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Just saw a Elvis Costello Live DVD -- a concert with the Imposters. Never knew he could play guitar like that. Darn great show and rocking tunes all done in what looks to be a very intimate club in Memphis. The Emmylou Harris guesting is nice but slows down the show.

I like Tom Horn with Steve McQueen and the one John Wayne movie where his redhead wife gets uppity about him drinking beer so her chases her through the town to give her a good spanking!--McClintock?

I picked up my first RS on the stand in a few years, and its just not that interesting anymore. It used to be a ROCK AND ROLL magazine with maybe some jazz thrown because of its influence on Rock, but I think when they started adding alot of coverage of rap and R&B, its message got spread too thin. That probably sounds racist--its not intended to be. But its true to older fans of the magazine. Same with MTV -- after those first glory years, once rap and R&B videos were added to the rock/pop mix its message also was spread too thin, and started to branch out away from the M in MTV. Both good examples of PC thinking diluting the quality of something great. I'm not talking about Prince or Jimi Hendrix, I mean 2 Live Crew and Ice Cube. (I admit I don't like much rap or cliche R&B --) Then fashion was covered more than one issue a year, then boy bands and the likes of Mariah's, Britney's, and Lindsay's daily movements and the transformation was complete. To us old folks, its sad to see the sales figures in the back now -- where once was a list of great rock and pop, its been replaced by cliched and superproduced poseurs, braggarts, and fashion with background music. Damn I'm old!!

My nine- year olds first was Lilo and Stitch -- five years ago? I'll never forget as they walked into the theater and couldn't take their eyes off the big screen. I thought they were following me to our seats, but I had to go back to get them -- they had stopped dead in their tracks watching at the entry! and didn't move until I got them by the arms and almost had to drag them to a seat -- a wonderful memory.

My fave moment of the Grammys was this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHV9cJyYEr4 Shut that obnoxious jerk up!

What did Neil Young sing? " Its a piece of crap!" Wow -- if you got two sets of these you'd have 10 speakers-- that would sound even better!! Wow-- In his words "need I say more..."

Wow -- $20 is alot! I think I bought a Watch CD, an Italian import for $25 last year becuase I wanted it, but everything else I've gotten has been less than $10 -- Any of you on lala.com? I bet the 10 out of the last 12 CDs I've gotten have been through there. You put the CDs you own that you want to trade on a Have list and make a Want list and lala.com sends you envelopes to send your CDs and you start to receive other members CDs. Some I have gotten had been released within the last year, like the Holmes Brothers latest. This doesn't deal with the issue of this thread, but man, you're paying too much -- any CD you receive with lala.com is $1.75 -- Of course, many of the CDs on your Want list may not be sent by other members, but many of those CDs are offered for $8 to $12 plus .75 shipping. -- How do the mall music outlets stay open charging $18 with so many options to buy the same thing for so much less? --- interesting article above, though. The ability to keep a large library of music in your hand was not possible 15 years ago, and that convenience far outweighs being able to hear it all with superior fidelity all the time. But, MP3 quality is improving, and I think many like me use the iPod as a supplement to their music listening, not a replacement. You still got to have to hear great music with great sound at home through Klipsches et al-- Herbie Hancock winning the Album Grammy was heartening -- he beat out alot of big-sellers ( including a maniacally egotistical Kanye West ). Hopefully the music industry doesn't forsake more artistic efforts like his for the big dollar blue chips. Haven't heard his yet, but I will --

