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Nels and the Fibbers covering Can in 1997: http://youtu.be/cz4jcYHjqzw

This general is leading our fight against ISIS. The article makes him sound like he's the greatest warrior and thinker in the Army. He spent much of his career leading a unit whose existence the Army doesn't even acknowledge. A very interesting read. http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/05/01/nagata-islamic-state-terror-obama-pentagon-syria-special-forces/

Even though he's in the States at the moment, it's May 19th in the UK and that means Pete Townshend is 70 years old. Here's to many more happy and healthy years for ol' Pete.

Eminence Front with Joe Walsh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgfRnAAZML8

The man who shot at George Zimmerman has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a deadly missile into an occupied conveyance. http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/15/us/george-zimmerman-truck-shot/index.html

05 (1968) - Disney records 10 (1973) - Elton John 15 (1978) - The Who 20 (1983) - The Who 25 (1988) - The Who 30 (1993) - Sonic Youth 35 (1998) - Whatever Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline were doing at the time 40 (2003) - Whatever Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline were doing at the time 45 (2008) - Whatever Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline were doing at the time 50 (2013) - Whatever Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline were doing at the time

You know that your neighborhood gas station is a good one when they have this on the shelf:

I'd be only slightly inconvenienced with DNOTD as #5. I knew that I was missing a classic double album and that was it. But I'm still a huge Geraldine Fibbers fan, so it makes me a little uncomfortable. I guess I'd go with The Minutemen at #5.5 and bow towards Pedro and pray for forgiveness.

It's almost certain that some high-ranking members of Pakistan's intelligence agency knew that he was hiding out in Abbottabad, and they likely helped him to do so. But I doubt most of the leadership were aware of his presence. Anyone who was willing to harbor the world's most wanted terrorist would be unlikely to allow American forces to swoop in and kill him. (The Pakistanis had already warned bin Laden about Clinton's incoming cruise missile strike in 1998.) Had they known about the plan in advance, they would have spirited him away and set up an ambush to kill or capture American soldiers

The Who - Quadrophenia The Clash - London Calling The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main Street Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks The Geraldine Fibbers - Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home

Yes, both are equally valid and they are not mutually exclusive. However, it is not an indication of fandom or bias if I only mentioned one of them. As a matter of fact, I only typed it out as an other-side-of-the-coin response to this post: From what I've gathered, it was a single unnamed source. Sy Hersh is losing it.

I was never a "fan" of George Zimmerman. I was relieved that he was rightfully acquitted in the Trayvon Martin shooting, based upon all of the available evidence.

Nels Cline and Julian Lage are doing another tour. Happy to see some Texas shows on the calendar. 10/20 - Fall River, MA - Narrows Center for the Arts 10/21 - Portland, ME - SPACE Gallery * on sale now 10/22 - Northampton, MA - The Parlor Room (2 shows) * on sale now 10/23 - Ithaca, NY - The Dock 10/24 - Erie, PA - Mercyhurst College *on sale 7/6 10/27 - Houston, TX - Mucky Duck 10/28 - Austin, TX - Cactus Cafe (2 shows) 10/29 - Dallas, TX - Kessler Theater

There's a nice interview with Pete Townshend here: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/whos-done-pete-townshends-ambivalent-farewell-20150507 Here's an excerpt that should probably have been posted in the Politics 2015 thread:

His exact words following the September 11th attacks were: "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." A few days earlier, Hillary Clinton said: "Every nation has to either be with us, or against us."

It was the highlight of the evening for me.

It was better than I'd expected. Joan Jett kicked things off with a rollicking set; it was the first time I'd seen her since that Who show in 1982. I had a lousy seat, but the band sounded great and it was nice to hear 3 or 4 songs that I'd never heard them play before. Pete really seems to like Austin, and at the end of the gig he pronounced it the 'music fucking capital of the fucking world.' Pete and Roger seem like good pals these days and Townshend seems to be softening up a bit. I think he's looking forward to the end of the band, but with more nostalgia and happiness than he's shown

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_26216037/legal-pot-blamed-some-influx-homeless-this-summer I've been panhandled in cities across several continents, but Denver is the only place where they've asked me for weed.

I've only been panhandled twice (both times outside a club where my friends' band was playing) and both guys were dreadlocked bro-hippies, but I'm just going by what my crusty friends have told me. I'll probably see them this weekend in SoCal, so I'll ask for clarification.

As I said, I was speaking about the people who have flocked to Denver to beg for weed and money, not the average resident. "Crusty, dreadlocked vagrants" describes them very well.

Looks like they've installed some giant dildos since the last time I was there.

Thanks for the info. Fingers crossed!

Yeah, it was an outstanding show. I didn't check to see if anyone was recording it, but hopefully someone did. Better yet, maybe it'll show up as a Roadcase offering.

What are the seating arrangements? I think my tickets say Row B, but I don't know anything about the venue.

I was on the stage at the very last Geraldine Fibbers show (1997) because Nels and Carla convinced the venue that an underaged girl and I were part of the crew so that she could enter the 21+ venue.