1. Sadly well known.

    Sadly well known.

  2. The Band - “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” (San Francisco; Thanksgiving, 1976; The Last Waltz)

    Man. The tuba.

    Outstanding performance. A night worthy of a Scorsese film. And, that’s saying something.

  3. Bob Dylan - “Like a Rolling Stone” (Newcastle, UK; May 21, 1966; No Direction Home)

    Electric Dylan controversy:

    The rock segment was often greeted with hostility, as seen in shows in Sheffield and Newcastle upon Tyne in No Direction Home. Footage from the “Royal Albert Hall” concert, at the end of that film, includes the infamous “Judas” heckling incident. During a quiet moment in between songs, an audience member shouts very loudly and clearly: “Judas!”, to which Dylan replies: “I don’t believe you, you’re a liar” before telling his band to “Play it fucking loud!” as they begin to play an acidic version of “Like a Rolling Stone”.

    Unrelated: Man, I love Robbie Robertson’s style. What a classy player.

    And—further unrelated—brother, could that Rick Danko ever sing the shit out of a song.

    The Band - “It Makes No Difference” (San Francisco; Thanksgiving, 1976; The Last Waltz)

  4. charlietodd: Directly adjacent to the proposed Burlington Coat Factory Islamic Community Center sits a sports bar.  I snapped this photo of a sign on the sidewalk in front of it.  Hallowed ground. Never forget.1 To always eat a big meal on nights the Yankees face a weak starting pitcher. ↩

    charlietodd:

    Directly adjacent to the proposed Burlington Coat Factory Islamic Community Center sits a sports bar.  I snapped this photo of a sign on the sidewalk in front of it.  Hallowed ground.

    Never forget.1

    1. To always eat a big meal on nights the Yankees face a weak starting pitcher. ↩

  5. We don’t say “No”
    We say “How

    — 

    Principal of my daughter’s new school during orientation.

    Having survived a decade and a half of public education (2 kids worth thru middle school), I had no idea how welcome these words would sound before I heard them uttered.

    (via debbiestier)

  6. My Bloody Valentine - “To Here Knows When” (Live, 2008)

    Oh, were you asking about Bilinda? Bilinda Butcher? You mean, the singer from My Bloody Valentine?

    Her? Yeah. She’s 45 there. Forty-five. Forty. Five.

    Which is hard to believe on so many levels that I have to go sit down and watch PBS while I suck on hard candies and talk about Charles Lindberg and how expensive cotton string has gotten and holy shit she’s still so adorable.

    Now, seriously, who keeps moving my slippers? I had them here a minute ago. Or was that 1991?

  7. Stu Sutcliffe & Astrid Kirchherr (1960) [via]

    Stu Sutcliffe & Astrid Kirchherr (1960)

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  8. New Pornographers - “Letter From an Occupant” (2000)

    Canada might be better than us.