The WaPo reported today that "It’s budget week on Capitol Hill, with many cabinet officials and agency heads set to testify before the House and Senate appropriations committees about the fiscal year 2025 budget..." The article failed to mention that there is still no budget for 2024 which would se...

The pathetic human being known as JD Vance just wrote a (not surprisingly) pathetic defense of the no aid to Ukraine position in the Washington Post. Unfortunately the comments section was closed by the time I got around to it. It's not like I think that JD or even any of his staff will read or car...

I read the post from Justin's widow on "When We Were Close" and this is a good piece: [/quote] I read that as well, and thought it would be an interesting topic of discussion for 3DDs. JTEs widow talks about how hurtful it is to hear the song and that it mentions she and her daughter personally. (t...

Looks like a great tribute. Hope they make it available to stream. https://variety.com/2024/music/concert-reviews/jimmy-buffett-tribute-hollywood-bowl-paul-mccartney-eagles-concert-1235969151/ Oddly missing was Todd Snider who has a very deep history with Jimmy, and I know is close with his family. ...

After seeing the band on Thursday and Sunday, I'd say if you have an opportunity to catch one of these shows to do it. Both nights were great and the sets had some good variation to them. Bruce sounds really good so far on this run. Yeah, the last couple of days I've been really wondering whether I...

You are probably looking at a 90min show, tops. HOWEVER...with Shovels & Rope opening...thats a good double. I'd say go to the show.


Also:

Always go to the show.

Trump's public social media company started trading yesterday. It closed its first day of trading selling at about two thousand times projected annual revenues. Plus it's losing millions of dollars. It's not a question of if, only when this thing crashes and when it does I don't want to hear any wh...

I never approached the issue like this. To me, it is a no-brainer policy decision to raise it. Clearly, a very unpopular position from a political perspective, but seemingly necessary from a financial standpoint. The age discrimination angle certainly changes the lens through which I now view it. I...

I saw Gary Clark Jrs ACL taping last night. Some good players!

Decent, a bit unfocused, nothing too surprising, other than just how MANY "oh yeah, I remember that" moments there are.

I'm jealous! I'm glad you got to go though. Looks like a great show. How were Beat Farmers without Country Dick? I knew him a little, great guy. Hung out with him his last New Year's Eve until the wee hours. A friend was managing them but I hit it off with Dick. I miss the Beat Farmers! [/quote] Wh...

I attended Mojo's Final Mayhem at SXSW. I've been attending for a long time. This was a hell of show, rocking, emotional, long and packed. It had been planned as the final Mayhem before he passed and Mojo had curated the line-up. Everyone showed up and it was a hell of a wake. The Beat Farmers, Knit...

Always go to the show.

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/musi ... 234988206/

Masters of the Air - I'm watching it, but for some reason I don't like it. I don't have a particular reason and don't really want to dive in deeper to try and understand why. However, unfortunately, 4 episodes in, I feel like it is my patriotic duty to finish it. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to mak...

Trump takes over the RNC. Put his daughter in law in command. Fires half the staff. Forces employees to reapply, which is a thinly veiled loyalty test. I guess I can see two sides of the coins: Heads: Holy shit, he is destroying the Republican machinery. The inmates are running the asylum. These gri...

https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit-760w,f_auto,q_auto:best/rockcms/2024-03/240310-katie-britt-vl-1045a-c26f61.jpg 4th Alabama icon - Wallace, Bear, Ronnie & Katie. Love that they chose to feature a woman and made sure she's in the kitchen. *unfounded rumor* - she was actually bar...

This week...SXSW Tues - Ray Benson's Birthday Bash (Asleep at the Wheel, Shakey Graves + more) Thursday - Luck Reunion https://www.rollingstone.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/LuckReunionLineUpFINAL1.jpg?w=821 Friday - SoCo Stomp: Rosie Flores, Calder AllenJohn Doe Folk Trio, CC Adcock & The Lafayett...

Wed - Sleater-Kinney
Fri - Chuck Prophet
Sun - More Chuck Prophet
Next week - SXSW

https://www.lbjlibrary.org/exhibits/tem ... ic-history

If you are in Austin, I highly recommend checking out this exhibit. Some amazing stuff in there. It's astounding how much of it is from the Boss' personal collection.

Masters of the Air - I'm watching it, but for some reason I don't like it. I don't have a particular reason and don't really want to dive in deeper to try and understand why. However, unfortunately, 4 episodes in, I feel like it is my patriotic duty to finish it. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to mak...

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 22, 2024 1:56 pm

BTW, the ellipsis is because I think your trillion dollar number is way high. I think it's less than a quarter of that. Still a lot of money of course.

As usual you are right, btb. In my defense, I was only off by one zero. I still stand by my main point however. Hyperbole FTW!

I was a bit shocked to recently read that Biden is 'preparing some serious sanctions' against Russia for the death of Navalny. A few gripes (mainly media reporting) before my main gripe. 1) It's a murder, not just a death. 2) While sad, I don't think this should shock anyone at all. 3) There is no d...

Is jerking off legal in Alabama? (asking for a friend)

I think this is my favorite HHC since I have started going back every year in 2019, and that's even counting the fact that I was contending with some sort of stomach ailment the whole week that made me not push it much in regards to doing anything outside of pre-show dinner and going to the shows. ...

beantownbubba wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 16, 2024 5:04 pm

Mundane Mayhem wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 16, 2024 3:45 pm

Anyone got a setlist?

A VERY good question. Ahem, ahem. You know who you are.

Two nights and no setlists?

I think its also time we stop being surprised and clutching our pearls. This shit has been going on and getting worse for the better part of a decade. The current form of the GOP has no interest nor ability in governing. Agreed. I've now tried to explain 3 times why I think I was aiming at a differ...

David French's weekly newsletter gets to the heart of the MAGA delusion on Putin and Ukraine. It's a newsletter, not a newspaper column so I can't link to it and I don't think i can paste the whole thing here, but here are the last 2 paragraphs. Find the rest if you can. "America has made profound ...