Sweet Papa Crimbo
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I read an interview with Nils the other day - he said he didn't think American audiences could handle a show that long.
Also - here is a rather long article about Bruce by way of the New Yorker magazine - We Are Alive - Bruce Springsteen at sixty-two.
But, unlike the Rolling Stones, say, who have not written a great song since the disco era and come together only to pad their fortunes as their own cover band, Springsteen refuses to be a mercenary curator of his past.Read more http://www.newyorker...k#ixzz22IsySqWH
Sorry Stones fans...this is RIGHT on the mark.
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This is an unprecedented performance (both in concert and recordings) by an artist at 62.
Springsteen, Dylan and McCartney are aging gracefully, producing viable recordings and performing at a high level in concert.
They are in SHARP contrast to the abortion that the Rolling Stones have become.
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I can live with two low-level prospects for Ryan Dempster. But I'm still skeptical of the Rangers' chances to make the postseason this year.
I'm really glad they didn't touch Profar, Olt or Perez.
One good thing about this summer...It may hasten the arrival of the two golden children of the Rangers' minor leagues. I can see Kinsler being trundled off to Left Field and Young not tendered another contract. This would open up a space for Profar to move to second and Olt to make the bigs as a DH/1b/3b option.
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I can live with two low-level prospects for Ryan Dempster. But I'm still skeptical of the Rangers' chances to make the postseason this year.
Still a little early to panic..but it is looking really grim.
Hamilton, Napoli and Young have been a black hole in the lineup,.Kinsler isn't getting on base. It's really sad when the biggest story for a team with this potential offense is the emergence of Craig Gentry...and he isn't in the lineup everyday.
Hamilton's collapse has been eerie to watch. I keep envisioning lepruchans carting off bank bags filled with $100 bills with every strikeout and 0-fer.He will be lucky to get a journeyman's contract after this two month collapse.
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If they are in their 70's, than 50's music is probably appropriate.
Patty Page
Frank Sinatra
Elvis
Perry Como
Buddy Holly
(Remember...Paul McCartney is 70)
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There's a part of me that's outraged and part of me that thinks the only reason the American media is paying attention to the story is an excuse to say 'pussy riot' over the airwaves.
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I know it was on the first Loose Fur record, but damn, they really need to release this one with the band performance.
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probably about 10-15 minutes before i go to bed tonight.
I see what you did there...
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Looks like pretty soon Jeff will be the bald guy -- patch in the back keeps getting bigger and bigger.
Wonder if Jeff has any interest in and could pull off a clean shaven head look?
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ummm...thread has over 1200 posts. Time to close and open a new one?
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I'm really glad everyone is now concerned with protecting the university who's president and head coach facilitated a couple decades of child abuse...where were these bleeding hearts when schools were getting shut down for slipping a couple hundred bucks to a recruit.
How ironic that Paterno was so sanctimonious when it came to paying players...
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http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/deep-purple-keyboardist-jon-lord-dead-at-71-20120716
Deep Purple Keyboardist Jon Lord Dead at 71
Co-wrote many of their biggest hits, including 'Smoke on the Water'
Jon Lord of Deep Purple in the 1970s.
Fin Costello/Redferns
July 16, 2012 2:25 PM ET
Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord, who played with the pioneering hard rock band from their formation in 1968 through his retirement in 2002, died in London today from a pulmonary embolism after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 71.
Lord co-founded Deep Purple in 1968 and co-wrote many of their biggest hits, including "Smoke on the Water," "Black Night" and "Strange Kind of Woman." The band initially had a softer sound, scoring hits with covers of Billy Joe Royal's "Hush" and Neil Diamond's "Kentucky Woman" in 1968. The next year they recuited new singer Ian Gillan and quickly developed their signature hard rock sound on classic albums like Machine Head and Fireball. During this time the group regularly changed members, with Lord being one of the few constants.
Two years after the group split in 1976, Lord began a six-year stint in Whitesnake. He also guested on albums with some of the biggest names in rock, including George Harrison and David Gilmour. He rejoined Deep Purple when they reformed in 1984, and stayed with the group in 2002.
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Now THAT'S what I'm talking about
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Even though the Rangers have the second best record in baseball, I have an uneasy feeling about this team.
Young, Napoli and Cruz have been mired in varying degrees of slumps. And now Hamilton is an 0 for 2 from his average dipping below .300.
