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Hi Tony! looks like you & the wife had a great view from up there! Looking at the after shots, where you can see the surrounding city, has me craving a return trip to London.

Noodle asked me to see if Petunia is free Saturday, and does she enjoy rib bones? She's adorable!

Peter and Scott Peter and Scott playing parallel guitars Linda & Peter Scott McCaughey and his guitarful of food decals Linda and Peter What a fabulous show! If they tour in your area, don't miss the fun. We had a blast!

The day after the great Lake Arrowhead show, me & the kiddos (Alissa & Brennan) drove into L.A. to see the band again at The Troubadour, a club with a long hallowed rock history & terrific atmosphere. On the drive in we were startled to see the beginnings of the Station Fire, which is now huge and raging over difficult terrain smack in the middle of several L.A. communities...10,000 homes have been ordered evacuated and two firefighters have died. It was big almost immediately, as you can see from the picture below, taken from the freeway. Peter Buck & Scott McCaughey

Noodle's about a year and a half now...I think he's as big as he's gonna get. We thought he might be quite a bit smaller & take after his chihuahua side, but he's instead got the muscle-y stocky build of his Jack Russell half. And sorry but Alissa says ixnay on the airhay onationday, udeday.

Some more pix to share... The set-up was relaxingly informal, with picnic tables full of whole families, and typical carnival-style food available all around...giant dill pickles, kettle corn, beer aplenty Peter with a gorgeous bass, not from the lake. (little joke there) Steve Wynn, Linda Pitmon, & Peter Buck The band played one set, then broke for intermission before playing another long set. During intermission, t-shirts were shot into the crowd with a t-shirt gun, and all the kids were given inflatable guitars ("To play along") and balls. You can see a little girl with one of

Me & the kiddos (Alissa and Brennan) spent a perfect Friday evening carousing with these blokes at a terrific free show up in the San Bernardino mountains, at Lake Arrowhead Village which sits beside the lake. We had a ball...great music, great location, free...what's not to love?! Such fun. Lake Arrowhead on a gorgeous sunny day. The stage was a short walk away from here. Linda Pitmon, Steve Wynn and Peter Buck Peter Buck Linda Pitmon & Steve Wynn The infamous Scott McCaughey

Surprisingly, this dog is okay with being held in odd positions, and loves to sleep completely upside down, legs splayed, belly up. Hence one of his nicknames, Upside-downy Dog. He puts up with a lot from his humans, but then we also spoil him rotten so it all evens out.

Noodle says to say, "Dan!" back. Also he says don't even try to take his 3-ft-long "pork stick" that I got him the other day from the coolest pet store ever, called Collar and Leash. (In L.A. on Santa Monica Blvd., for all you pet lovers.)

So, what's Irish and stays out all night? Wooden Lawn Furniture! No, wait, that's not it.....ah! "Paddy O' Furniture". Ok, anyway, look what I spent half my summer rebuilding, wood-filling, sanding and painting...wood lawn furniture inherited from an ex-neighbor when they moved away. Basically solid, but their doberman had used the furniture to chew on whenever she was bored or lonely, so it needed medical attention when I got it. Sure turned out pretty! This of course is my dog Noodle.

Those are some gorgeous shots! what kind of camera are you using?

You crack me up, Dunja! So glad to hear you had such a marvellous show!

Perhaps the interviewer exists in an alternate universe where lunacy prevails. Beck, you got some terrific photos!

Oh, go for it, Ken! Any mix you make will be sublime, I'm sure!

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Lou, I had a similar situation once, and found a very effective solution...I turned to the pushy (but oh-so-happy!) young lady crowding me and said with a pleasant, if weak, smile: "I'm sorry, but please don't crowd me...it's so warm in here I feel like I might throw up." She got the message and backed away. Guess she didn't want vomit on her shoes.

Congratulations, Jeremy! I hope you'll like the new school.

That's exactly how I've always seen it.

Aw, it's just typical dog days of summer. And how the hey did it get to be Friday already!!! Ben, thanks for your clarification.

Well, Ben, I do understand your words, but I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one.

That was a beautiful piece, jff. Thanks for sharing. Speed Racer, I concur with what you've said...I saw that Jay, too. A great talent and a very dedicated guy. Reading a piece like this, I feel even sadder at his early death.

It sounds dismissive to say that those who see Wilco as a collective have a romanticized notion of the band. Obviously, Wilco has a leader. No question about that. But I think viewing the members beyond Jeff as "hired hands" is a very distorted picture of how they function as a band. I don't have a problem with this collective having a leader, in fact I think that's essential. But from years of watching the band, I can't go along with the idea that the members are simply hired hands. That's not the dynamic I see. It's natural that in a band, as anywhere in life, people grow and change and th

Thank you! It'll be our soundtrack for a beach trip tomorrow, along with a few other mixes from this thread!

Ack, Tualla! Just went to burn your mix to disc and discovered it's mixed up and missing a couple of tracks. Here's the download list: 1. I Live A Lot Of Places (Woodpigeon) 2. Proof of Love (Old Man Luedecke) 3. Don't Ever Change (Pink Nasty) 4. Easy Does It (Bonnie "Prince" Billy) 5. No Great Leap (One Hundred Dollars) 6. My Hands 7. Eternal Return (Brakes) 8. Please Yourself (The Broken Family Band) 9. Shine A Light (Wolf Parade) 10. Throw Me to the Rats (Tom Fun Orchestra) 11.

To be completely insincere, both of these developments seem highy probable.