His wife is awesome too.

Me too, though it was only twice. First time was in 1993, saw the Allmans and it was one of the first concerts I ever saw. As a budding musician, it was really inspiring.

How did I not know those two were married? I missed that memo.

"You Can't Kill the Rooster" is a classic. Went to a reading of his years ago, and agree in full that hearing him deliver his material is even better than on the page. Talking to him briefly at the signing/meet & greet later was a joy, he was so funny.

This

I expect garbage

It's a metal festival. They will most certainly not hold their shit together.

See, now I'm actually picturing an alien Jesus getting drunk and coked up and running wild in the streets of, say, Frankfurt.

That's what I did too (the Prime thing, not the arms thing). And I never in a million years would have added the channel otherwise.

That last paragraph is fascinating.

It mirrors "Contact" better than anything.

What's even funnier is you'd think the racists would be like "of course the evil stormtroopers are black!" but they were so thrown by a brown skinned face that they lost their bearings entirely.

Wheeler? Nooooooo

He did walk. The deal was over. That's one of the reasons I give them credit: they knew who they were dealing with and that the show he would give them would be uncompromising - i.e. not commercial - and they still made the deal.

Not that I recall. Have you read it too?

Good point. I caught it at the time but had totally forgotten about it due to all the other shit.

Like others, this is off the top:

Thunder Road for ever and ever.

"Constructive Summer" is my favorite song of all time.

Yesssss to "Gasoline Dreams". Hadn't heard that record in years until recently - put it on and I was like WHOA