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Friday, October 2nd at The Legendary Roy Wilkins in St. Paul

Details forthcoming. So, for all of us who couldn’t make the trek up to the Ranch for 10KLF, we’ve got October. Which admittedly, I prefer.

(p.s. I don’t think those wee Wilco guys from UNKL are available for sale anymore. But, HOW CUTE IS THAT?!)

All I can say is that looks like a great show, Brother Ali alone is enough for me. Oh my, aren’t you glad it’s Friday? I know I am.

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The Meat Puppets were back-of-my-mind players in my Jr High to High School Alt-Rock of the 90’s upbringing. Back in the days when I would lock myself in my Grandma’s room and listen to 93.7 The Edge when we would visit Minneapolis I can distinctly remember the band’s signature track. It jarred my memory a bit when they were in town a couple weeks ago… and it took me watching even the first couple minutes fo the bit for me to remember that they were a whole lot more before I heard their radio tracks as a teenager. Here is a feature that’s on ABC News’ “Amplified,” which I had no idea about and will be watching obsessively for the rest of the day.

For those of us who love anything even close to a “Behind the Music,” this is for you.

Part One:

Part Two:

This year, my trip to Chicago was more of a vacation than JUST a trip to the Pitchfork Music Festival. So I can safely say that I didn’t run around from stage to stage from beginning to end all day.  I chilled out, I drank some Goose Island IPA, I enjoyed myself…

For the most part I don’t have a whole lot to say about it, except this bulleted list below that details what I saw and learned…

• My first Flaming Lips show… wasn’t that great. For something that I was genuinely looking forward to – it fizzled right from out the gate, which is a damn shame. Another thing I thought was kind of ridiculous… was Wayne Coyne coming out on stage while Grizzly Bear was still on. That and, couldn’t the confetti cannons have been tested at an earlier time? There was a certain showboat-y rudeness in those actions that really got to me, and that combined with the Lips focusing mainly on spectacle – left me of the opinion that they totally phoned it in.
• The Pains of Being Pure at Heart = dumb, long band name. HOWEVER! Their set was a fantastic standout and I am totally on their bandwagon now.
• Despite The Thermals irritating, high school talent show cover choice of Green Day’s “Basket Case,” and despite the fact that a lot of their songs musically blend into each other, they put on a high energy,  fun show that had everyone smiling.
• Beirut killed it. Totally killed it. I got teary eyed, agreed with the girls behind me wholeheartedly on the topic of Zach Congdon’s cuteness, etc. It was beautiful. Exquisite. All I’ve got are adjectives.
• I’m pissed that I missed Grizzly Bear singing “Two Weeks” while I was waiting in line for the gosh darn bathroom.

That’s what I got for this year. Chicago’s a fun town to visit, but I missed Minneapolis and was glad as hell to be back home.