Chris Nelson

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Helen Reddy, Capt & Tennile, Maria Muldaur, Mink Deville, Doc & Merle, Neil Diamond, Chris Hillman, Costello, Los Lobos, Orbison (love B&W Night), Shelby Lynne.

And that's the short list.

Went to see the EPiC doc in part to see drummer Ron Tutt. I only know him from Elvis and Garcia. Came home to look at his discography and lordy be! Had no idea he was on a whole feast of albums...
Quincy, Nesmith, Mancini, Streisand, Buckinham Nicks, Parsons, Joel, Emmylou, Andy Wms, Carpenters...

Curious if someone could mount a successful city council campaign on the platform of there are entirely too many sauces being drizzled by restaurants?

Ms. M with the deep cuts!

Happy birthday, Ned! 55's a great year to be!

Hadn’t thought about it this way before, but maybe national opinion columnist should be a term-limited job. You get X years (five?) to make your point and persuade and then go on, make way for new voices.

Slayin' in the Band Vol. 1 - YouTube BERTHA: Grateful Drag's first ever live album, OUT NOW!

Never have been much of a committed-to-one-artist cover band enthusiast, but Bertha are a ton of fun to see, and I do dig hearing all the familiar songs with their amazing trio+ of vocalists

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Why TF is scouting talking with DOD at all?

Theft machines. Stealing work from the past, stealing potential from thee future

Deface the Currency, by The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis 7 track album

New Messthetics with James Brandon Lewis! Didn’t know this was out!

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I love this Tight Connection attempt

And by “it” we mean everything they touch

I have every kind of notification off on phone and laptop except the red app dot. Sound too. I don’t think my brain could function with constant interruption. Then again, I’m 👴🏻

We seem to talk a lot more now about generations than I as a Gen X remember growing up 👴🏻. But as a dad of 22,20,18, 16 yos, it occurred to me that these kids have essentially had 9/11, Iraq, Great Recession, Trump, COVID & even more fascist Trump in their lifetimes. Lordy f’in’ be.

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Soft serve

Sorry

A+ skeet

The cover of Hüsker Dü’s Warehouse: Songs and Stories

I would’ve thought the Aquarium Room was the Hüsker Dü Room

"I mean, I'm Bob Dylan. I'm the so-called voice of a generation. What're you, an 808? Gotta get me an 809, 810."

Simon & Garfunkel, 8/13/83, on the short, soon-aborted tour they did after the Concert in Central Park. Show was at the Laurel Race Course in Laurel #Maryland. Dont recall of any other show staged there

Master Class: The Art of Interviewing: How To Get People To Tell You Their Stories (And Their Secrets) — The Shipman Agency 2 Sessions: Sundays, March 15 + 22 12:00-2:00pm ET Tricia Romano An interview isn’t just a series of questions, it’s a conversation—a dance between the interviewer and the subject. Take it…

I interviewed more than 200 people for The Freaks Came Out To Write so I thought I'd tell you some of my tips and tricks: "The Art of Interviewing: How to Get People to Tell Your Their Stories (And Their Secrets)," will be held in 2 sessions on March 15th and 22nd. buff.ly/XNDcO1h.

microphones at Grateful Dead show

concertgoers hold boomboxes at Polish music festival

tapers sidestage at bluegrass festival

man in t shirt that reads Tape Master

snow day news drop: last week, i turned in a draft of the book i've been working on for the past 6 years! right now, it's called "the invisible hit parade: a taper's history of music" & will be out in 2027 from da capo/hachette. much more to come, obviously!

The problem with raspberries is they never hit your mouth in the gut

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Haha. I was just being a smart ass about the gum company getting in on baseball. It doesn't really fit the criteria!

Wrigley Field

How was the cover not given to Ian Svenonius, Sassiest Boy in America ™️

I use Pirate Booty to pull out inessential oils when I brew my Joe. Better for my cholesterol

On a coffee filter 🤔