Mr. Kinsley

Not sure if this was already mentioned (because I'm too damn lazy to read back through the whole thread) but what about an extended stay in Vegas at Caesar's Palace? That is one of the few things that just ooozes sell-out to me. (Sorry Elton!)

I'd definitely go with Sunken Treasure. The lyrical content on ALTWYS might be a bit harsh for your audience. Lots of great imagery in Treasure.

Obviously not "like selling a cd"

 

If wilco were to make a song called, "I love Discovery Channel" & the only purpose of the song was to be in a Disc Channel commercial, and the band had didnt care about treating it as a piece of their art, then I'd have a problem.

One of my favorite bands is the Old 97's. Did you know that they (or at least Rhett Miller) were responsible for the Chili's jingle "I want my baby back baby back baby back barbequuuuued ribs?"

And I still love 'em.

Not from me. I love the Foo Fighters. Always have. Catchy rockers are fun. Remember Jay Bennett?

Don't you mean EASY rockers?

when I flipped back to Night Flight or Hot Hit Video, Bruce was still bounding around the burgundy stage, drawing out this long boring song and stealing precious airtime from "Hold Me Now" or "Everybody Wants To Rule The World".

Oh. My. God. Thank you for reminding me about Night Flight! My favorite part of babysitting for the neighbors - having an excuse to stay up late and watch videos!

I didn't get Neil Young until recently. I'm still working my way into the catalogue, but there's definitely some good stuff in there that I didn't appreciate at first.

Same here! I hated him so much at one point that when I once won some tickets to a concert I drove an hour to the show, alone, and sold them in the parking lot then drove home. I'm not proud of that, on many levels.

I met Pat and Jeff a few years back after a show at the Wiltern in LA. There was a barrier set up on the driveway to the backstage area and Jeff came out to talk to a few of us that were over there. Everything was pretty well secured, so we were fairly surprised when someone in the little group gathered there said, "Hey! There's Pat."

Pat was just standing right there with all of us on the other side of the barrier, seemingly out of nowhere. I would say that he's part vampire, but he did show up on film when he took pictures with several of us who were there. Both were very gracious and stayed around until all pictures and requests and such were fulfilled. Jeff was even nice enough to sit through technical difficulties of someone trying to operate my camera and not being able to take the shot. He had put his arm around my shoulder for a "quick" pic, which turned into literally 3 minutes of waiting. Awkward.

This won't get too much backup around here, but the Foo Fighters. I'd hear a song on the radio every now and then and think "Yeah, I like this song enough to not turn the channel and maybe sing along." Then about a year and a half ago I was flipping around on the TV and came across a FF's concert. Oh, there's that one song I like. Hey, I really like that one too. Wait a minute! I love (nearly) every song I've heard so far! Catchy and rockin' all at once.

Yeah, it's what some would call 'jock rock.' I think of it as more just good ol' hard rock. Plus, Dave Grohl is just about the nicest guy you'll ever meet.

Some of the changes since the name switch:

1- Signs next to the stage stating that only authorized personal are allowed past that point due to hazardous conditions/insurance/state regulations/whatever.

2- Concession stands have been replaced with those gumball machines with the weird peanuts in them.

3- Security checkpoints will now be replaced with a 21-point inspection.

4- Giant rectangular holes have been cut in the stage floor. #1 now makes a lot more sense.

5- Merch booths have been replaced with piles of 2-year old Entertainment Weeklys. (Weeklies? Neither way looks right.)

journey or lady gaga

Lady Gaga? Really? I'm no fan of her music or her genre of music, but I can see the quality. The lyrics are way better than most brainless pop divas. She's the modern version of David Bowie. Notice I didn't say the equivalent of Bowie, because Bowie > Gaga. I'm actually fairly interested in seeing what she does going forward in the future. Who knows, she could turn out to be the next coming of Radiohead. I highly doubt it, but it won't be dull.

