Aggie87

The only cities in the U.S. that are larger than Toronto are Los Angeles and New York. I'd say it's not a small market at all. Unless you're talking U.S. eyeballs only, in which case it's probably got the smallest U.S. market.

She must've been a wonderful person, Lon. It's clear in your words and memories of her. I'm glad you've found some level of happiness, though I'm sure she will always be in your heart as well.

For me it's an enjoyable listen, albeit one I don't spin that often. . And it sounds like they were having fun as well. Rundgren seems like he'd be a livelier front man than what the Cars were used to. I would've gone to see them had they come around where I was living at the time.

The New Cars - It's Alive! This is a fun live album, Todd Rundgren plus Elliott Easton and Greg Hawkes from The Cars (plus Kasim Sulton and Prairie Prince), doing mostly Cars tracks, plus two Todd songs.

Cute pup, Lon! ... Avalon Harbor, Catalina Island 27 Sep 2025

That's a good one. I'd like them to do another covers album with the current lineup, but I suspect that won't happen. There is also this live material, but it's never been released physically: https://stevekilbey.bandcamp.com/album/space-bootleg

Enjoy! He's playing here tomorrow night, and I try to see him every time he comes around, but we're going to the Phillies/D-Backs game instead. Bought those tickets many months ago, and this is their only visit to Phoenix this season (unless the D-Backs get into the playoffs and they match up again).

Anathema - A Natural Disaster

I'll see your Bobby Dillon and match you with a MIcah Parsons.

Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock should be a great show. I've seen them a number of times as the Flatlanders (with Joe Ely). Unfortunately I don't think we'll see Ely with them again - his FB account just announced today that he was diagnosed with both Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Here's a photo I took from the last time I saw the three of them together, in Philadelphia.

Ha - some cooler weather would be great right about now. We've got a few trips planned to get out of the heat over the next 6 weeks or so, and then hopefully it's the beginning of hiking season here. Looking forward to that! It's tarantula season right now (which corresponds to monsoon season here - the rain & relatively higher humidity triggers a breeding instinct or something), and we're seeing them. Posted this pic on FB the other day, this AZ blonde tarantula was right in front of my garage.

Icehouse - Icehouse plays Flowers

All Them Witches - Live on the Internet

Sigur Ros - Ágætis byrjun

Engineers - In Praise of More

Correa back to the Astros, interesting. Phillies pick up Harrison Bader today, who is a good glove in the outfield. And he should be an improvement at the plate over Brandon Marsh and Johan Rojas. They also nabbed one of the best available closers yesterday, in Jhoan Duran from the Tigers. Going to be a dogfight between the Phillies and Mets for the rest of the season.

Three Chord Bourbon's "Flipside Triple Wood Bourbon", vs Grant Green's "Idle Moments"

The War on Drugs - Live Drugs Again

This somewhat was my experience as well. I was 13 in 1978 when Feels So Good was released as a single, and a trumpet player in the middle school band. This specific track caught my ear like nothing else that I'd heard previously, instrumentally. And it inspired me to improve my chops through 10th grade, which advanced me to 1st chair trumpet in the school band. Then (living in Germany) I discovered bier, and arrogantly decided I didn't like the band teacher, so gave up playing altogether. But Mangione initiated my interest in further exploring "real" jazz trumpeters that came before him, which then led to an overall exploration of jazz which has continued to this day. So thanks for being the gateway, Chuck. Rest in Peace.

He's on this soul-jazz Blakey album, playing with Grant Green and Big John Patton.

This is the truth. Sabbath was the first, and had a sound that nobody had prior. Ozzy was great for the first few years of his solo career, but gradually morphed into a caricature of himself over the following decades - to me at least. But early Sabbath and his first couple of solo albums were very good, in that genre. Rest in Peace, Ozzy.

Steve Kilbey - Road to Tibooburra

If you haven't seen him in forever, it doesn't matter if it's the same setlist. Enjoy, Holy Ghost!

John Frusciante/Josh Klinghoffer - A Sphere in the Heart of Silence

Sorry to hear this as well. It's sad to lose long time board members - Victor has been here since the great 2003 migration, so he's certainly an original. Rest in Peace, Victor.