Bob Schaefer

@MarkCaro @Caropopcast 90 minutes seems like a good threshold for a single vs. two part episode. I try to listen to it all at once, but length isn’t a dealbreaker if the guest is interesting. I’ll create my own pauses if circumstances prevent me from getting through all of it.

Question for my @Caropopcast-listening friends: If I have a 90-minute conversation, would you rather I post it as a single episode or split it in two? Or does it depend on the guest?

@fieldmusicmusic Really hoping this means there won’t be a School of Language ‘47’

About bloody time. Still, 40-odd percent of US voters still planning to vote for the terminally-criminal, narcissistic, perpetually-lying, delusional gasbag...

@MarkCaro @pitchfork Oh cool. Looking forward to this one. Still buzzing from their Metro show.

@Bobszilla @pitchfork That's a very accurate guess! (I'm still gonna do a few more hints, but we'll know who got it first.)

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest. Hint #1: He's the youngest one yet. @Caropopcast

@MarkCaro @pitchfork Niko from Friko?

Hint #2: @pitchfork gave his band's debut album a 7.9.

@mcmansionhell Not a book, but Rebecca Makkai's Substack is a great follow for writing. Bonus: her Zillow posts. rebeccamakkai.substack.com/about

@MarkCaro Mirage all the way. Tango is the most dated classic era FM LP. Christine shines, but Lindsey one foot out the door, Stevie mostly AWOL. While a fall off from what came before, Gypsy, Hold Me, Eyes of the World, Love in Store…all great.

Your Friday Cage Match: "Mirage" vs. "Tango in the Night." Discuss.

@MarkCaro I vigorously point with the arm that's in the direction I'm turning. Hopefully between that and being on one side of the road or the other, the people behind me know where I'm going.

Your Friday Cage Match: Using Your Left Arm to Signal a Bike Right Turn vs. Using Your Right Arm To Signal a Bike Right Turn. Discuss.

@EricAllixRogers I would take one

New Chicago views just (recently) dropped. #wolfpointpark

Never forgetting my originals

@BobMehr I’ve loved all of @Rhino_Records deluxe editions of Replacements albums, but maybe due to ‘Tim’ and its songs resonating in place and time in my music universe, this one is at another level. Looking forward to deeper dives through the weekend!

Hi. Like a lot of people I haven’t been posting here much. But here is something that I couldn’t contain myself about, and it’s one of the best new versions of old music ever: The Replacements ‘Tim’ in its Let It Bleed deluxe edition.

From the Bucktown Arts Fest today, Bill MacKay and fan.

Earlier today on foot: The west end of the 606.

@whet Sweetness Follows is my favorite R.E.M. song that isn't jangly R.E.M., which is So. Central Rain.

Thank you Robbie Robertson for writing great songs for Levon, Rick and Richard to sing.

Happy 50th (!!) to an album that will forever be among my favorite records of all time.

This 2023 White Sox season already stretching into 2024. Wow. Really wishing the best for Liam. Which probably means not pitching for the White Sox ever again.