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Kind of makes sense to stop talking about something as much if you're not seeing it as much doesn't it? Isn't that natural?

Jesse was really one of the good ones. He really did touch us all for the better and will be dearly missed.

shoot... I thought you were going to be talking about the aunt avis with John Keane for Vic Chesnutt... wrong thread

Congrats Margret' date=' west ave north (north of cannon) is where I am every friday, playing poker, drinking and generally causing some trouble - in fact I just got back from drinking there and watching the Canada junior game earlier tonight. Perhaps we'll cross paths. [/quote'] Is the for-sale sign back up yet?

CANADIAN JAMBAND EVENT OF THE YEAR! they better jam.

I don't normally find myself having to quote and agree out loud with much that you say (jokes), but I have to agree that we don't do a good job on the youth thing. I've never taken a night off to bring a minor. People brought me. People were always turning people on when I was younger. It was contagious. I always feel kind of bad and wish that I put a little more effort into turning on the kids. Honestly though, I don't know many.

But by your logic don't you then have to evaluate the Halliday trade as being for Drabek, D'Arnaud and Taylor w/out considering Wallace? Or better yet, by your logic Lee has nothing to do with the Halliday trade then. I think you'd agree that that just isn't true. Overbay being in his last year is completely irrelevant. But the fact that the first trade may fill a position and allow for Overbay to be traded is certaily relevant.

why not?

See maybe just maybe thats true. But you can't look at any of the trades or building on its own. As a whole, Jays have Wells in the outfield for fucking ever, then you have to have spots for Lind & Snider (is there anyone working there way up?). If the idea is to move Wallace to 1B then you have to look at what, if anything, they get back for Overbay and incorporate that into the trade as well. Or how they spend the Overbay money.

Downs. But I'm hearing now that Downs, Tallet, Overbay are all on the block if there is anything good out there...

I think it was a great deal for the Jays. The guys they got were ranked what 2,3 & 7 in Phillies' prospect list. Way better then a year of nothing and two draft picks that will take 5 years to develop. All these guys have upside. My concern is where Wallace will play. The Jays say first, but the reports I read say he wants to play third. Plus, I thought the plan was going to be to move Lind over their. I guess if Wallace can make the team out of camp he'll probably be either 1b or 3b depending on whether they can move EE or Overbay. Maybe he even gets in at DH and spends time getting better at 1B til Ovebay goes. Drabek should help what is already a bunch of good young arms. Sure no stud, but even Doc went from first round, to MLB and all the way back down before becoming what he is. So there is hope. The catcher may develop and there are 2 others similar, so hopefully somebody grabs the bull by the horns. Hopeful/projected lineup Lind - LF Wells - CF Snider - RF Bautista - 4th OF 3rd - Wallace/EE SS - Gonzo 2B - Hill 1b - Ovebay/Daporik/Ruiz/Lind/Wallace DH - Lind/Ruiz/Wallace C - Buck/that other guy they signed/Chavez Util - Johnny Mac SP - Marcum, Romero, mzpeieghezckiy, (Cecil, Mills, Purcey, Zach Johnson, Litch, McGowan) Closer - Frasor/ why can't I remember lefties' name right now Fine by me.

And for the record, everyone I know thats there has said its been absolutely amazing.

Last night's second set looked like a smoker! I'm really really excited to see these guys!!!

Whatever - its true. We used to support the scene and go to every Comfort Zone show just to support and see friends even if the band wasn't on our A-list. Can't speak for everyone - but now I'm old.

where is the boat?

