Not a that much of a big fan anymore but there was a point in 2005/6 where I saw them four times in a 12 month period. Always had a great time though.

I wish Hyden was still to here to back me up on this but I've seen The Black Crowes 8 times and think they were a much better band than they've been giving credit for. Others: the Dead (counting post Jerry groups) 7, Ray LaMontagne and Josh Ritter 5, Wilco, My Morning Jacket, and Dylan 4.

I've seen him four times with the last being maybe six or seven years ago. There was a point around when Love and Theft came out where he put on really great shows. The main reason I haven't seen him recently is that I have no interest in him playing standards.

Sam Cooke at the Harlem Square Club would have been an amazing experience. There's a rawness and intensity to that album that his recorded material doesn't have.

I really liked it but I can see how someone can find it frustrating. Linear storytelling is not one of its strengths but I think it's sprawling, somewhat disorientating plot mirrors the nature of that war. What I liked about it and Johnson's writing in general were the moments of dark humor that he was able to…

I knew he wasn't doing well health wise but this still stinks. In my high school years, the Allmans were the one of the only bands that mattered to me. At Fillmore East is still the best live rock & roll album ever recorded. When I was younger it was all about the guitar playing, but Gregg's vocals are just as…

That Laura Marling album is near perfect. I've been playing 'Wildfire' almost non-stop waiting for the entire album to come out. It's going to be pretty tough to top it for the best of the year.

Best ensemble for me has to be The Americans, even though you could say that for the past four years. Matthew Rhys has always been the leader but this season the supporting cast was even more exceptional. Keri Russell's Elizabeth finally began to show a little nuance in her ideology. Baker's William was a mix of…

I mostly listen to folk/Americana stuff nowadays, so this list is almost all those genres and in no particular order because ranking them is just too hard anymore

I actually live in one of the few House districts that is legitimately a tossup (NY 22nd). Our current representative was one of the first Republican congressmen that openly said he was going to vote for Clinton. He is retiring and we're left with a three way race between a Tea Party Republican, a Democrat, and a…

Jai-Alai is my go-to IPA now. I'm in Upstate New York and the beer shop near me gets six packs of it now and again. I've never been a huge fan of Flower Power. I'll take my hometown IPA, Andromeda from Galaxy Brewing, over it any day. It's just started being canned and distributed through Upstate.

No, they're going to be just as bad as Red Sox fans. The similarities are eerie: a fanbase that has a regional following, and generations of self-pitying bs.

Seasons 1-4 and 8 are really great. Seasons five through seven are so inconsistent, but I would rank "My Cold Shower" from season six as one of the best episodes of the series. Even when the show got too broad and hacky during that time, the writers could occasionally reign it in and make an effective episode.

I could go with a dozen or so Springsteen songs but the one that always gets me is "Badlands" especially when it gets to the 'poor men wanna be rich' verse.

I'm always surprised it gets overlooked as one of their top albums. Such a great mix of rock & roll ("All I Wanted to Do Was Dance") and R&B influences ("Tears of God").

I saw it years ago when he presented a few of his films at my college. Of all the pieces I saw from other filmmakers during that time, I still remember it the most vividly. Definitely one of my favorite experimental works.

I feel the same way. Journey is the only group out of that 'Corporate Rock' bunch that I actually go out of my way to listen to. Part of it is Perry's vocals, in that they transcend most of the schmaltz that gets associated with the power ballad. He sings with an earnestness that can't help but win me over.

The description of Ade's film sounds really intriguing. I liked Everyone Else well enough upon seeing it, but have no strong memories of it now. The mix of broad humor and anti-Hollywood storytelling appear right in my wheelhouse.

I know it's only four episodes into this season, but I think it's going to be hard to best this episode as one of, if not the best, of the season. The episode's not heavy on action (the end being the major exception) but there are some great moments and emotions for the characters to reveal. Martha and Elizabeth's…

As an Orioles fan, I heartily endorse this.