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    Watching this Natalie Wood documentary on HBO. Great actress, and a timeless beauty.
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    Would you recommend? I keep being wishy washy on whether I want to watch this.
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    I enjoyed it. It's a one sided deal though since here daughter is the main voice of the project. Her interview with her father Robert Wagner is not in any way hard hitting. She's throwing him softballs, actually. It was cool learning more about Natalie though, and all of the old footage is great.
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    After years of dodging requests from people on Facebook, I've finally decided to do the "post 10 album covers without explanation" challenge bit. But I'm not challenging anyone else. And I'm totally providing context and explanations for each pick. So...I guess I'm not really doing doing the challenge bit at all.
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    @Aron narrowing it down to only ten is part of the challenge
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    Since I'm doing write-ups, I'm going to keep it to 10. But...I'll probably at least list out a few honorable mentions to cover those that just missed the cut.
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    Here's my list: 1) New Order - "Substance"; 2) Bob Dylan - "The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3"; 3) The Clash - "London Calling"; 4) Doug Sahm - "The Best of Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet 1968-1975"; 5) VU - "VU & Nico"; 6) PJ Harvey - "Dry"; 7) Miles Davis - "In A Silent Way"; 8) The Staple Singers - "Uncloudy Day: Gospel Greats"; 9) Los Lobos - "Kiko"; 10) Neko Case - "Blacklisted".
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    I shouldn't be spending the money given my own situation, but, I did opt to make some Bandcamp purchases today to support local Austin acts. Picked up Blushing's digitial discography, and a special COVID collection from Tortuga Shades. Probably also order a Moving Panoramas digital album just to support 'em.
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    Looks like "No Direction Home" is back on Netflix. Terrific Dylan doc that Scorsese did back in the mid-2000's. But it also serves as a really good overview of American folk music forms from the 50s & 60s. It is long (3.5 hours) & originally aired in 2 parts on PBS.
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    @duke86fan I think it just rotated off at some point. Actually, I'm only assuming that it was on there at some point since Netflix has featured a lot of the Ken Burns docs & other PBS American Masters docs. Plus, they seem to feature many of Scorsese's films too. I think they had success with last year's Rolling Thunder Revue film, so maybe they decided to bring this back.
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    As with most things Dylan, it isn't a straightforward telling, but it is a fascinating one. And it is probably the truest take on Dylan as we are likely to get in film form. He doesn't completely drop his veil, but for once we don't get super cryptic Dylan soundbites.
    Joe Mac
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    The status inspired me to pull out the dvd. I’m watching part 1 now and will probably watch part 2 later in the week. It really an exceptional documentary.
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    Whitney Rose's new record, "We Still Go To Rodeos", is out today, and it is a really good listen.
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    Austin City Limits is re-broadcasting John Prine's final ACL performance from 2018 later this evening. Check your local PBS listings for airtimes if you need something to watch later.
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    Really glad I saw all of those live shows last year.
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    Realizing that the Jason Isbell show I had tickets for in August is probably not going to happen, and that I'm going to be hosed on any kind of reimbursement because...Ticketmaster. Was taking my mom and dad because it was timed around my mom's birthday. Luckily, I had really shut down the shows prior to all of this because I already knew I was losing my job.
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    Definitely were some shows last year I skipped out on because I wasn't feeling it. Having regret about that now.
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    I worry about all the local musicians in my town, and in everybody else's towns. I know pretty much all local musicians have to have second jobs just to make ends meet. Most have probably lost both of those sources of income at this point. How many are going to still be making music if we don't get an all clear on gatherings for shows until 2021?
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    In full on Band mode after reading "Testimony", and watching "Once Were Brothers".
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    I was pretty familiar with the general story arc of the Band, but there were some details in the book that shed some light on some things I'd always wondered about. It gives a lot of insight into the relationship between Dylan and the members of the Band. How they got into Bob's orbit, their reaction to entering Bob's world, and their working routine at Big Pink. Interesting stuff.
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    Finally watched "Parasite" last night. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, but I absolutely loved it.
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    I think I thought it was going to be more along the lines of "The Host". More of a horror movie than a thriller. Still, it was a really entertaining and original film.
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    My 78 year old mother in law loved it, she said it was funnier than she expected.
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    MikeH
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    I saw it with my parents when I went home for a few days for Christmas last year. They both loved it and thought it was funnier than expected too. My mom said she watched it again recently and it was way more disturbing to her this time around haha.
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