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Al Gore and Texas in the same sentence? My head is going to explode.

I listened to the whole song yesterday and that's not typical. I really enjoyed it. Good job.

Except for one or two obvious trolls, the people who are complaining appear to be genuine Wilco fans, so where else would they discuss the band, other than a Wilco fan board? Push back -- in the form of polite disagreement -- is perfectly fine, but there's absolutely no place for ridicule amongst grown men and women. The whole idea that "it's the Internet" allows such behavior is ridiculous.

Jeff Tweedy has a long history of speaking his mind from the stage, especially during elections. It was all red state, blue state nonsense -- typical "our team vs theirs" political polarization -- but it's his stage, so he can do as he sees fit. I remember groaning when he said something like "we're all one, let's stop bickering" after Obama's victory, since it came on the heels of so many red vs blue jibes from the stage over the last several months. I don't really consider myself to be a Republican. I'm registered with the party so that I can take part in primaries, but I vote based on th

As I've said before, the band are a bunch of nice guys with their hearts in the right place, but I can't help but look at this as it's-almost-election-year, partisan politics. It's just another part of the polarization of the masses: "Look at how evil and hateful the other side is." It makes me want to crawl under a rock for the next 19 months. Gays have more rights in Indiana than here in Texas, but the Lone Star State shows will go on. To me, it's like Apple's gay CEO, Tim Cook, railing against Indiana while doing business with places like Saudi Arabia, where they imprison, whip, execute and

Those of us attending Solid Sound should lug a few local beers to the festival for a parking lot bottle exchange.

Yeah, limited release beers drive me crazy. Somewhere down the line I usually end up getting to try them, but I'm not going to wait in line for hours to do so. Except for a few months ago when I queued for 2 hours at a Hill Farmstead - Cantillon tap takeover at a place in Long Beach. And then there's the 30 minutes I waited to buy a couple of cases of Heady Topper before the last Solid Sound, but that was back when they were still selling as much as you could carry out of the brewery. I know that special releases and crazy hazelnut-applewood-smoked-imperial-raspberry-porters are the kinds of

Yet they weren't willing to do so for a law that won't even take effect until 2 months after the Indy show? Seems a little inconsistent to me. Anyway, I won't be surprised if the Indiana law is reworded and the show goes on.

It's a free country, right? Who would want to participate in a forum where you weren't allowed to criticize the band? Debate is debate, and as long as they aren't spamming or breaking the rules then they should be treated politely. Or ignored, if that's what floats your boat.

Indiana allows same-sex marriage, but they have shows scheduled in several states to don't allow it, including mine. Why aren't they being boycotted/canceled, too?

Why do we even need to separate people into protected classes? Aren't all people assumed to be equal in the eyes of the law? Why differentiate between them?

The kerfuffle about wedding cakes and photos is of minuscule importance to the gay rights movement. The only true hurdle is the 13 states that don't allow same-sex marriage, but Indiana isn't one of them. This article makes the same point and also includes a mention of Wilco: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/the-zeal-of-gay-marriage-converts/389273/

Just got an e-mail from the owner of the local Shell station that they have some KBS hidden away for customers like me. We've convinced the guy to carry lots of craft beer and now the selection is pretty darn good, especially for a gas station.

Real Ale just released the beer list for April 11th's 19th anniversary celebration:

I'm glad I missed that year. Yuck.

I cut out coffee and colas 25 years ago, but I still would have the occasional palpitation, so then I cut out the chocolate and now I don't really have them anymore. Waking up with your heart pounding is no fun, so I'd hate to try a chocolate beer and bring it on again. It must be genetic, because both of my kids are also sensitive to caffeine.

I gave up all caffeine years ago because it gave me heart palpitations, so I have to stay away from all coffee/chocolate-infused beers. It makes me sad.

It's sold as far east as Pennsylvania and it's making its way across the country. Looks like Michigan is coming soon.

Sculpin is so expensive compared to other IPAs that I rarely splurge. Another one that's cheap and tasty is Nebraska IPA. I love the way the entire lid comes off the can. It was a great game. GLBC sponsored some sort of tailgating session near the stadium, so we hung out there. I think we also visited Nano Brew Saturday night, but things were getting foggy by then. For some reason my neighbor is a huge Browns fan, so we'll probably head there for a football weekend every couple of years. We had a great time.

Exactly what you said -- it's cheap, tasty and easy to find. Along with Firestone Walker Union Jack, it's my go-to IPA. I visited Cleveland for the first time last year for the Browns-Steelers game and was happy to discover that it coincided with Beer Week. We tried a lot of Great Lakes brews, but I was mostly underwhelmed. My buddy and I went to their brewpub on Saturday night and it was packed to the rafters. We spent at least 30 minutes trying to get served in the basement, but it was like we were invisible, so we left and ended up around the corner at Market Garden Brewing. We were the

Same here. One day it's someone declining to bake a cake, then it's a Catholic university not wanting to dispense birth control pills, then it's a Muslim who doesn't want an employee to eat a ham sandwich in the break room, then it's a parent who sues the school board because his daughter has to read a book that contains PG-13 scenes. We've politically corrected ourselves into pretzels, trying not to offend anyone while making everyone happy. It's an impossible goal and I just don't see how we can achieve it through legislation, no matter how well-intentioned it might be. I don't think that

But is it fair? Should married people get benefits that unmarried people can't?

That's based on the fact that married people receive special treatment and/or more benefits than single people. Not exactly fair, if you ask me.

I'm not really following the news about it, but I think that's exactly what the governor has asked for, is it not?

Everything comes down to partisan politics and it nauseates me. Republicans pass a law and Democrats and left-leaning groups react as if it's the end of the world and warn that people and the Constitution will be trampled underfoot. Then Democrats pass a law and Republicans and right-leaning groups react as if it's the end of the world and warn that people and the Constitution will be trampled underfoot. It's so predictable and gross. But the two parties want everyone to be a single-issue voter because it makes obtaining votes easier. So Democrats will paint Republicans as racist, Bible-thumpi