Is it cheating to want to eliminate American Idol? Because that would be way more than one group/artist, and I really do actually like Kelly Clarkson. But if burying that hideous franchise alive would rid the world of Clay Aiken and Ryan Seacrest, then it's totally worth it.

Very funny post.

 

 

 

Not to pick nits, but I think it's Sammy who wants the soda, not Spencer. Spencer just wanted a toy out of that stupid jerkass claw machine.

No, no. Nits should be picked. You are correct. Also, I just noticed it should be "The front porch is awash..." not "The front porch as awash...."

Is the cover an old pic of Nicole Simpson? The NPR article mentioned that they are using California, real and symbolic, as their muse. That would explain Nicole... sort of.

Let us hope a label with some sort of vision will pick this up. Jim's a huge talent.

 

Thanks for the info

Attention please. Paging Nonesuch Records. Would a representative from Nonesuch Records please pick up the white courtesy phone. Jim White is on the white courtesy phone for Nonesuch Records. Thank you.

Ha! Its funny when John messes up at 0:20 seconds and then shrugs his shoulders and hands. Probably his first or second stab at the song.

I like how Pat has to cover his mouth at the very end to, I guess, keep from laughing.

That is indeed Jamie Lidell, and he is worth knowing. After putting out a bunch of glitchy, experimental electronic music, he's now recorded a couple of amazing soul records (while still keeping his sampler chops intact). I've seen him a couple of times perform with just his voice and a couple of laptops, and both times ended with a complete party onstage. Check out these two clips to get a sense of the range of this guy:

 

 

He really is good! I'm putting him on my 'what I want to get at Amoeba Records with my Christmas gift certificate' list.

All Come to Meet Her makes me wish Wilco did more harmonizing.

can i repost this to my tumblr?

Absolutely. I'd be honored. Glad people got a chuckle out of it!

i don't know what "an evening with Wilco" even entails.

The boys pull up in front of your place at 7:00 in one of those van/limo deals with Tony driving. John does the 'inhale deeply and exhale loudly because I'm really nervous' thing right before ringing the doorbell. You answer the door and Pat gasps and tells you how lovely you look. You say thanks and tell him that you like his vest... and Jeff's shoes. Mike hands you a bouquet of mixed flowers, which Jeff quickly fumbles for to remove the grocery store price tag. You chuckle silently and root around in the kitchen for a vase while Nels tries to be subtle and sneak a peek at your CD collection. You notice anyway, but don't mind.

You get to the sushi place a little early and mill about in the waiting area, clogging up the doorway since there's 7 of you. When you finally get seated Glenn orders a tall sake for you and you like that he took the initiative. Many more are ordered along the way, along with several trays of California rolls and spicy tunas. It's a little awkward when the check comes and Jeff has to go back out to the car to get some cash from Tony. He orders a soda to go for Spencer.

You get to the movie just as the previews are ending. Perfect timing. The romantic comedy you're watching is generic, and it does get somewhat awkward when Glenn and Mike both try to put their arms around you at the same time, but you don't mind. They all seem a bit embarrassed when they realize the Total Pros are a few rows back, snickering. You all run into Feist in the lobby and duck out before she spots you.

The front porch as awash in nervous laughter when it's time to say goodnight. Finally an attempt is made at a goodnight kiss and they all conck heads at the same time, making a gigantic coconut sound. You find it so endearing you invite them in.

The rest is a blur - but in the morning you remember some sort of joke about, "now THAT'S a nudie suit," and everyone has a difficult time finding their clothing. Except Nels of course, since bright red high-water pants and Doc Marten's boots do tend to stick out. Tony is honking loudly, pissed as hell having slept out in the van all night, yelling something about being tired of getting jerked around. They all decline your polite offer of coffee and toast, rushing out the door in a flurry of "we'll call you's."

Maybe an opening act isn't such a bad idea after all.

I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. I love how LeBron is constantly correcting Kobe.

