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>My niece gave a report in class a few weeks ago on the JFK assassination. I told her I would love to see her standing in front of the class doing the "Back... and to the left!" scene from the Oliver Stone movie. You should have had her recite the Conspiracy A Go Go scene in the book store in Slacker.

>Vanessa from Queens Hot damn, that's a great song.

Jack Horner: Do these characters have a name? Dirk: The guy's name is Brock Landers. Reed Rothchild: And his partner is Chest Rockwell. Jack Horner: Those are some great names.

>Random fact - Henry Rollins ranks them in his Top 5 live acts of all time. Unfortunately the same can't be said of his interviewing skills, but I like his show and he books great guests.

>This was, of course, the first-ever Grateful Dead version of The Weight I was upper deck in the Philzone for this show. I remember hearing the opening chords and saying, "This couldn't be the Weight, could it?" It was a great song for them because Jerry, Bob, Phil, and Brent each took a verse, like they did in Let the Good Times Roll, one of the great openers. Spring 90 was a great tour, as was Fall 90, especially the six-night run at MSG.

Here's a great-sounding torrent currently on dimeadozen: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=188878 LOUIS ARMSTRONG & BAND Live at Musikhalle in Hamburg, 1962, April 14, Source: low Gen. RADIO MASTER>trade>Flac Sound: A+ (outstanding quality for that age!!, listen to mp3 sample) LINEUP: Louis Armstrong -tp,vo; Trummy Young -tb; Joe Darensbourg -cl; Billy Kyle -p; Bill Cronk -b; Danny Barcelona -d; TRACKS: 01 WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH 3.42 02 INDIANA 4.36 03 A KISS TO BUILD A DREAM ON 5.23 04 MY BUCKET'S GOT A HOLE IN IT 3.22 05 MACK TH

One of the best parts of Phil's book is his honesty about the last years of Jerry's life. The band knew he was in terrible shape and needed time off, but the infrastructure was so large and supporting so many people (ticket office, sound guys, insurance costs, etc.) that they couldn't afford to take time off. I think he mentioned that Vince Welnick (Casio-boy, of all people) demanded that they continue touring. It's a good book from a personal perspective, but a previous poster is right: it could be 1000 pages and not get past the days in the Haight.

>However, I am guilty of starting and stopping, and then starting and then stopping, and then starting and finally once again being defeated by Pynchon

The Wiser Time on Unplugged was great. Not sure why it's called Unplugged if the only acoustic instrument was Rich Robinson's guitar.

What percentage of those who own Infinite Jest have actually read it? My guess is less than 50%. Love Convoy. A great movie from my youth.

>I'm trying to convert the FLACs to wav and frontend says I can't do it. Anyone else having this predicament? >Nevermind. The files are .Flac and I guess frontend will only convert them if the extension is .flac (capitalization for those that don't see it). I had the same issue. Is the solution as simple as retyping "Flac" to "flac"?

>I began my jazz odyssey with Coltrane doing standards. One of my first jazz albums (and still one of my favorites) was the overlooked

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story...9-16947,00.html Wilco a sharing kind of band THERE'S something distinctly user-friendly about Wilco. Take their concerts, for example. No sooner had the Chicago-based outfit played in Sydney last year than a recording of the show appeared for free download on their website. Many of their other concerts from across the world have found fresh ears and new homes in the same way in recent years. Singer and chief songwriter Jeff Tweedy is proud of that: as proud of the gesture as he is of his band's songs. Why wouldn't he give them away to who

>Lee Morgan doesn't get as many props as he should So true. Neither does Horace Silver.

For what it's worth, after years of trying to convince a big music fan friend of mine to give Wilco a shot, the SNL appearance finally did the trick. He emailed me that he dug the songs and asked which albums to download from iTunes. We have a convert.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs...6/-1/SPORTS0806 Wilco reinterprets cornucopia of music Which Wilco will take the stage at the Val Air Ballroom on Sunday? Will fans find themselves watching the experimental rock darlings? Whiskey-soaked country? Or the forthright guitar band of their latest album

Great article. I love that he has Whiskeytown's "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart Tonight" on his ipod, not to mention Loretta Lynn and Jack White's "Portland, Oregon." It's hard to believe there's no Roy Orbison on there.

The new album is streaming on the Malkmus's myspace page: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fusea...iendid=16349952

http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2952519 Former Pavement frontman Malkmus is about to release his fourth solo album, Real Emotional Trash, and it marks a return to form after the homemade Face The Truth. Little wonder - he made that album pretty much on his own, while for this one (his second record that

http://www.sdcitybeat.com/cms/story/detail..._and_away/6658/ Farrar and away Making a case for Jay Farrar

>Campbell was also in Bob Dylan's band for six or seven years. In my opinion, the combination of Campbell and Charlie Sexton on guitars marked Bob's best line up of the Never Ending Tour. I agree. I did like the Bucky Baxter era shows, as well.

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune (sorry no link): Back in the early 1990s, when the Jayhawks backed revered songwriter Joe Henry on a pair of classic alt-country albums, Gary Louris was already contemplating a solo career that wouldn't come for another 15 years. "I remember having a discussion with Joe at the time, who was a solo guy and I was a guy-in-a-band," Louris recalls. "It was a classic case of the grass is always greener." "Joe was like, 'It must be nice being in a band, knowing who's playing with you, and having the camaraderie.' And I was like, 'Man, just to be free and not be

>I think I might have to take a "Leak"! And I thought the picture referred to a possible cover of "Green Onions." Did Chris Robinson produce this record?

>Grateful Dead - June 18, 1974 Freedom Hall - Louisville, KY Possibly the best Eyes ever and an incredible show all around.

>I don't really see that as dissing at all. >Yeah, I should have included the full excerpt. The article says the loft "was still not ideal to Malkmus. "They're totally into the ephemera of music. It's a boy shrine to vintage guitars and equipment.' Malkmus adds. "So we finished the vocals there and did some guitars and keyboards. But it's very self-contained. You have to stay within eight feet of the console, basically." I read the Paste article and also thought it was intended as a slight knock. He seemed genuinely thankful for the offer to use the loft, but seemed to find it un