The pitching is strong, but there are some holes in the lineup that really need to be addressed.
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I will spare the board a re-post about my son's first Wilco show.
This crowd is pretty jaded and cynical at times.
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This thing is a beast of a book and is the last word on the Military aspects of Napoleon Bonaparte and his 20 year path across Europe.
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All that money spent, and there's a better than average chance the Marlins end up in fourth in the NL East.
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I was listening to Bill Press this morning and he made some really good comments. One of the points was he gave the same speech he has been giving all along, with the simple message I am going to repeal Obamacare. He really missed an opportunity to speak to the African American Community. He could have pointed out that Obama is not speaking to the NAACP and he is (pointing out that Obama is taking the black vote for granted, and he will do x y and z for African Americans and the American people), instead he was just speaking to speak not to the group. It enforced my belief that little substance.
Though I think it was highly disrespectful of the audience to boo, when he mentioned repeal. You may not like what he has to say, but your group invited him to speak you listen to what he has to say. The NAACP is a powerful organization can express their views in better and more constructive ways.
Does anybody really think that ANYTHING Romney says or does will win anything remotely resembling a less than nominal portion of the African American vote?
Really?
He stated his message and the NAACP rudely received him. What else is new?
Last word on the subject from me, most likely. Like I said, it's really not important to me. While documented voter fraud is low now, one of the reasons why is it's difficult to prove. If I'm a registered voter who usually doesn't vote. How would I ever know someone is voting in my name?? There are historical cases of serious voter fraud, see the Wikipedia link about the 1960 election.
The potential exists for a great deal of fraud to be perpetrated when voter rolls contain the names of lots of dead people is huge. Because it hasn't happened in the recent past doesn't mean it cannot.
Low cost photo IDs are available in my state and a couple of others I researched. If a photo ID law passes and is well publicized, I do not view it as a "cancer".
One note in support of the opponents. When reading up on this last night, I came across a right wing article. In the comments section, one person said "You need a photo ID to do just about anything, even get on a plane." It made me chuckle to think about a person who's so disconnected from poverty to realize that many, many people never get on an airplane.
Get on a plane, cash a check, rent a video, buy alcohol or cigarettes in a grocery store...
Who would have thought that the NAACP and Kansas City baseball fans would both show such rude behavior?
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I think this is true of most sets of fans, as far as the out-of-whack love of obscure, unreleased material. I remember when I was on a huge Radiohead kick and I had to have every B-side, every unreleased song, every rare live song or cover, etc. I was convinced that they were all excellent. Listening to them later, there may have only been a couple that were truly worth it.
I picture us as a bunch of Kristen Schaals.
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My wife thought this might be an interesting film looking at the cast.
Oh My God. What a complete and utter abortion of a movie. It was as bad as the fake movie in the film.
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I am really disappointed with the Kansas City fans. Just who would those yahoos have wanted Cano to kick off his HR derby team for the kid?
Ortiz? Joey Bats? Prince...who won the fucking thing?
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Myself from this bitter, disappointing situation I find myself in.
Oh.
THAT kind of release.
Alejandro Escovedo (actually came out in June)
Gaslight Anthem
Band of Horses
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Doesn't Mike play Dusenberg's (sic)?
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Poverty=Purity, eh? The music industry is less profitable than ever, except for the absolute lowest common denominator. I'd rather have Wilco music in a commercial than not at all. Right now, that's a false choice, but that's the direction the industry is moving. It's not 1985 any more.
Hell...it's not even 2007 anymore.
I must admit that I will turn to my (now 18 year old) son and say something along the lines of "who is that? that is a pretty cool song...we may have to pick that one up" whenever a song comes on a commercial.
It's a new world, mabe not so brave, but certainly it ain't your dad's world. Radio, with very rare exceptions, caters to the lowest common denominator. Even satellite radio is not really cutting edge. Television commercials are now simply a very viable means of exposing 30 seconds or so of a song to an audience that may not even know it wants it.
That is what advertising is about...and if my favorite band can co-opt to system to make money that will allow them to pursue their craft with greater ease, than maybe you guys need to start realizing that revolution is really being televised. It's just not the revolution you wanted it to be.
Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band
in Someone Else's Song
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Bruce REALLY like his new record. By the End of the Magic and Working on a Dream tours, he had basically dropped most of the tunes from his set lists.