What are you listening to (2025)?

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Chris Cornell's daughter Toni performed and incredible rendition of Fell on Black Days at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction of Soundgarden:

[JCA-CrystalCity]

The #1 country music song in the country is AI-generated:

hey, it's easy for AI to figure out the formula.

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hey, it's easy for AI to figure out the formula.

Roomba dies, Cybertruck breaks down, and chatGPT rejects you?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

hey, it's easy for AI to figure out the formula.

Roomba dies, Cybertruck breaks down, and chatGPT rejects you?

My dog drank my beer ...

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Actually should have been “roomba runs away”.

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Incredible solo at the end:

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Incredible solo at the end:

how  old is this thing?

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how  old is this thing?

1996. From around 6:30 onward is just incredible. I told my wife this is why i'll never bother trying to learn to play guitar.

he's retired now from performing last I heard.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Sadly, Knopfler really didn't break through until he was about 30. Could have had a longer career

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

Dropkick Murphys are planning on playing a free concert on the steps of the Lincoln Monument this weekend.  If you haven't been living under a rock you can probably guess what the nature of this concert is and also that the National Park Service is presumably under considerable pressure to shut down the permits.

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Sadly, Knopfler really didn't break through until he was about 30. Could have had a longer career

I read he absolutely hated the fame of being in dire straits and just wanted to focus on making music that he liked. He's probably quite content to not have had a longer run.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright

I read he absolutely hated the fame of being in dire straits and just wanted to focus on making music that he liked. He's probably quite content to not have had a longer run.

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He's got a daytime job, he's doing alright

we used to have a cat named Harry. Pretty much every time he walked into a room we would say "and Harry doesn't mind, if he doesn't make the scene..."

Recently learned that Knopfler hired Roy Bittan to play keyboards on Making Movies because he wanted to make a Springsteen-sounding record. You can hear a lot of Bittan's influence on Tunnel of Love.

[Ali the Baseball Cat]

I saw The Saints and The Hives play in London over Thanksgiving week.  Mark Arm from Mudhoney filled some very large shoes on behalf of the dearly departed Chris Bailey.  Video from their Berlin show a couple of days ago:

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I have no expectations that at 75 you have retained the talents that made you a star at 25...I get it...

What I do expect to hear is the extensive catalogue that made you that star, not a geriatric Led Zeppelin cover band that throws in a medley of David Bowie and an assortment of songs I have never heard of.

We experienced this same crap with Pat Benatar earlier this year...playing half of her hits, a medley of some of the others, Neil playing "Ring of Fire", and new arrangements for many of their songs.

If you don't really care anymore, I also get it...you're entitled.  But let us know that this is going to be "An evening with WHAT USED TO BE Heart" and price your tickets accordingly.  I will surely pass regardless of the ticket price...

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My new earworm:

[tomterp]

Saw Don McLean at the Birchmere Sunday.  I'm not really into bucket lists, but seeing/hearing McLean do "American Pie" and "Vincent" would have to be on it.