DISQUS

this is super cool

whitney should just publish this script since it's now also working at @shakeshack too

fred

matthew,

i don't think everyone needs to use disqus for the vision i outlined to happen.

i suspect that once everyone sees the power of unlocking comments from the ghetto of blog hosts, that we'll see a lot of innovation and cooperation from all the players including the blog hosts themselves

fred

you sure you don't want to throw your hat in the ring?

nice post

thanks

fred

greg

good question

we means all of us, the consumers who are taking control of the media distribution system.

as for being done, i think that was the wrong word to use. i don't think we'll ever be done.

fred

if there was a time machine, i'd go back to the start at mudcrutch. that's where i want to be.

my vinyl copy is in long island

the cool thing about rhapsody is that i can listen to this record on rhapsody at work, home, long island, your apt, whatever

just saying back ....

I'll second everything you've said Tom although I prefer Terry's Song, Living In The Future, and I'll Work For Your Love to Girls In Their Summer Clothes.

But that's like arguing over whether Thunder Road is better than Born To Run. Bruce has made a great record, up there with everything he's done other than BTR, Darkness, and Nebraska in my book.

friend me on pownce and i'll send it

i am still going through the three listens i try to give every record before i form an opinion. when i've done that, i'll post my thoughts here at newcritics too.

i do like girls in their summer clothes. very nice song for sure.

i am headed to amagansett to my vinyl collection and am going to wallow in SD for the next week.

thanks Viscount!

i think there are great theater companies in NYC like Manhattan Theater Club, Second Stage, and several others. We subscribe to the whole season and see most of what they put on.

It's not nearly as raw as the Fringe Festival, which I agree is amazing, but it's also not the sanitized hollywood-ized stuff that Ted is calling "crap".

Fred

i've been playing a bit of the beastie's around the house since we went to that show jackson and josh has taken up the habit of calling out to his sisters with the memorable "hey ladies"

it pisses them off but cracks me up

Howard - the only great Stones record after the early 70s is Some Girls. Shattered, Miss You, Beast Of Burden, and the title track are all Stones classics and the entire record is too.

I love Hate It Here. Reminds me of Steely Dan.

I saw them recently and they played a bunch of these songs and they sounded even better live. Nels Cline is a great addition to the band.

this is an incredible comment thread. i just read it end to end.

jackson's comments about jason's verbosity had me laughing so hard the gotham gal was concerned i might be having a heart attack.

i gotta spend more time hanging out here at newcritics. it's a good time.

fred

waiting for tony alva to weigh in with aerosmith!

look south for the great rock bands, Allmans, Skynyrd, today's My Morning Jacket and Kings Of Leon. For some reason rock bands are a southern thing in this country.

something like twitterdj

http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/07/djing-via-twi...

we get all the newcritcs authors in a channel and post songs to the channel and it gets compiled into a stream

i think its got to be easy or people won't so it. it must take Jason days to do his shows.

fred

even if you don't, you've created some gems that i hope you keep up

I knew Tony would jog my memory.

Aerosmith's cover of Come Together on Live is absolutely the best cover of that song every done and I like it way better than the Beatles original.

And Love Hurts by Nazareth. When I heard GP's original, I thought he was covering Nazareth. I kid you not.

Jennifer's comment caused me to pull out the DVD of the Dave Matthews Band's Central Park concert and watch them cover Cortez The Killer

she is so right, Warren and Dave killed it with that number.

he comes dancin' across the water
cortez, cortez

oh yeah

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2qs9DAne5VY

wow!

damn is this comment thread good.

and getting better now that others have joined in.

i am particularly into Josh Stylman's choices.

we should be doing playlists instead of just listing tracks.

i wanto to put Josh's list on right now!

Here are some that come to mind along with links to the videos on YouTube where i could find them:

You Really Got Me - Van Halen covering the Kinks
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0YRqkRmRocQ

I Can't Quit You Baby - Led Zeppelin covering Otis Rush
http://youtube.com/watch?v=NZNMWtI0N_A

Everything on The Rolling Stones record England's Greatest Hitmakers but especially their cover of Slim Harpo's I'm A King Bee. I love that track so much that I play the record regularly just to hear it.

Sweet Jane - Mott The Hoople's cover on the All The Young Dudes record.

North Country Girl - Dylan and Johnny Cash [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmLL4Fzmo8c], The Eels, and Pete Townshend
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/08/song_of_the_d...

the best moment for me was M Ward's "Here Comes The Sun" in a Cadillac ad. that was the best cadillac ad I ever saw.

some girls tom - very nice

i am not much for telephone related lyrics but whenever cards, card playing, and card games are mentioned, my ears pick up

fred