walked in right in the middle of Handshake Drugs -- the best thing about this band is they make every single moment of that awful drive WORTH IT in the first five minutes

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.

Arrested Development hasn't been mentioned (I do not believe....)

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.