Mr. Heartbreak

Roberts is really getting pilloried this afternoon by the far right. The irony is hilarious. A right-wing think tank idea (the mandate) is supported by a conservative-leaning SCOTUS, and Michele Bachmann says, "This was an activist court that you saw today." I guess when they agree with you, judges are sages. When they disagree, they are activists. Seriously, I really feel like doing a victory dance on the faces of all these jackasses who pounded on this thing month after month, with the outrageous lies about Death Panels and all that crap. You know, an "In Your Face" dance that says, You los

The Thanks I Get and Let's Not Get Carried Away are the only songs I keep on on my iPod listed as "Sky Blue Sky" songs. So, your opinion is right.

I think this is the closest we will see to bipartisanship for a good long while. A Democrat got a law through, over huge Republican opposition, and it was today upheld by a Republican-dominated Supreme Court. Amusingly enough, people all over the internet are still bitching up a storm. I hope they will at least be honest enough to criticize CHIEF Justice Roberts just as harshly as they criticize our President.

I'm not that easily surprised these days, but this decision surprised me. First time Roberts has impressed me in any way, shape or form. But it's going to be a looooooong summer.

I probably should not have put that into a review thread, but I could not resist. Phil's words were exactly what went through my mind when I read that review...not that I think the reviewer should get whacked.

Jeff Tweedy - I met Jeff and a couple other band members after a show in 2002, so that's about two years before he got off the painkillers. He was polite and willing to sign things, but never cracked a smile. I remember my ex (then my wife) telling him it was a really good show - and that it was her first rock concert - and he said, Thanks a lot in that laconic way he had for so long. Bruce Cockburn - He was out by the tour bus after a 1997 show, signing autographs and posing for pics. I didn't ask for an autograph, but I got a photo of him shaking hands with me. He's holding a cigar with th

That might be the single most poorly-worded sentence I have ever read in a concert review. As a professional writer, all I can say to that reviewer is what Phil Leotardo said to Vito right before his crew whacked him: "You're a f___n' disgrace." http://youtu.be/sLJQFZlkDuQ

remnants of Tweedy’s old alt-country rock group, Uncle Tupelo > ashes of alt-country band Uncle Tupelo

I agree with Allen completely too. Great read. Feel kinda bad for Emily White. Any musician beating up on her should stop and consider: how did you get famous? By creating your art. How did Emily become (in)famous? By getting verbally dressed down on the internet.

That's an impressive setlist for sure. Thanks to all for posting reports. Just out of curiosity: what is it like seeing a show there if you're not in the first couple rows? Do you get vertigo? Maybe it's just the pics I have seen, but it looks like if you stumbled, you could fall down into the next 50 rows ahead of you. Scary!

Because he's a hyper-partisan douche rocket?

Apparently, there is also a live U.K. album that was originally a bootleg, variously listed as Live In Boston or Live In America. The official versions must be out of print, because they're horribly overpriced on Amazon ($38.00 used for a single disc). Another good argument for seeking out downloads, but alas, that is a discussion for that other thread.

You would think I bumped this thread because of the other thread on here about Lark-era King Crimson, but no... I am actually wondering about another proggy band that hadn't been mentioned on here: U.K. How did I not discover these guys 30 years ago? John Wetton, Eddie Jobson, Allan Holdsworth, Bill Bruford, and later on, Terry Bozzio. Of course, I was familiar with Wetton from Crimson and Roxy, with Jobson from Roxy and Zappa, and with Bruford and Bozzio from Yes and Zappa, respectively. I actually discovered them by way of some live material (see the thread on "stealing" downloads ). I act

A full hour's worth of Adrian Belew era Talking Heads. Sweet. http://youtu.be/0wp2qhoop9U

This is exactly the point, IMHO. I once downloaded a disc from a popular female artist (well, popular in the indie sense of being name-checked on here a lot, not in terms of huge sales.) I listened to it, didn't like what I heard, and deleted it. I never would have bought the thing without hearing it, and since I didn't like it, I didn't keep it. My downloading it and deleting it was "stealing" in the same way borrowing a book from the library is stealing. That's the way I see it, and a musician complaining about it is never going to change my mind. On the other hand, if a person never buys an

I did read the article. That's why I responded. I just don't agree with a lot of his points. And yes, I am aware that many sites allow me to preview songs. For an artist with whom I am unfamiliar, I will give them a chance...on my own terms.

I like Dave Lowery, and I'm sure his article is well-intentioned, but it only marginally addresses the notion of "Free Culture." I understand, he's a living artist, currently producing material, so that is his perspective. But there's a lot more to filesharing than studio recordings of living artists. What about all the artists who have been dead for the past 10, 20, or even 50 years? And what about all the "fan" recordings that have been bootlegged at live shows, especially since the 60s? If I download an album by Miles Davis, or Freddie Hubbard, or some other jazz great who is dead, wher

Most likely it was 1975 when I went out for Halloween as Elton John, with large sunglasses, a shiny little leisure suit, and a cowboy hat. When one elderly couple opened the door, the guy looked at me and said, "Oh - Rhinestone Cowboy!" I was like "Um, no sir: Elton John." Not sure he knew who Elton was...

For me, it's Jeff solo with the harmonica on 3/26/98. Much faster than the official version, yet does not sound rushed. Sung in the lower register, but not drowned by instrumentation. I feel the same way about Ashes of American Flags. Great versions on the solo shows from 10/99.

He was a rat. He didn't deserve to live that long. He deserved to die like a rat. I'm just kidding, I don't really care what he did or didn't do. The book they based Goodfellas on was interesting, by the way.

I know we don't do any file sharing on here, but if you are interested in the Bob Welch era of Fleetwood Mac, a Google search for 1974-01- KSAN-FM Record Plant, Sausalito, CA will lead you to a very nice show with versions of Hypnotized, Sentimental Lady, Future Games, and Bermuda Triangle. Lots of explanatory dialogue about the songs from Bob during the songs.

This.

Thanks to those of you who revived this thread. Nice trip down memory lane for me. I sure got a lot of cool photos at that show... I will have to check out that Ram re-issue. I don't even own a copy of the original.

Damn, Jerry Garcia was such a cool dude. The Fleetwood Mac folks...eh, not so much.