M. (hristine

1. First Concert, when? 1974 ~ Gordon Lightfoot 2. First Concert you really wanted to go to and did? 1974 ~ Jackson Browne 3. Favorite Band? Today, Califone 4. How Many Times have you seen them? Once 5. Worst concert you attended? Hmm. I saw Joe Perry Project at a festival. That was pretty bad. 6. Favorite? I've seen some tremendous shows. '78, '79 had some standouts; Springsteen, B52s, Neil Young, Dylan, Pretenders. The David Lindley and El Rayo X show at Parody Hall in 1982 is still talked about in hushed tones. Tom Waits in '82. More recently: Tweedy solo at the Fillmore West, Wil

Heh. I dl-ed the first one twice, trying to hear with different ears the second time. I sent it into the ether twice.

There were moments during that show where I could have sworn it was zero °s.

Also: This one time AtticusPoongoogler left a message on my answering machine.

Tim Rutili opened the door for us last week. How many °s is that?

Sitting at the hotel computer, still in wonder about what I witnessed last night. I saw a show with none of the usual rock and roll trappings (no booze, seated, tiny room...we were practically in Rutuli's lap), but I feel like I participated in the genesis of music itself. Simply astounding 2 hours of music. Tim's film was riveting. M. (hris to Ben Massarella: Please don't ever stop making music.

Thanks mb! I'll report back. Wish you could be there.

Seeing All My Friends live Thursday night!

You're a goddam liar.

The reaper has been working overtime on musicians these past months.

I'm thinking I'll watch American Beauty instead of the Oscars tonight.

Happy trails Mark. I'm going to miss you so.

(to the camera): "I have to go wash my...eyes." This episode was the perfect combination of tender and funny. One of the best this season.

These films have stuck with me over the years, yet not many people seem to have seen them. That's how I define underrated. The Return Polly Jean Harvey as Mary Magdalene? How could it not be tremendous? The Book of Life And by far the most disturbing film I've ever seen. (And if I recall correctly, no dialogue.) Begotten

I worked tonight, so I was not able to listen in and am sleepy now. Two things... 1 Sarah and I saw Ashes of American Flags at the theater last night. I seat danced. Hard to imagine not seeing them this year. Sigh. 2 We are seeing Califone in three weeks. I can't believe how stoked I am. Enjoy the show kids. Somebody get kidsmoke a beer.

I have a 25 yo bottle of Laphroaig that I'm afraid of.

My mom had the hots for Kristofferson for as long as I can remember. We listened to him a lot. I suppose I never had a chance. It was uncanny how Jeff Bridges seemed to channel Kristofferson in Crazy Heart. Two of the best songwriters of any genre in the last 50 years. Nice piece. Thanks for sharing.

There are times when I'm not sure that even an event of this magnitude could put a monkey wrench into the grinding gears of the compressed fossil incineration machine

Speed, what I meant was that the scale our influence upon climate is not unprecedented. Climate change can be precipitated by any number of natural occurrences, and sometimes quite dramatically. Variation in the earth's orbit, solar and oceanic variations, plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions are some of the known variables. Isn't dinosaur extinction blamed on a meteor crashing to earth and changing the climate? Scientists have barely scratched the surface of understanding how these variables influence long and short term climate. I'm not saying that the hypothesis of human caused climate

My friend Loy always gave up cigarettes and booze during Lent, except for St Patrick's Day. He claimed some sort of papal dispensation. I too have decided to give up refined sugar. Including chocolate, and excluding one morning French press with condensed milk.

And I guess my response is that it is arrogance to believe that it's even remotely possible to remove ourselves from that system. Whether through the inclination towards war, natural disaster, epidemic disease, or unseen apocalyptic occurences, the system seeks to balance itself. The element that is in a precarious position is humans, the innocent as well as the guilty. The system does not differentiate.

I'd be attaching my neural transmitter braid to the brain of a terradactyl and cowgirling it. My point is that humans live within a system. A system of balance that is forever in flux. Because we are woven into the system, we change the balance. Mostly through our adaptability, lack of natural predators and success in populating. Change unprecedented by a species? Maybe. Unprecedented? lol Ultimately, like Cormac, I see the concentrated feral fire of balance far outweighing cannibalistic unbalance.

Climate change is really nothing new is it? If dinosaurs still ruled the earth, humans would yet be living in trees.

Why do you always have to bring skygod into it?