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    Via Chicago

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    The only music forums I lurk on are Via Chicago & the Clash forum at clashcity.com - both places are equally passionate and informative, although the folks at Via Chicago tend to be more articulate than your average music discussion board (I think partly due to the English teachers and other professional folks who deal with words and stuff that post here).

    what's worse?

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    I'm still conflicted over recently hearing the Buzzcocks' "Everybody's Happy Nowadays" used in an AARP(!) commercial - it's a damn-near perfect pop song that I've loved and mostly had to myself for the past 25 years or so & I guess I feel kind of proprietary about it. Then again, maybe it'll get more people into the Buzzcocks.

    Chris Isaak 8/17/06 NYC

    in After The Show

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    Saw him about 14 years ago in Philadelphia. I only knew about half of the songs in the set, but it didn't really matter - it was all good. Lots of energy and great stage banter. I remember he was wearing three or four wristwatches (one for each time zone?).

     

    That series he did on Showtime a couple of years back was pretty good, too.

    Elvis Costello (third re-issue of 11 albums)

    in Someone Else's Song

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    I know what you mean - I had (and still have) all these releases on vinyl. I've picked up a few of the rykodisc reissues over the years just so I could have the albums on cd. I guess I don't mind they tack some b-sides and unreleased stuff at the end, but I usually don't listen to the extra stuff more than once (there's a good reason why alot of that stuff was unreleased...). I like the albums just fine as they were originally released.

    Demographics & Intro

    in Just A Fan

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    42

    married, no kids, dog + 3 cats

    MFA in Painting from Penn, work as a curator for visual resources collection for an art college for past 10 years; work on my own art as time allows (a little every day).

    Grew up listening to 70's junk on the radio. Discovered punk rock, then 80's indie (REM, 'Mats, Husker du, Minutemen, X, etc.) in college. The Clash were, and are, my favorite band ever (sorry wilco).

     

    My old college roomate included some UT on a mixtape for me shortly after No Depression came out - I liked it (and the other UT stuff he sent me over the next few years), but never got around to buying anything until he raved about Being There. He was right. Have gotten (and loved) everything Wilco's put out since. I appreciate their restlessness & that they see their music as art. Have seen them twice in the past 18 months and will catch them any time I possibly can in the future - they are by far the best band currently working.

     

    I've avoided the whole bootleg/BT scene because I already have enough obsessions in my life.

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