Yeah the whole world is going to h*ll! -- not! Shoot as long as there is a big business behemoth trying to control something there's always an underculture that desires something real or alternative and theres an outlet for satisfying them. And there will always be artists out there trying to be real and be discovered. In the seventies, the music industry and radio tried to push "Afternoon Delight" and "You Light Up My Life" dreck as the music to listen to -- but there was plenty of good stuff to be found too -- if anything its easier to access music, and you could never sample music before you bought it then. Can't tell you how many crappy LPs I bought because I thought it might be good, yet I knew within a few songs listening that I might not ever listen to it again. Now at least almost all artists new and old can be sampled. I admit if you're not computer savvy you're out of luck, but its better buying music now than when we were kids. Its changed alot and the music industry has not followed fast enough -- in corporate America its survival of the fittest, and to me they should have saved some of the fat profits they got out of us for so long or invested better. I'm not sad to see them go if they go. Greed and drastic change killed them -- but there will always be music. And I'll bet you'll always be able to get rock and roll. Classical has survived for hundreds of years -- why not everything else thats good?

with John Bonham on drums, Duane Allman on second guitar -- Morrison, Mercury, or Brad Delp singing? My rec this week is Live at Leeds by the Who --- not the first, very abbreviated version nor the last too-expanded version, but the second one-disc CD. Every time I listen to this I laugh when they call Entwhistle "the Black Raper", play lots of air-guitar to Pete's incredible chords, and sing along -- Moon is all over the place as usual. A great great concert-- too bad I was 11 and on the other side of the pond-- "Substitute" is the only disappointment because its so good and too short--

Saw the Moe at the Fillmore DVD -- took them awhile to catch fire but its great guitar throughout. Thanks for the rec Bob-- Watched it twice -- today!

All three of these Bournes are great action movies with gritty far flung settings and very original action sequences. Damon is not a Schwarzeneggar type hero -- small, smart and more real -- The dude is lethal --

Shoot I like their jams -- every once in a while they're tiresome, but that comes from all the experimentation they do -- or did-- I just saw the Foo Fighters "Skin and Bones" DVD and what a great concert-- mostly acoustic with Dave Grohl chatting humourously and dropping f-bombs between songs. Fleshed out songs with four more members-- its a keeper--

I put Moe Live at the Fillmore at the top of the queue with Netflix-- Are they like Phish?

Anyone see There Will Be Blood or No Country for Old Men? I brought them up at lunch at work yesterday and couldn't believe all the different thoughts on their endings. I thought Bloods ending sequence was not as good as the rest of the movie and didn't ring as true as the rest of this masterpiece ( BTW, Radiohead's Johnny Greenwoods soundtrack is haunting and perfect for the movie ) and I loved No Country's ending because it fit the title--I hope that's not saying too much to give anything away. But so many others didn't like the endings at all or liked them because they weren't Hollywood endings. Everyone had a strong opinion-- With that in mind--what's your favorite movie ending? Mine is Paul Newman in the Verdict with the loud phone ringing--was SHE calling him?

OldBuck -- one of my fave Rolling Stones is Stripped, a live one thats largely acoustic-- the critics panned it and said the boys were over the hill but man it fits in good with my blues stuff. Mick's voice and the lead guitars are in tune and its beautifully recorded without being polished. And there are some OLD chestnuts on it -- its great hearing Mick singing "I'm free to do what I want any old time" in this setting. They sound they have played together for decades--relaxed and just great-- I also really like any old Taj Mahal--he sounds like the Stones with a gruffer voice--his collections are really good--- I'm gonna check out Moe-- Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise is great, too --

Welcome ASkBob-- I saw WP at the SunFest in West Palm many years ago on their "alternative' night and was blown away--David Schools is the grooviest bassist-- only When The Medicine Takes really gets me though, and I've had many of their live and studio recordings. Medicine is a masterpiece to me-- OldBuck -- I've got Clapton's Cotton Bowl 2DVD to benefit his Antigua center and its incredible. ZZTop, Joe Walsh, John Mayer, JJ Cale, Steve Vai, and even sitar music-- I;ll check out Derek on the one you mentioned-- You guys heard White Stripes Elephant? -- its Zep turned a notch

