If the album came out on 9/11 (I thought 9/12), does that mean my memory of buying it and Love and Theft at the Vinyl Solution in Tuscaloosa is correct? I'd love it to be.

Wish I could be there, but I'm in Minneapolis--got here about the time the Tom Petty show was over Tuesday. Sigh.

UPDATE: And now I see I have a September 17 date in Memphis (to mark the fortieth anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's death, no less) with DBT. Nothing better get in the way of this one.

It was a good show, what I saw of it, arriving late during Marry Me. I'm very bummed not to have heard Birmingham. I didn't notice there were no covers and figured the band was reading the forum's 'tired of the same old covers' topic and said Fuck it, let's play some weird shit tonight. One thing I ...

Cain's isn't sold out, is it, just because I can't get tickets online?

The club becomes an Old Navy, not a fast food place. I think it's just an unmistakeable reference to ordering fast food and what you take away from it is yours.

My first shows were the two-night stand at the Fillmore with the Hold Steady in 2008, so the current lineup is all I know. It's good enough for me.