Yep, If The Humans, that was my thought also. The sequel is going to consist of 300 warships reducing the surface to a cinder and taking what they want. Avatar 2: The Road anyone?

Crow scares me, but Mellenkamp has been brilliant lately. I'm excited about this.

Ah, yes …. and Meat Beat Manifesto opened.

I saw them three times around 90, opening for Jesus and Mary chain and for Peter Murphy, but the best was at a place called the Peppermint Beach Club in Norfolk, VA (not the same one that is there now). It should have held about 300 people and there were twice that in there, the police almost shut it down, band was 2…

I think that ZMF nailed the point Mendes was making in Jarhead. What one does in the military is train and train and train to do something - fight a fire, launch a missile, shoot people - that you never actually get to do. When the time does come, you are so excited to do it that you give absolutely no thought to the…

Hell, you'll see Al, who can still all those high notes. That's worth it alone and if these guys deliver even a little bit, you'll be ahead of the game.

Concur … I'm pissed that I completely forgot to bring this up during all the best of discussions. I think this makes my top ten for the year.

I thought the anti-scalping system was amazing. Yes, it sold out fast, but there were very few seats held back, none given to agencies and everyone who was there paid for a ticket and got them right when they went on sale, i.e. fans. It made for a great audience.

Mule Variations is the most accessible and a really good starting point. The Best of the Capitol Years album gives a good overview of his early stuff. Real Gone is also fantastic and easy to get.

I just wonder if having that NPR show out there hurts his album sales. I listened to it, but it was close enough to the NPR show that I didn't buy it.

I think some of the tracks are from the Knoxville show I attended. Great show. I thought the drummer couldn't keep up with the rest of the band (being Waits' son probably helped him get the gig) but the guitar player was phenomenal and the visuals were fantastic.

I saw Fergie singing "Barracuda" somewhere and she tore that shit up. As a rock chick, she's bad-ass. Hopefully, she realizes that in the future.

From what he said on Fresh Air, he had tried 4 times in the past.

Ahh … you reminded me of a couple more, both in NOLA. Seeing Bonearama at the Rock-n-Bowl, seeing the Soul Rebels and Les Bon Temps and seeing Rebirth at the Howling Wolf II. Some band I'd never seen called 'Bout it brass Band opened for them and they just killed. I'd never heard a tuba, a trombone and a Sax with a…

Human garbage, eh?

yeah … that was another rough day.

@ET …. yeah, I wanted to write 2000 election as 1, 2004 election as 2 and Obama turning his economic policy over to all the same people who fucked the country up as number 3, but i guess it's really not pop culture.

Well, I don't know but I did check before (for I have played AV Club once or twice) and it lists the Phantom Menace as 19 may 1999.

and one more …..

The Worst?
Hopefully a list is coming for this …..