I think there was some idle chatter about Jimmy recently... this interview is short but has some insight: Widespread Panic By Natalie Sugarman Nov 17, 2009, 13:05 Printer friendly page Widespread Panic The Mind, Body & Sound Experience Jimmy Herring talks about life on the road with Widespread Panic. When you joined Panic in 2006 was it stressful to learn their incredibly vast repertoire of songs? It could have been, but they were such good friends and I had known them since '89. What was stressful was three nights at Radio City; these were the first three shows. Of course everybody in my family wanted to come, which was great and that’s not stressful. But when your mom comes to see you at Radio City and it’s your first gig with a band that has over 200 songs ... maybe a little. I wouldn’t say it was stressful learning the songs; it was just a 10 day period or so of 10 hour days. I saw you guys for the first time at Rothbury in 2008 and it was quite the experience. The music and the people all seemed to be in tune to this amazing vibe. Is it always like that? Are there off nights? Every night is not a perfect night, there are a lot of good nights and an off night doesn’t necessarily have to be terrible. I never walk away from a show feeling like I don’t want to do this anymore. It’s always good; it’s always fun. It’s a gift to be able to do it. I really feel that we have an obligation to do our best whenever people come to see us. What’s one of the most interesting or weird gifts that you’ve been given by a fan? The strangest one, I’m not even sure what this thing was ... They had made it into a keychain. Somebody had taken some part of an animal and it was like a claw or a tusk of a wild pig. I think it was a tusk from a wild pig, you know down in Alabama or Georgia those guys like to hunt wild pigs. I think that’s what it was. What do you think is the hardest part of being a musician? The hardest part … It depends on who you are and your approach to it. But for me the hardest thing is traveling and being away from my family. Some people say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but you get to the point where your daughter’s about to be 21 and you don’t think absence makes the heart grow fonder anymore. It’s gotten to where you just miss them, and it gets to be that large slices of their lives go by that you’re not there for. Yeah, that’s the hardest part. I don’t want to go home; I just wish they could be with us here. The easiest part is you get to play music every day and you get to do what you love to do. I’ll find that after a gig, if we’re staying multiple nights in a town, that’s a good time to explore things musically and I’ll go back to my room after a gig and play some more. I’m way over the partying thing. I just come back to my room after the show and play for another four or five hours. It’s good for you, there’s plenty of time to work on new things and things you might do tomorrow at the next gig or other projects you might be working on. That part’s easy; people are like, 'How do you play like that?' I’m used to playing a four-hour gig, and man, it goes by and it feels like 30 minutes. | RDW

You know what, I was up front for Mule in Toronto and ended up moving backwards to about 8 - 10th row because the sound was so much sweeter... Probably find the same thing at Shea's. But its almost always easier to go back move up... ps. don't forget Shea's is a stupid no alcohol except during set break place. In other words, BYOB

ps. do I need a raincoat? Does Bobby still spit? Or does the facial hair catch it???

ahh shit... guess who's beside you in second row? Yip Yip - 4 for me!

Who all is getting tix today? For where?

Dynamite!

I think more than most will agree that first and foremost' date=' it's the music. Its always been about the music. That blue ball of invisible energy has to start somewhere. You can walk in with the best intentions but that wont be enough.[/quote'] I'd be curious as to what people think on this. I don't hear a lot of people championing 1992-95 as the best years of the Grateful Dead, but I know an aweful lot of people that put that period down as the best concerts they've ever been to. In other words, the boys were flubbing through mistakes and mis-directions etc. just like all the post-jerry formations have. It says here that the difference is that 20,000 or 75,000 people went in with ear to ear smiles, expecting, demanding, and having the time of their lives. Now they walk in clouded with negativity about the missing man, or holding up the mini-picture of Jer and pretending his on stage, or doing something else that plants the seed of doubt in the venue and prevents the magic from happening. Maybe its more about the songs then the music.

Franklins Tower is around the corner from the Knick and likely has aftershows too...

I think Jimmy is the kind of guy that just absolutely loves music so much that he would try and learn it all in every way shape and form. At least that was the impression he gave when he took over in Panic. I figure the guy has a guitar in his hands 24/7 unless he's fishing. As for Furthur. The earlier stuff sounds great - I think they must have done a lot of rehearsals because its not slow like Ratdog or out there to nowhere like PLQ or bluesy from Warren. I got the impression from listening and talking to people that the goal with this one is to try and get it right, the way it was. Thats probably the reason for DSO Jerry and for Russo (guessing on that last part, but rumour has it Mickey is pretty much deaf and geriatric drummers can't play quick enough to begin with). As for the "slop" over the last decade - I'll admit that I don't often listen to a lot of the reincarnations after they happen (although some of this past year's The Dead has been in rotation a fair bit) my bigger problem at most of these shows is the crowds. It seems like people show up so often expecting the magic and forgeting all the work we put in to making it magical. It takes a lot of effort and positive energy to make the magic.

I always priceline buffalo - the downtown hotels are all near each other and more or less the same - unless comfort has suites?