Wasn't that about the time DT himself hosted? Maybe Aziz/SS was the backup plan.

Cool career progression too. He's gone from something of a strict Waylon Jennings devotee to a more adventurous cosmic Americana type in just a few albums (his last of which is actually a concept album of sorts). He's very good.

Maybe my favorite track by them on this too (In God's Country/One Tree Hill right there also). Never played live to this point by the band, if memory serves.

Well, they'll be doing it live soon!

Yeah, those opening acts are are rather uninspired.

Little known Billy Joel original title?

Possibly the most underwhelming OL for a playoff team in recent history too, right?

For me it's completely in the vein of those two songs and countless other Westerberg compositions. I like it too (and Waiting for Somebody).

Your Blue Room is great. I like a lot of those Passengers tracks but that might be the best.

The media botched the campaigns/election coverage & continues to cover this transition ineptly as well, agreed. Most journalism that borders on incisive in the face of this calamity seemingly exists on the fringes, as usual.

Just listened to Yerself Is Steam by Mercury Rev in full in the late AM. An absolute monster of a debut creatively.

I still really like The Great Escape personally. It's not Parklife, but it's not shit either. I mean, The Universal & He Thought of Cars - just off the top of my head - stand up next to anything Blur ever recorded imo.

Robert Wyatt - Heaps of Sheeps
Flying Burrito Brothers - Dark End of the Street
The Only Ones - The Whole Of The Law
Mazzy Star - Blue Flower
Beat Happening - Indian Summer
Stephen Malkmus - Church On White
Love - Always See Your Face
Scott Walker - 30 Century Man
Husker Du - Books About UFOs
Heatmiser - See You Later

I have a couple Great Lakes Christmas Ales to go still (which is a good thing).

I went to Catholic Sunday school as a young kid and when I learned about 'the Holy Spirit" I recall visualizing it as that black rabbit from the Watership Down animated film (I think my mom let me watch it because I loved animals, despite its heaviness).

I could be reading too much into this, but I'd stress that this general juncture is the very point at which succumbing to indifference could actually prove harmful to a lot of people. If there's something you were previously passionate about, I would urge you to continue caring about it, if at all possible (both for…

That might be one of the best Beatles songs period. It certainly is to me. Near perfect.

Yeah, weren't they the team that has the coach-to-be on staff but a different assistant coach (the defensive coordinator) was actually the interim coach for the bowl game? I'm sure that wasn't a confusing situation for the staff or players at all.

It might be a bad idea to subject a car that age to city/expressway driving. Better stick to the backstreets.

Something from the meat chest, Linda?