I'm the same way about '71 to '81 from the first album I bought to the last year of college. Maybe its about reliving youth-- love prog rock from then-- I try to find good stuff by new artists and I like some of it, but the pickings are much much harder to find good rock and roll -- is it dying? I bet you'd like the Derek Trucks Band -- the Allman Brothers drummer's nephew. I saw a great Netflix movie last week -- about the Monterey Pop Festival-- you'd like it. It really went in depth about its impact on music (shoot--you probably own it!) What was cool was seeing a young Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn and the other MG's backing Otis--wow. And all the rest is killer. I was eight years old then so it was beyond me, but it sure is cool to revisit --

Old Buck Ster -- do you listen to anything that was released after 1977? Your rock and roll music taste is impeccable and yet do you listen to any classic style rock like Radiohead, White Stripes, or Dinosaur Jr.? Saying that-- I love Wet Willie's "Left Coast Live" the latest expanded version with Toy Caldwell guesting and a killer guitar solo on "Lucy Was in Trouble"

The whole political genre makes for great theatre -- but most of them just end up, to me, to be not as true or sincere as many other genres. You watch a great story with the hero or heroes acting heroic against insurmountable odds and the other party which you can't hardly believe people would think that way much less conspire with lethal consequences and it ends with either triumph or death with " the secret' that the other side doesn't want known still squashed or it comes out and changes the world. A great story , yes, but the viewer probably walks out of the theater thinking what didn't they tell me so their viewpoint looks stronger? The GOP almost always looks like cold hearted ivory tower inhabiters and Dems usually are portrayed as idealistic to a fault. I'm Republican, but I think Michael Moore is a genius filmmaker -- yet I always wonder what was the other side of his story? Most political movies seem to miss the truth or real thoughts and feelings in pursuit of changing the viewer's mind--or reinforcing a follower's resolve. Much like Goebbels--! [*-)] Yet, Enron the Smartest Guys in the Room should be required viewing for corporate watchdogs and leadership to make sure THAT doesn't happen again-- Alot is being said to debunk 50 years of trashing of McCarthy with a new book -- that he really WAS finding Communiists. Just last year George Clooney did it again-- So I wonder where these political movies might lead you -- down the wrong path? If anything, political movies show how the system works-- broken or not. And usually broken--

I saw "La Vie en Rose", the life story of Edith Piaf, and wow its good. The French actress who plays her is stunning-- she deserves an Oscar playing such a tragic figure with so many ups and downs in her life. She loses so many people that are close to her, and she has a horrible childhood of poverty, abandonment, and she was raised in a bordello. She is discovered singing for her supper on the streetsm but her talent was undeniable. The soundtrack and sound is lush and the original vocals are crystal clear -- what a voice. She won't get the Oscar because its a foreign film with subtitles, but I can't remember a more affecting perfomance -- very sad but inspiring-- Best of the '07 for me--

I saw KU in a theater when it came out and loved it. Rowdy, funny, bawdy, and sweet all rolled into one. Seth Rogen is not a star but he is perfect here and Catherine Heigl is a goddess. It was great to see on DVD, too, but I'm amazed with the DVD extras -- in a word, they suck! I thought you might get a little insight into the making of the movie and some laughs, but no. After seeing them, I think they took every bit of good film and put it into the final cut. There was nothing left that was good for the extras. All of it is either bitchy, shrill, or deadpan that goes nowhere. A very strange clip of a studio infused director that "helps" Apatow is creepy or just plain bizarre. Crappy alternative scenes, unfunny gags, etc. Such a great movie, but damn!

Knocked up was the best comedy -- hilarious with a heart--

I saw the Allmusic.com recommendation for the Swingle Sister's "UnWrapped", and never heard of them before. But, wow, what an album. Crystal clear voices doing startlingly original versions of old Christmas songs, some doo ***, some jazz, some choral, etc-- all a capella. Play this for the folks and you won't need anything else--

My twin 2rd-graders loved it -- Me? I loved hearing the few old Chipmunks songs, but when they started singing present day R&B dreck without hooks it didn't satisfy-- Jason Lee is a star -- he's great in this--