Jay Farrar

Masterson & his lovely & talented wife Eleanor will be on Leno tonight with Allison Moorer

i saw keith emerson & greg lake last night in NY, for what it's worth

pretty cool night

the meatloaf record is fucking great

the title track in particular

rundgren's guitar, bittan's piano, steinman's arrangement, the vocals ... it's one of the most brilliantly arranged records i've ever heard

utopia is all over it - roger powell, kasim, todd

unapologetically love it

meh

hey dan, nice job on the blog

from a still-employed newspaper guy, here's some advice:

1) whatever you do, don't major in journalism in college
2) please refer to #1

anadyne2112 wrote:or, way out in left field, I've always dug the steel on "Going for the One" by Yes (Steve Howe).

great song, great record

anadyne2112 wrote: Howe is a most quintessential guitarist
IMO

insanely great

best i've ever seen

pencilneck wrote:Jon Graboff<Laura Cantrell>"When the Roses Bloom Again"

saw graboff with matt keating in NY last night

great stuff

talented dude

Tokyo Fan wrote:I picked up a copy of The National based on this thread (and listening-watching the Black Cab Session). I've only listened to four or five songs so far, but I just do not see what all the fuss is. So it goes.

nor i

man, the greatest jay live show i have is the acoustic show from some festival in like north dakota or something from maybe 2002 or 2003 or so?

i have it on a hard drive somewhere ... posted it here a couple years ago

phenomenal stuff

i'm getting seasick here ... you are apparently andrea orlen? i googled "gary louris" and "andrea" and "produced" and bingo my apologies, i'm not familiar with your work, but i'll check it out did i actually mention adam lasus on here once? i'm not friends with him, although we have hung out a few t...

Gah?

i don't know about 10-15 minutes, but i definitely would have liked some extended codas ... another 16 or 32 bars for walbourne to let loose i think i posted this right after the last show in philly, but this is such a terrific lineup and i thought many of the songs ended way too abruptly ... just a...

jay hasn't changed the set list since this thread was started

(it's a joke spencer, chill out!)

my friend's daughter told me she likes punk bands, like blink 182, greenday and creed

second sun wrote:11. Patty Griffin - 1000 Kisses

oh good lord

patty has a nice voice and all but ... are you fucking kidding me?

this is mediocre girly singer-songwriter pablum

has anybody out there ever heard Jay's music?