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I saw them open for Wilco in Iowa. Then I saw them a week later in a club in Atlanta. That was a cool band.

Hmm, maybe a bad tube socket? Have you taken the tube out and examined the pins? Maybe some of the pins are bent or broken. Short circuit in one of the wires to the tube socket? Those are the only things I can think of. But I don't know shit about amps or electronics. I'll bet it's something pretty simple.

Great? No. Historically significant? Yes.

Nothing, really. I don't care to dig into anyone's private life or spread gossip. It just surprises me that there hasn't been a congratulatory thread...considering happy birthday threads, and that type of thing, are pretty common. Watt mentions Nels' wedding a lot. Watt's in Japan touring on his new album now, which was timed to allow him to be there for Nels' wedding.

The Pete Townshend/Abbey Hoffman incident at Woodstock.

Downtown Music Gallery wrote up the Floored By Four release for this week's newsletter (I'm sort of surprised that the bold portion hasn't gotten more attention around here): FLOORED BY FOUR [NELS CLINE/YUKA HONDA/MIKE WATT/DOUGIE BOWNE] - Floored By Four (Chimera 4; USA) Floored by Four features Nels Cline on electric guitar & effects, Yuka Honda on keyboards & vibes, Mike Watt on bass, voice & songs and Dougie Bowne on drums. This is an odd and rather incestuous line-up of four famed folks from varied backgrounds. Monster guitarist Nels Cline tours & records with both

BSG?

Probably behind bullet-proof glass in a Japanese penthouse along with all the vintage Strats and Les Pauls.

Most of that is the material I was referring to as his creative high point. He never did anything like that before or since, that I can recall...except for maybe on his solo albums, which I've never heard.

I liked The Wonder Years better, but I enjoyed Freaks and Geeks.

I was listening to Wish You Were Here this morning. Mason was never flashy, technically impressive, or even particularly creative drummer (aside from a creative spurt circa Saucer Full of Secrets). BUT one thing he excelled at, and which most drummers fail at (and I say this AS a drummer), is that he was absolutely amazing at playing appropriately for the song, in terms of dynamics and shifts in tempo. Mason knew when to sit out for long stretches, when to pause for a moment, when to come in at excatly the right moment, etc. These are the types of things that heighten the emotional impa

What? No Hunky Dory?

Yeah, Masada. It's his jazz/klezmer quartet w/ Dave Douglas (trumpet), Joey Baron (drums) & Greg Cohen (bass). I'm not a huge Zorn fan, but this is an extraordinary group.

Forgot I had this. Amazing!

I read this yesterday, and couldn't even bring myself to respond. Losing a pet is a gut wrenching, devastating experience. You mentioned only having photos left, but that's not exactly true. You have lots of great memories, some of which you shared with us. Those memories and experiences far outweigh the temoprary pain we all must go through when we lose our pets. My sincere condolences go to you, your family and everyone who knew Bella.

I think I read somewhere that Richard, being a hired hand, was the only one who made money on the Wall shows. Waters and Gilmour lost money.

\ She wasn't a bitch in Elf or The New Guy.

Those are the only three they did in Atlanta, too, unless they did a fourth encore after I left. I'm pretty sure they did play the intro to Cut Out Witch. Or maybe I'm delusional for hearing it. Maybe you were in a noisy part of the crowd and it was drowned out by crowd noise.

The Atlanta show was amazing. As I said before, I would've liked a couple more tunes from Under the Bushes...and I thought there'd be more since they opened with Cut Out Witch, but it wasn't to be.

There was a guy named Frank Mullen based in Atlanta. Unfortunately, he passed away a year or so ago, but his website is stillworking: http://www.matteblack.com/

I don't have a ticket. When is it? It'd have to be super cheap for me to justify it, not that it isn't worth face value. We're hoping to relocate next year and we're being pretty strict with our spending these days.

Not that I need an excuse to listen to this for the billionth time, but I was looking for some tambourine ideas to steal for an upcoming recording.