Still metabolizing the last bits of barley, hops and potato salad from Saturday's incredible Bay Brewed, I somehow managed to crawl to the Starry Plough the very next afternoon. It was an increasingly rare chance to hear Scott Miller. His band Game Theory helped get me through the 80s, plus they slept in my college living room in '89! Their 1982 debut album, Blaze of Glory (recorded in his bedroom in Sac) and 1985s Real Nighttime remain my favorites, but Big Shot Chronicles from 1986 does contain several brilliant tunes including "Erica's Word" featured above. Before Game Theory, Miller made [...]