Last night, S. and I went to the House of Blues to see the Violent Femmes. Had some pre-concert grub at Fat Fish Blue. It was an all-ages show, so General Admission was packed. That combined with the fact that HOB still had their winter heating plan running made for a toasty experience. Not Africa hot, but pretty damn warm. But we checked our coats, I mean, that was only $4.00 per item. Yup, fo dolla. Smells like extortion.

Anyhow, the Femmes are a strange band to watch. Not that they aren't good, because they are. It's just that you stand there and say I can play in that band. Arrangements seem simple and there is not much interaction between them and the crowd. The horn section shows up every once in a while, so you have three on stage for a while and then as many as 11 for a song or two. The crowd was into it though and the boys didn't disappoint. "Blister in the Sun" and "Prove My Love" were done early, "American Music" was kind of in the middle, with "Add It Up" and "Gone Daddy Gone" near the end.

Thing I didn't get: Bandana Guy continually giving the Number One Salute with both hands during a lot of the songs.

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I have never seen "The Sopranos". I hear it's on HBO and something about it returning this weekend.

Man, if you thought there were lots of old people hanging around, wait 25 years. There will be more lots more of them.

Danyelle Sargent drops an F-bomb on ESPNews yesterday. Probably escapes with no penalty, because who watches News that much anyhow.

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So, it appears that Barry Bonds took steroids. That isn't news, but the apologists are using the "well, it wasn't against the rules of baseball when he used them." completely forgetting that steroid use in this way is illegal. And he admitted under oath, his use of...ahem...flaxseed oil and of course, "the cream and the clear" incident with Sheff.

It doesn't look good for Barry, but I'm not sure what baseball can do. You certainly can't turn the clock back and the union, unlike track and field, will never allow action to be taken against a player who's passed every drug test. So, Bud's in a bit of a bind on this one. Oh, he'll see which way the wind blows and if he gets a sense no one cares, he'll let it go.

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