The merch situation was weird because there was only 1 guy working and the line actually wrapped around back into the venue the second night. Long long wait ... I also agree about the standing situation. Jason's show last year there--everyone stood. Friday night, no one stood and Sat only a handful....

That has to be one of the coolest venues I've ever seen (from the pics).

TruckerTomer wrote:I bought tickets for the two nights. I'm coming all the way from Israel! As part of a big trip I'm planning in the US in the fall. Excited to be inside The Ryman for the first time.

Can't wait to meet ya, Tomer! Make sure you do a tour of the Ryman during the day, too.

headhunter wrote:21. Headhunter


Hard to say no to one belt loop.

Woo hoo! My first Fillmore shows..

bovine knievel wrote:

Penny Lane wrote:

Good call, Penny!

If you haven't listened yet, check out their latest World Cafe Live appearance. It's funny to also hear NPR say 'the infamous Wagon Wheel song, now made popular by Darius Rucker'. (Come again??)

Iowan wrote:

bovine knievel wrote:I was blinded by glory with a half written story

Love this one.

I love this whole album. 21 guns for 21 years

So both nights in Denton are sold out?! What the flibberty..that would have been monumental. My first Slobberbone show and my last Centro show.

I think it's a tie between those 2.

What a night for him! I got choked up watching that Loretta Lynn acceptance, too.

Love this, too "Do the thing that you're scared to do." (think how great the world would be..)

Awesome, pics, DD. Love the B&W especially. Cooley looks like an angel in that one.

They had a booth at forecastle i think, i bought a few of their prints, including a really cool old crow poster that's not listed there now. I had no idea they did the isbell poster! Check out those matching St Paul and the BB phone booth posters! Really cool..i'm not too into them or i'd get the set.

East Nash--You have to have a hot dog from the I dream of Weenie hot dog cart in East Nash. (See visual stimulation) https://cbks0.google.com/cbk?output=tile&cb_client=maps_sv&panoid=it5r9TOaaV6Bt_k47S-4CQ&x=0&y=0&zoom=5 --if you park near the hot dog cart, you can walk to all th...

So I see a doors at eight/show at nine for Thursday night. I'm trying to minimize my out work time used here. How late do you locals figure I could land at SFO and make at least the main set? Alternatively, should I (horrors!) ditch the Thursday show altogether and arrive in a leisurely manner on F...

beantownbubba wrote: Rand and LJ have become completely intertwined in my mind.

Well that is just sad...because Fountainhead should be required reading!

-Rand groupie

(ps-I've been trying to get OBL to read We the Living...please someone read it and post thoughts.)

I think someone posted about this a little while ago--So good for 2 important scenes in music..Northern England circa 1965 and CA/London 1968-1969.

Any possibility they pull an MMJ and do 3 nights of no repeats? They have enough songs. That would truly make this something special, not that it isn't already, but come on. If you got ticks for 3 nights, and no repeats. Fogettaboutit. I think it's an insult to even request this! If you go all 3 ni...

You lost me at Pitchfork. But I kept going. Then you lost me again after no 100 (no offense, Clams!).. Clams Casino Instrumental Mixtape self-released 100 Wherein a part time beatsmith links up with Soulja Boy and the almighty BasedGod on Myspace to lace their stoned earnestness with thick cumulus c...

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn - this was kinda the "it book" in 2012 and I see what the fuss was about. I admire the book in many ways and believe it's a true tour de force of writing skill, but i hated reading this fucking book. Virtually every page was torture to get through but the book i...

Marc Maron - who did some excellent interviews with Patterson and Jason Isbell earlier this year - has re-posted his interview from a few years back with Williams on the WTF podcast. Heavy stuff. http://www.wtfpod.com/ I have always appreciated his talents, but was never a huge fan. This interview ...

i watched this last night (great soundtrack):

yeah pretty steep!! I want them, though.

Gotcha Penny. Totally valid. I would love to see the story expanded upon in some way, maybe even as a dramatic TV mini series on HBO or something. Obviously the story itself is fascinating. I have this measuring stick for documentaries (probably unfounded) where I think, if I knew NOTHING about thi...

I love Otis! We definitely need an AOTW thread on him.

I'm in no way volunteering --really wish he toured more.

I also think the Muscle Shoals doc was disappointing, I was expecting a lot more. Just curious Penny how so? Critically speaking I thought Bono was superfluous and there was a little too much of Rick Hall's semi deserved narcissism (without which I'm told the film would never have been made so a ne...

What did u think of Gone Girl, Penny? My reactions are up the thread somewhere. Thanks re Divide. I scrolled back at least 10 pages and couldn't find it! Can you point me to it? I LOVED the first half of the book, I was sure I knew what happened (because I've watched all the wife/husband killings o...

Finally got around to The Wolf of Wall Street. The first hour was great, Scorsese and Leo doing what Scorsese and Leo do. But how does one explain the TWO FULL HOURS that followed? I guess when you're Martin Scorsese nobody dares to suggest that the movie you're making is anything less than classic...

Congrats Cortez, time for that post Wire high. Now you have a hole in your life to fill. Me, I went on to read every book by George Pelecanos, and read every interview I could find with David Simon. Of course I watched the whole thing again. To be a completist, you also have to watch The Corner.

And that phenomenon brings me back to Carter. Whatever the man's faults were as a president he was and is not stupid. But that's how he's perceived by a lot of people. That and as a wimp. The man is probably one of the most intelligent people to ever hold office. Seriously? That's a widely held per...

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beantownbubba wrote:
My lucky Penny! Good to see ya!

Ditto! I enjoyed your analysis of the Taibbi book.