My favorite memory of David Thomas was driving up from Oberlin to see Rocket from the Tombs (with Richard Lloyd in place of Peter Laughner) at Beachland Ballroom in 2006. That band had its share of strife, but on that night they (and especially Thomas) seemed absolutely delighted to tear through som...

LBx wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 6:57 pm Any, any chance of some official bootleg style audio/video footage of these gigs being available to far away fans at all?

Such footage would help me avoid weeping tears of envy in the Nordic cold this autumn.

Tie: Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey.

The Chicago White Sox have a winning record.

Noah Leger's work with Hurl and Karl Hendricks falls in this decade. He's my choice for this genre.

In jazz, Elvin Jones continued to deliver, as did Hamid Drake.

Just the greatest. I have time for it all, even the stuff with synths and the most aggro Last Exit live tapes. Ask the Ages got heavy airplay on my KZSC show when it came out, and I still listen to it regularly 34 years later. The Space Ghost Coast to Coast tribute episode they did after he died was...

Please continue with Norway recommendations . I'll be working in Oslo for the final third of the year and am hoping to make the most of my time there. I've done the Bergen-Oslo train before and will likely do it again.

Vish's conversation with Tim and Andy was terrific, and I envy the people who will be in Chicago and/or Memphis in September.