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Sadly, I don't like to fly anymore. So I don't really see me being stranded on a desert island. So I'd prefer an emoticon party on this island instead of cds.

Plus, if you're listening to music all the time how will you hear the helicopter sent to rescue you.

That being said I did go to 2 Tonight Show tapings while visiting Los Angeles. The 1st time was on March 17, 1998. He had on Matt Dillon, Michelle WIlliams, and Steve Earle. My mother yelled out Andover during someone's interview when the guest mentioned MA. We were living in Dracut, MA at the time which is next to Andover, Leno's hometown. So after the show he had his PA grab us and take a picture with him. Forgive me for my 1998 look.

Then in 2006 I saw Ellen Degeneres and some 5 year old trumpet player. Can't remember who the hell the musical guests were? Something along the lines of Good Charlotte.

Oh, and in 2004 in Las Vegas I saw him do his stand up act which was way better than his show. He went around the front row asking people what they did. When he got to me I told him that I was a film student. So he quickly replied, "So you'll be living in your parents' basement then."

Going to read the 1st 2 pages later on. But I can honestly say that NBC won't be canceling his show this year (2009-2010).

By the time they get something going production wise to fit into the time slots, it will be ready for the Fall 2010.

NBC knew the gamble going in. They obviously did this to save millions by not producing expensive shows.

It's pretty much like a white flag. They can't compete with the time slot until next year really anyways.

Not to mention the guests are really lacking or misleading. His "biggest" guests seem to take part in the Ten At Ten segment from some remote location. Not in his studio.

And I'm sure it's been mentioned that the other big networks won't let their talent visit his show because of the said time slot. The last time I watched his show was because John Cusack was on.

Another interesting thing that I noticed is that I tend to be watching Letterman almost every night. The reason: his guests. When I check the schedule on the tv, I've noticed that Conan's guests seem off. Like last night, Dave had on Bill Murray so I didn't flip the channel. I have DVR and with Conan's guests I don't feel the need to DVR his show. I'll watch his funny segments.

Edit: NBC cancelled Southland last week and it was quickly picked up by TNT. I think NBC cancelled the show before they aired any Season 2 episodes which is really fucking questionable.

The beautiful irony is that I'm sure TNT will put Southland on at a 10pm time slot to compete with Jay and thus beat him.

From Ain't It Cool News:

"For the first time on the same night two CW series pulled better 18-49 numbers than “Leno,” which on Monday matched its all-time low for the fourth time in 11 days. An executive with Atlanta-based Gray Television, which owns 10 NBC affiliates in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Colorado, Nebraska, Florida, North Carolina, Mississippi and West Virginia , told analysts and investors he believes only the egos of NBC executives are keeping “Leno” on the air at this point."

One reason to love the cd artifact is for the booklet that I'm sure a lot of us have signed.

I keep forgetting, along with Michael McDonald, that I have booklets signed by Ryan Adams and Jimmy Gnecco (Ours) to name a few. The others I can't remember because they're lost in my closet tucked away until I decide to take them out.

I don't want to be that guy that gives a musician a cheap printout of iTunes artwork to autograph. I'd rather use a post it. And I have in fact! I had Tim Blake Nelson (Delmar in O Brother) sign a post it because that's all that I had to give him.

http://www.ryanadamsarchive.com/torrents.php

This is a pretty good link to begin with. I know that there's others that you can probably find through that links link page.

I know that my best friend downloads/ed anything that he put/s out. I'll ask him what's top notch. For some reason the Pink Heart sessions come into my mind and Suicide Handbook?

Wow, how some titles cease to be erased from one's memory. Unless, of course if I'm wrong.

PS Said best friend got to open for Ryan in June of 2005 at the Starland Ballroom.(long story. I know it's posted on here somewhere by me) Check it out on the Answering Bell website.

PPS Duh. (I almost forgot this) I got to spend some quality time on his tour bus after a Hampton Beach show thanks to my best friend. He was upset that they had to flush away all of their "drugs" because they were leaving Canada to come to NH. LOL

Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself

Tyler Perry's Why Did I Let Steven Join The Band Again

Tyler Vs. Perry ?

Too soon?

They just found Steven's replacement.

See how this turns out.

http://www.fixya.com/support/t2908982-lost_itunes_password

Hope that helps!

Great article. I agree with Brian Eno.

Apparently, there's a giant wind tunnel coming at him.

Perhaps some artists feel that the non-singles are just filler and why bother releasing them if they don't play them live. It's almost as if they never happened.

To use Analogman's Ryan Adams example, I don't really recall every song off of Cardinology. He played about 5 songs off of the cd when I saw him last. So if one releases singles and they become big because it's only one song to grow on maybe an artist will play that live and then dig back deeper into their catalog. LOL. Edit: The LOL is there because digging back deeper usually means the album tracks.

