Week 8 picks in red: San Diego @ Denver Detroit @ Atlanta Falcons Baltimore @ Cincinnati Buffalo @ New York Jets Chicago @ New England Houston @ Tennessee Miami @ Jacksonville Minnesota @ Tampa Bay Seattle @ Carolina St. Louis @ Kansas City Philadelphia @ Arizona Indianapolis @ Pittsburgh Oakland @ Cleveland Green Bay @ New Orleans Washington @ Dallas

Week 7 picks in red NY Jets @ New England Atlanta @ Baltimore Carolina @ Green Bay Cincinnati @ Indianapolis Cleveland @ Jacksonville Miami @ Chicago Minnesota @ Buffalo New Orleans @ Detroit Seattle @ St. Louis Tennessee @ Washington Kansas City @ San Diego Arizona @ Oakland NY Giants @ Dallas San Francisco @ Denver Houston @ Pittsburgh

Week 6 picks in red: Indianapolis @ Houston Chicago @ Atlanta Jacksonville @ Tennessee Baltimore @ Tampa Bay Denver @ New York Jets Detroit @ Minnesota New England @ Buffalo Carolina @ Cincinnati Pittsburgh @ Cleveland Green Bay @ Miami San Diego @ Oakland Dallas @ Seattle Washington @ Arizona New York Giants @ Philadelphia San Francisco @ St. Louis

Let's see it Panther!

It was, thanks! How are you and your family? Hope things are getting better and better. The concert - It was a gorgeous night, Jack and his band played for about 2 1/2 hours. The stage was set on top of the bullpens at Fenway Park, the audience was seated in the bleachers. I thought they sounded great, he has a wonderful band. High energy, very entertaining.

Week 5 picks in red: Minnesota @ Green Bay Chicago @ Carolina Buffalo @ Detroit Houston @ Dallas Baltimore @ Indianapolis St. Louis @ Philadelphia Cleveland @ Tennessee Pittsburgh @ Jacksonville Tampa Bay @ New Orleans Atlanta @ NY Giants Arizona @ Denver NY Jets @ San Diego Kansas City @ San Francisco Cincinnati @ New England Seattle @ Washington ebk - Good luck with that other thing

Week 4 picks in red: NY Giants @ Washington Buffalo @ Houston Carolina @ Baltimore Detroit @ NY Jets Green Bay @ Chicago Miami @ Oakland Tampa Bay @ Pittsburgh Tennessee @ Indianapolis Jacksonville @ San Diego Atlanta @ Minnesota Philadelphia @ San Francisco New Orleans @ Dallas New England @ Kansas City

Week 3 picks in red Tampa Bay @ Atlanta Baltimore @ Cleveland Dallas @ St. Louis Green Bay @ Detroit Houston @ NY Giants Indianapolis @ Jacksonville Minnesota @ New Orleans Oakland @ New England San Diego @ Buffalo Tennessee @ Cincinnati Washington @ Philadelphia San Francisco @ Arizona Denver @ Seattle Kansas City @ Miami Pittsburgh @ Camolina Chicago @ NY Jets

Hi pc! Had a fantastic summer (even though the RSox suck). Hope you are well.

Thanks for that heads up Deborah J. I'm seeing JW on the 17th. Apparently he did a cover of "The Lemon Song" at his last show. Wishful thinking on my part that he'd add it to his normal setlist.

Week 2 picks in red: Pittsburgh @ Baltimore Miami @ Buffalo Jacksonville @ Washington Dallas @ Tennessee Arizona @ NY Giants New England @ Minnesota New Orleans @ Cleveland Atlanta @ Cincinnati Detroit @ Carolina St. Louis @ Tampa Bay Seattle @ San Diego Houston @ Oakland NY Jets @ Green Bay Kansas City @ Denver Chicago @ San Francisco Philadelphia @ Indianapolis Hello everyone! Hope you all enjoyed your summer.

I'll admit to being a novice when it comes to knowing details about classic music and composers. Most of what I know is from searching for pieces to skate to, or from watching skating and dance performances. Also a lot of "period" films have classical music in their soundtracks. I own a few CDs. However, this summer I purchased a new home stereo system and have started to build a new vinyl collection. A lovely friend sent me some fine classical music records. I love being able to read and have music playing simultaneously. My current favories are Pachelbel's Canon and Albinoni's Adagio. So beautiful. Hopefully there will be more contributions to this thread, I'd like to learn about the more obscure (to me) composers, e.g. the Finish.

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Happy Birthday ebk! Hope it's lovely.

Happy Birthday Strider. Many happy returns of the day.

Beck July 26, Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC) Providence Rhode Island The PPAC is a gorgeous old theatre in downtown providence built in 1928. Musicals, plays and concerts are performed there. Saturday night's show was both theater and a concert. Pleasantly surprised by Sean Lennon and his band "The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger". The guy can play. We would see him later a few times during the show. Photo below: Beck talked about stopping the Newport Folk Festival earlier in the day (about 30 miles South of Providence). Perhaps inspired by the Folk Festival, he started out his show with several songs from his "Morning Phase" record, which was fine with me. Over at the Folk Fest, Jack White was headlining Saturday's show. Earlier in the week I was bemoaning the fact that it would not be possible to see both Beck and Jack White. A clip from "Waking Light": http://youtu.be/9OLGkMt40E4 About midway through the show, the music and energy got more lively. I loved the sample of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love". Toward the end of the set, Beck did a James Brown-like piece during "Debra" with Sean Lennon draping Beck in a cape. Good fun. A clip from "Devil's Haircut": http://youtu.be/tAS0ybA9Otg The show closed with "E-Pro", "dying" band members, and Beck closing off the stage with yellow crime scene tape. At the start of the encore, Beck said he had a special guest, who he called "the best bartender in the world". To the audience's delight it was Jack White! The encore lasted for nearly a half hour. The final song "Where It's At" included Lennon joining in on tambourine, and the headliners plus band mates doing a synchronized dance. When did they have time to choreograph and practice? ;-) The show of the year for me so far - and I was able to see both Beck and Jack White on Saturday :-). White doing a solo: "Ensemble" :

Needless to say, this is very upsetting news. pottedplant was a cool woman - and damned good at picking NFL game winners. I don't have anything else to add that hasn't been said. Rest in peace potted.

July 14 - Queens of the Stone Age July 16 - Aerosmith and Slash July 26 - Beck Aug 30 - Tom Petty Sep 17 - Jack White Sep 21 - Black Keys

I - 15215 II - 27195 III - 7031

Happy Birthday zepscoda, Sue and reswati.

More belated wishes for May and June birthdays - slavetozep, Super Dave, and our resident sports thread accountant - Mr. Carruthers.

Fun topic. Since I only had a short time with my set last night, I've only opened "I" so far - I have number 15215.

Alice in Chains - May 10, Ledyard, CT.

Haven't had a chance to watch any of the tournament yet, but hope to catch the end today. Interesting leaderboard. Shocked to see Couples up there, good on him.

I agree tomloge. If the buyer knows what he/she is buying a ticket for and enjoys it, why not? I got the idea to attend the New Orleans festival too late - the only available hotels within a reasonable distance were very pricey. Maybe you will post a review after the show? Re: Get the Led Out. I have seen them twice and loved them. Excellent musicians. They don't try to look like Zeppelin, no one can "copy" Robert's voice, but the singer has a great one. I wouldn't hesitate to see them a third time.