Is Rob Thomas A Who Fan?

We're almost at the end of our Veronica Mars Marathon, and we've noticed a few nods to our favorite band. Now, we know that Rob Thomas the musician is probably an aficionado--he covered Baba at Pete and Roger's Kennedy Center Honors gig.

But what about Rob Thomas, the writer/director? TSG has an inkling that he, too, may be a fan of you know Who.

Exhibit A: Episode 2.1, "Driver's Ed" -- in the scene where Veronica is poking around the convenience store, inspecting the Bus Angel souvenirs and trying to get information out of Kevin Smith*, what song is playing in the background? You guessed it...Magic Bus. (*who wants to know if he looked fat on his earlier TV interview--ha!)

Exhibit B: Episode 3.1, "Welcome Wagon" -- in the season opener, Veronica meets "Piz", who happens to be sporting a guitar-smashing T-shirt:

Exhibit C: Episode 3.8 "Lord of The Pi's" -- check out this little snippet:




We rest our case.

Have A Crabby Easter

Much to our dismay, TSG's image library is severely lacking in the bunny/decorated egg department. So we decided to go with a crustacean theme instead.

We're pretty sure crabs have nothing to do with Easter, but it's a good bet that they're on a brunch menu somewhere, and that's good enough for us.

Nez Sez

Since it's a work night, just a quickie...a couple of (non-sequential) clips from the show, with Michael the storyteller and his hired six string gunslinger Chris Scruggs in action. A wonderful show and an amazingly attentive and enthusiastic audience.



Setlist:
Papa Gene's Blues
Propinquity (I've Just Begun to Care)
Tomorrow and Me
Two Different Roads
Different Drum
Joanne
Silver Moon
Some of Shelly's Blues
Rio
Casablanca Moonlight
Grand Ennui
Cruisin' (Lucy and Ramona and Sunset Sam)
Rays
Life the Unsuspecting Captive/Marie's Theme/Lamppost (Closing Theme from The Prison)
Laugh Kills Lonesome
Thanx for the Ride (encore)

(note: this photo not taken at the show)