"A 'death certificate' is a real thing, but, okay Mamba, whatever."

Congrats and welcome back!!

(OK everyone, jump out and beat him up on the count of 3. One... two... )

Well done Susan! I liked that one. I'm fairly ignorant about real names around this place - which one was Sir Stewart? Did he win the guitar?

PM on the way.

Cool! I am slightly bummed that one of my students didn't win. I may have unintentionally screwed them by submitting theirs all in one email.

Hey HolyShit (that sounds funny) which one was yours? I'd rather have the tote/album. Wanna swap? I'll give them your address and you give them mine.

I'm sorry folks, but none of these turds comes close to the vomit and seizure inducing awfulness of Brokencyde:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TH5ibABP4U

 

Don't say I didn't warn you. I did. Don't blame me for your morbid curiosity, or for the fact that some things just cannot be unseen.

This really does make everything else mentioned here sound like Bach. It really is a very nice summation of everything wrong in the 00's with not just music, but popular culture.

- If you want to be heard, scream. You don't need to have anything to say.

- If you have no talent, technology will help you. Although not nearly enough in this case.

- Ladies, please check your dignity at the door. If you want to be on TV/seen on YouTube you're going to need to dance suggestively with guys you would never in a million years have anything to do with. Check out the look on the faces of the girls in the background - they can't edit out every disgusted look that they get. But they're still there.

- Comprehensible lyrics are passe. Sure, I get that they want to get freaky on the dance floor, but why halfway through do they get all emo and whine about how the girl was a liar and how sad he is about her leaving him? You just said you wanted her to bring along a friend so you could all have some fun. Yikes.

I can't believe I let this affect me enough to write all this. Thank God this wasn't a top 10 single. There's hope for this country yet.

It wasn't a hit, was it? I'm so out of the loop on this stuff it could have been #1 for the whole year and I wouldn't know it.

The whole tour could be like this:

Play all of (randomly picked Wilco album - you never know which one until they start playing) in its entirety.

Intermission.

Play full set of songs not from the previously played album.

It'll never happen, but a boy can always dream.

Decade of Douchebaggery?

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oofSnsGkops

I'd never seen that video. Are we to surmise that he commits suicide because he'll never be with this beautiful girl he sees on the train with another guy? How absolutely frickin' dreadful! Not to make light of suicide, but couldn't he have done that BEFORE writing the song?

Wow! Only 4 days (and 50 years) before my twins' birthdays! Hope you both have a good one!

They make an appearance a little farther down the list.

26. “Bodhisattva Blues,” 7 Worlds Collide. This is nuts! Neil Finn from Crowded House grabs Jeff Tweedy and other Wilco lads, KT Tunstall and some frothing Finn friends to make an album like they’re a real band. It’s pretty damn good - and this is my favorite track.

I'm going to have to check some of his list out. Never heard of most of the artists on it... and I've got a $100 Amoeba Records gift certificate from Christmas burning a hole in my pocket!!

Very nice. Random thoughts on the Record Club that occurred to me while watching that one:

- Leslie Feist is so frickin' charming and lovely. She's a bit disheviled and lacking make-up at these sessions, and that makes me love her even more.

- I'm surprised at what a low profile Beck keeps on all these songs. It's his gig, on his site, and it's the album he wanted to cover. I'm neither happy or sad about it, just surprised.

- How the hell do I download an mp3 of these songs? I'd love to have all 3 of the albums they've done so far.

- Nels is, in a word, perfect. He knows just what a song needs. On Broken Heart he's laying low and giving it just that nice, understatedly mournful slide bit. Other songs he takes over with a freak-out jam. Nels and music are like this. )(

Those are supposed to be two fingers crossed. Not quite sure how to show that with text.

- Who is the dude with the beard who's been singing on some of these songs? I can't place him from the pics on the Record Club home page. I think it might be Jamie Lidell. Should I know Jamie Lidell?

See! I told you they were random.