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I ventured out into Somerville on a somewhat warm early December night to find a venue that I have never been to to see The Dream Syndicate. I was lucky enough to find a parking spot right in front, but I was worried that it would be dead inside. I walked into Once Ballroom and really loved the space & place. There were chandeliers and mirrors on the walls. I headed to the restroom & when I came out the band walked right past me to the stage. These guys fucking rocked! They put on a blistering & sweaty set. Plus, the new songs all sounded great. I was surprised to find out that I c

Thanks! It was awesome! I loved the venue. I'm going to post a review over on that thread that I made. Don't miss them if they swing by this month. Hope you enjoyed skiing & that the hip wasn't an issue.

The Dream Syndicate at Once Ballroom in Somerville, MA. First night of US tour.

I just came back from picking up the deluxe editions at Bull Moose Records. The sales clerk told me that he was supposed to give me a Wilco pin with each cd, but they couldn't find them. I can go back this weekend and pick them up, if they ever find them. Did anyone else get pins?

Godless is a really good show so far. I'm 3 episodes in. Beautiful cinematography & slow pacing. This is a tough one to watch late at night because it's not a real cliffhanger type of show like say Ozark or Bloodline. It's only 7 episodes and the average run time is about 70 minutes. I think it's a one & done as well = no season 2.

My best friend went to Iceland a few years ago & he loved it. I'll have to ask him for some cool places for you to check out. Right now he's in his third month traveling the world & working remotely through WeRoam. https://www.we-roam.com

I woke up this morning with this thought that I should look at the U2 fan sites to see if the album had leaked yet. It looks like someone did a vinyl rip via Facebook Live with a few comments that are audible on this leak: "this track fucking rocks!" precedes one song. Lol! I was short on time this morning, so I skipped over the 4 songs that were already released (You're The Best Thing/Get Out/American/Blackout). Upon first listen in this strange "leak", I was pleasantly surprised at how the rest of the record differs from these 4 tracks. This is a very atmospheric record and melodic. Lights O

I went to Bull Moose Records last night and the remastered set(s) weren't even on the shelves. The clerk kept seeing the $70 4 cd/Blu-Ray box set in the computer as being in the back room. She finally found the double disc which was much better for my wallet @ $22. I figure I'll use my iTunes gift cards for the demos. I wasn't feeling it to own the videos that they made. Maybe if I want to watch them I can easily go to YouTube. I'm loving this set & everyone posting about their early records had me going back and doing some much needed catching up with these guys. Kohoutek is just amazi

This is what I wanted to discuss yesterday, but I wanted to see if people caught on that it has the same chorus as Volcano. The lyrics are different, but the delivery is the same. I think American Soul works a lot better than Volcano, but I keep thinking about being fed lines like "we need to go back in the studio after this last election blah blah blah".....but you used the same hook from a song on your last album?! Lol

American Soul leak....I'm enjoying this tune, but... http://youtu.be/x8_dM39tTrU The YouTube link got yanked, but here ya go... https://spectrio.egnyte.com/fl/38KCIB4mHV#folder-link/?p

The North American itinerary is: 2018-05-02: Tulsa, Oklahoma - BOK Center 2018-05-04: St Louis, Missouri - Scottrade Center 2018-05-07: San Jose, California - SAP Center 2018-05-11: Las Vegas, Nevada - T-Mobile Center 2018-05-15: Los Angeles, California - Forum 2018-05-22: Chicago, Illinois - United Center 2018-05-26: Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Arena 2018-05-28: Atlanta, Georgia - Infinite Energy Arena 2018-06-05: Montreal, Québec - Bell Centre 2018-06-09: Uniondale, New York - NYCB Live, Home of the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 2018-06-13: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Wells Fargo

There's supposed to be a big album & tour announcement at 1pm EST today. Mostly every fan knows that the new album will be released on December 1st, but today's announcement will show the track list and different formats which was already leaked earlier this week. The 2 tour dates that have been rumored are May 15 at the Forum in Los Angeles and June 21 at the Boston Garden. The tour is expected to kick off on May 1 with a lot of dates in places that don't get played often (Tulsa is the one city that's been thrown around as an example). They're also rumored to be the musical guest on

I'm not sure if you're a fan, but Arcade Fire is playing Vegas on Sunday night. I had no idea that NIN was on tour.

Excellent news! A nice early birthday present. Look at all of those tracks that we've never heard of. Someone (Jeff?) mentioned recently that Capitol City was around for a long time. Awesome that it will be in this set. Plus, that live version of Misunderstood should be like one of those early extended jams from the Nov 27th, 1996 pro shot video. I hope!

MLB Network is offering a free preview to most cable providers AND DISH & DirectTV through Oct 11. The rest of that series and the other ALDS will be on Fox Sports 1. Correction: Game 1 of NYY & Cle will be on MLB Network as well.

Not sure. I think tickets went on sale right after Solid Sound. I had to get mine through StubHub because it was a quick sell out. It's also the 1st night of this 2 week jaunt that ends in Los Angeles. They'll be back in the U.S. in December.

The National at Wang Theater in Boston.

How did the Red Sox get into the ALCS if they lost to the Astros?!

My favorite version. Nov 1996

Yes, that's right. He was also asked about one of my favorite b-sides: Lady With The Spinning Head. I'd love to hear that, but he seemed less enthused about it. Anyways, I've been getting myself familiar with The National's Get Well Beast and I think that the opening to the third track, Walk It Back, sounds an awful lot like the opening to U2's Sleep Like A Baby Tonight.

On a more serious note, I did like what he had to say regarding the upcoming tour, even if it's spitballing ideas for the sake of an interview. While the idea of dropping all songs from The Joshua Tree off of the upcoming tour sounds like an interesting idea, I highly doubt that it would ever happen for more than one show. It sounds like a typical opening night decision from U2 that they'll back out of on the next show. The fact that he mentions that they have a huge catalog to fill in the gaps for those songs seems too good to be true. He does talk about finding the right time to do a full on

^ Yep! There will be a companion interview from Bono coming soon on Rolling Stone dot com. I'd make a bet that we'll hear "The Edge is on fire", "The Edge is learning to love the guitar again" and my favorite "It was that moment when we knew that God had walked into the room."

That should be put under Bad News For U2 Fans. That sucks! I'd hate if I picked that show to go to and it got canceled the day of. Hope they reschedule it before they go to South America. U2 released the KYGO remix of You're The Best Thing onto music platforms on Friday. It's the one that I heard on a YouTube video in August of 2016 filmed at some giant EDM fest in Europe. I really like the sound of it. U2 also dropped into a studio in New Orleans to record a T. Rex song for an upcoming tribute album. It's unknown which song, but Bono previously did Children Of The Revolution for the Mou

Arcade Fire at the Boston Garden.

^ Did you catch Dave Gahan singing The Message at the end of Barrel Of A Gun?