It only really satisfies a record company to have more than whatever 10 songs to put out from time to time.

For Wilco, maybe they could release a song once every 2 months that was left off of SBS & W(TA) on their site or iTunes. That way they'll have a tabula rasa (hey I'm a Lost fan so..) when it's time for their next record.

All of that being said I still love getting an album, but if that alone is stopping me/us from getting stuff then we should think outside the box.

Edit: Speaking of boxes, this whole idea of releasing one song at a time is really trying to put an end to the "box set". Granted, most artists will eventually put these standalone songs onto a box set.

What does this guy have to do with Aerosmith?

As someone who has had a fluctuation in funds in the past few years, I buy a lot of music at iTunes. Now, the only cds I will buy are from people like Wilco, U2, R.E.M., & Pearl Jam to name a few.

Since I became a big user of my several iPods I found it strange to keep buying cds, since I don't play them as much. I can tell the difference in sound, but I don't want to get into an accident by changing my cds while driving. That's why we invented text messaging.

Once things turn around for me financially, I may switch back to all cd since there is only an extra 2-4 dollar difference. But then it comes back to the cd collecting dust as I put said cd onto my iPod.

Directed to OP: A friend of mine, Bryan Pero, is a musician who still hasn't put out his cd yet. One of his friends, Patrick Dunn, has his album on iTunes. Which to me seems pretty good, since you save on pressing costs. But then the question arises as to how people find out about someone like that. I guess maybe at his shows he sells his album and/or tells folks to buy it on iTunes? Both folks record out of Dirt Floor Studios in CT run by Eric Lichter. For anyone that is curious.

That's kind of how I feel. A half shrug about to applaud. And no I'm not a 70 year old sex therapist seen on beyond late night tv.

As someone from the Boston area, I guess I'm one of the few who never really like them.

Edit: Granted, I feel bad for the diehard Aerosmith fans. Although, the cynic in me feels like this is the beginning of a long scheme leading up to the next summer concert season where they announce their reunion/farewell tour that will last 2-3 years.

My Top Films of 2001 (in release date order).

15 Minutes

Memento

Blow

Moulin Rouge

A.I.

Made

Ghost World

The Others

Zoolander

Mulholland Drive (definitely my favorite of this year and will be up in the Top Five for decade)

Waking Life

Donnie Darko

The Man Who Wasn't There

Tape

In The Bedroom

Ocean's 11

The Royal Tenenbaums

Vanilla Sky

The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

A Beautiful Mind

Black Hawk Down

I guess this was a big year for films for me. 21 seems like a bit much especially if I'm trying to whittle them down to the whole decade. LOL.

Oh well, I felt compelled to list all 21 here since I own them all and cherish them.

Honorable Mention: The Million Dollar Hotel, Wet Hot American Summer, Serendipity, Training Day (King Kong ain't got nothin' on me!!!), & From Hell

Yep.

I'm very thankful for this.

Are 8 posts a record for getting the boot from VC? It's clear that this guy/girl came on here to cause stuff. Or am I generalizing too?

Anyways, it was good reading while one suffers a sudden onslaught of insomnia.

And kudos to Kidsmoke for handling the situation. My lunch money is safe...or is it?

This is me after "the incident"...

I'm glad to see films like Before Sunset, A Scanner Darkly, and Northfork in here.

I'm a bit surprised to see Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind missing. This film has stuck with me since I saw it in January of 2003. While I won't go into everything that I loved about it right now, I'll start off by saying that George Clooney did a hell of a job first time feature film directing. Sam Rockwell was fucking amazing. Newton Thomas Sigel's camera work was beyond beautiful - all of those old fashion in-camera tricks was insane. As well as the use of desaturated/saturated colors. Charlie Kaufman adapted Chuck Barris' "autobiography". Overall, it was the story that hooked me in.

Ok, that is all.

Edit: I'll leave you with my Best Films of 2000 (in release date order)

The Ninth Gate

High Fidelity

American Psycho

The Virgin Suicides

Almost Famous

Requiem For A Dream

The Gift

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Traffic

Shadow Of The Vampire

Beltmann, I would love to see your syllabus for that Film as Social Criticism class. I've always wanted to teach a film class like that. One of my greatest memories of going to film school was watching a film with my peers and having us discuss it.

That's a mighty fine list of films. A lot of directors that I respect and love up there.

LOL. That may look like my list when I finalize it.

Although, I haven't seen Amores Perros. I have been told amazing things about it.

Bubba Ho-Tep I actually just bought this past summer for a dollar at a going out of business sale. I have yet to watch it.

Edit: My preliminary list didn't have Magnolia on it. Probably because my reference site (thenumbers) has it listed as being released in 1999.

It got a wide release on January 7, 2000. Damn. Another PTA film I have to fit in.

This is going to be like that deleted scene in High Fidelity where Cusack keeps calling the music critic with his Top Five List changes. lol.