BIG STAR, SQUEEZE, ECHO, CHEAP TRICK and more have been covered live by the Decemberists. My Old Kentucky Blog has the downloads, though I know you won't indulge because home downloading is…
Read More[NOTE: If you're checking in for the first time this week, keep scrolling past today's entry for Fourth of July pics and notes of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.]THE POSIES ARE NOT…
Read MoreHAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY FROM THE CITY OF BIG SHOULDERS!Here are fireworks looking out over Lake Michigan toward Navy Pier……and a view from the ground. A lot of cities have fireworks, but…How many…
Read MoreSO LONG TO SANDRA D: By now, I'm sure most have heard that Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring. Those interested in the story will want to monitor the SCOTUS…
Read MoreTHE HOLIDAY WEEKEND STARTS HERE:WHAT WOULD INDEPENDENCE DAY BE without the Declaration of Independence? And movies about alien attacks? Plus, Snopes reviews the fates of the signers of the Declaration.JACK WHITE is…
Read MoreWAR OF THE WORLDS: Given my daily chronicling of the foibles of Tom Cruise, it's only fair that I report that I thought the movie was a fairly solid popcorn movie. The…
Read MoreFOUNTAINS OF WAYNE'S Out of State Plates came out yesterday. It's a double-disc of non-album material — two new tracks, live tracks and B-sides (for those who care what's on the flip…
Read MoreNEXTFEST 2005, a collection of exhibits about the future of exploration, entertainment, transportation, science and medicine, communication, design, defense, was held at Chicago's Navy Pier the other day, so I went armed…
Read MoreTHE POSIES/BIG STAR: The Posies' first album in seven years comes out tomorrow; Billboard has a preview. It also looks like there will be a new studio album from Big Star in…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE: …IN ELIZABETHTOWN, the upcoming film from Cameron Crowe. The basic premise is vaguely reminiscent of Garden State, but I looks like Crowe will put his distinctive stamp on…
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