Sweet Papa Crimbo

Isn't that the song that Lauren/speed racer hated so much?

TTP, Iran nuke deal, Cuba, keystone, China hacking, NSA data mining, ISIS, the Proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran (not to mention the troubles festering in Eastern Europe).... Debate and discussion over these issues are being drowned by the noise from the buffoon (Trumps) and a silly debate over the Confederate Battle Flag. Whether you lean left or right, you must see that the national attention is being constantly diverted. We are in trouble.

It's really fascinating to revisit Sukierae after hearing Star Wars...

What a wonderful surprise. Christmas in July!

It's time for me to make a sports apology...a mea culpa, if you will. At the end of April, I was convinced the Rangers were snakebit and were on their way to another disastrous year of crappy baseball. They have a pretty good starting rotation...ON THE DISABLED LIST: Darvish, Harrison, Holland, Perez and Tepesch. A team could contend with that rotation. What a difference a month makes. Where Choo wasn't hitting his weight and Fielder was a .350 singles hitter, they are now what we expected: an On Base machine and a Masher. Moreland is hitting like it was expected the Minor league player of the

5 (1965) --- The Beatles 10 (1970) --- The Beatles/Bobby Sherman (I had a 16 year old sister...) 15 (1975) --- The Beatles/Bruce Springsteen 20 (1980) --- Bruce Springsteen 25 (1985) --- Bruce Springsteen/REM/U2 30 (1990) --- Bruce? (I had just had a kid and I really didn't have much time for music) 35 (1995) --- Bruce/U2/Pearl Jam...and then I discovered Wilco 40 (2000) --- Bruce/Wilco 45 (2005) --- Wilco 50 (2010) --- Wilco 55 (last Friday) --- Wilco/My Morning Jacket

Just who was the band that Warner Brothers decided to back and who was the lead singer sent to the fat farm?

Dylan Tangled up in Blue Visions of Johanna (1966 live version) Mississippi (Bootleg Version) Isis (Rolling Thunder Review version) A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall You know...I could easily make a list of 40 favorite Dylan songs

Bruce Springsteen Incident on 57th Street/Rosalita (gonna have to ask for some leeway here...it is seamless on the record) Backstreets Nebraska Murder Inc. Brilliant Disguise

Steely Dan Babylon Sisters Everyone's gone to the Movied Rikki don't lose that Number My Old School Deacon Blue

Warren Zevon Carmelita I was in the House when the House Burned Down Mutineer My Ride's here Lawyers, Guns and Money or Even a Dog Can Shake Hands

I really struggled as to whether or not to go to this one I'm old. I'm tired. My concert buddy is in College (my wife won't go to shows with me anymore and my daughter has to be at work at 7am). McFarlin is a bit of a beast with respect to tickets and parking. I probably made a mistake...but I'm not falling asleep at work today . It won't be the last time I make a mistake.

...and you will know us by the trail of dead Intro:A Song of Fire and Ice/Stand in Silence Pure Radio Cosplay Baudelaire Let it Dive Another Morning Stoner

Sorry this is so lengthy, but I need to get this off my mind. Last week was one of the most trying of my life. Early Friday morning (the 13th) my daughter's best friend died in a car crash. This young woman had been a fixture at our house and had even lived with us for a time. Needless to say, we were crushed. My daughter was distraught, and there was absolutely no comfort that we could offer. She surrounded herself with friends and the family. Then...Sunday morning at 7:30, my wife got a call from her mother that her father had passed away. He had been suffering (key word suffering) fro

But it's not all right. It's not even close to all right.

'Cause a genuine lover takes off his clothes And he can make a lover in a thousand go's An' she don't need that thing that she had to swallow

Ever heard of the term "Brucetramp"? Maybe not 'official', but is pretty universal. How about something along the lines of "Wilco Fan"? We don't really need some meta, self referential, self reverential term to express our fandom, do we?

One very cool aspect to Capaldi's take on the Doctor is he has managed to capture the absolute 'otherness'. The relationship between the Doctor and Clara has become a bit of Peter Pan and Wendy as opposed to the romance novel dreck we were getting the last several years.

I'm all about Santa as an enforcer.

Glad you guys were able to reach a reasoned conclusion that "the system is looking a little broken" after reading all the evidence the grand jury reviewed. Oh wait...

Trying to buy a championship hasn't worked. Maybe the Sox will be able to trade Sandoval and Ramirez to LA in a couple of years when things go south.

If that suprised you...you have a low threshold. Hard to believe that the Rays managed to totally disembowel their franchise with two front office moves.

Russell Martin signed by Toronto. Jason Heyward to the Cards and Shelby Miller to the Braves. VMart signing an extension in Detroit. Giancarlo Stanton becoming the highest paid athlete in North America. Rangers entertaining offers for Andrus. Most surprising story to date?

Baseball is awash in money and Stanton is the best power hitter in the NL. Contract Numbers are gaudy, but, ultimately, not surprising. Not a lot of response in the thread this year... Let's pick it up in 2015

I don't always remember what was released this year...but here's a reasonable attempt. (I bought a load of stuff...but mostly older stuff) Gary Clark Jr Live The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream Tweedy Sukierae Drive-By Truckers English Oceans U2 Songs of Innocence Queen Live at the Rainbow ‘74 The Fauntleroys Below the Pink Pony Bob Dylan and the Band The Basement Tapes Complete