nice write up snowbird.  and im quite jealous of your recent travels and all.  BENNINGTON i got some luv 4 that town myself.  hopefully next time im there its 4 gpn.

as 4 the new record im blown away.  if other fans are unfulfilled i can respect that cause we've all been there, but i just cant understand how someone that loves this band doesn't love this album.  i guess thats y were all different.  4 me its not about liking one version of paris more than another...it is quite the opposite.  its about having my cake and eating it too.  ill take 10 versions of paris, love them all and yet have a completely different feeling when i hear each of them.  on any given 10 days i might be in 10 different moods and maybe there is a different paris for each , who knows.  for me its just "how does it sound"  and the album sounds phenomenal

when it comes to the music, yes i will take ms. potter, her many mood swings and what ever else is in the package deal.  i think she "wears many hats" and she wears them all well.  grace can still do no wrong so far 4 me. i even broke down and finally dipped into the "old nocturnals." great stuff, totally different vibe, but greatness

and also 4 the record i think they nailed "money" in the studio more than any live version ive heard so far.  gonna have to shake it up live to top that.  
maybe a "money &gt;money jam**(floyd)&gt;money" can create some magic 4 some lucky city.  or just some crazy guitar bloodbath in there as opposed to a cover. 
they did an amazing job on every song on that album