stoger

@tonyg wrote:

I believe the Intrepid Traveler himself, Stoger, is attending tonight’s show. 8)

Right as rain, tony, though it may be Wednesday afternoon before I can post. Word on the street is that grumpymama is southbound, in real time.

@LWjetta wrote:

If you have a spare $302.98 you can purchase this limited issue box set of 20 LP’s( from Amazon ) in celebration of Lost Highway’s 10th anniversary.
Works out to approx $15.00 / LP.

Lu’s Blessed and West are included in the set.

http://theseconddisc.com/2011/10/25/lost-highway-found-on-vinyl-10th-anniversary-box-coming-next-month/

lwj

What, no Essence, WWT, or Little Honey? I would have thought our Lu would have commandeered at least 1/4 of the total material on such a release. . . .

@tntracy wrote:

While I would certainly love to see digital downloads of live shows, I would NOT want to see studio work released via digital download as the sole source of distribution UNLESS it is made available in uncompressed (i.e., lossless) form. And even then, I would miss the physical CD & especially the liner notes, lyrics, etc.

I very much want to have the future flexibility of re-ripping & re-encoding at higher bit rates as storage amounts increase on my portable players. Purchasing a digital download at say 256 kbps as an example, on the other hand, locks you in at that level of audio quality forever, taking away that flexibility…

Oh, and in the “for what it’s worth” department, fourth post of 2012… 8)

Tom

Count me #1 and #6, Mr. Moderator. Have we heard from our north-of-the-border and Golden State pals yet this calendar year?

@tntracy wrote:

@punchdrunklove wrote:

i’d stand up in any given concert.

seated shows: the death of music.

While I prefer to stand as well, I wouldn’t be so dramatic as to say that seated shows represent the “death of music”. As much as I like to stand right up front, sometimes my back & knees will not permit it.

Perhaps you, too, will have a different perspective, PDL, once you are in your fifties & beyond… 😉 😆

Tom

Amen, my AARP 18+++++++++. . . North American bro!

Exene and Marianne F in the same week: lucky guy. Did you get to chat with Doug and friend too, Tony?

The new Heartless Bastards record, entitled Arrow, will be released on Valentine’s Day from Partisan Records out of New York.

We got several new songs early in the set last night, though my request for the earlier “Blue Day” was sheepishly denied me by Erika, something about a particular guitar for that one being “in the shop.” But “Hold Your Head” from The Mountain, with its Jackson reference, was superb. The HB’s have three backing boys now, including the one sideman who played with Erika in front of Lu last spring at Stubbs.

I was hoping to chat with Erika, and the opportunity practically fell in my lap, as it were. The website said doors at 8 music at 9:30, but the joint was nearly deserted with no doors guy circa 9 when I entered. The bartender reckoned “10:30 or 10:45,” with no opening act. After a quarter hour at the bar, I left temporarily to walk the block and kill some time, and upon my return, not only was the whole band at the bar, but Erika was in my very seat! Apologetically she handed me my partially full beverage and made as if to leave, but I stopped that. She didn’t really remember me right off, but some talk about the Minn. wedding and the Austin aftershow (baby racoons in Stubbs courtyard) changed that. I stuck my foot in it with a Fat Possum query (the label is based a few miles from the venue), but we got on fine beyond that. She left to make the setlist, but more loitering ensued and the first song was played at 10:55. I left early (19 year olds can get weary quickly), but it was a fine occasion!