thisyearsgirl

I think this hasn't been posted yet...I've done a quick search and nothing came up.

I'm not quite the VC member that I once was so I don't understand the new "link posting policy" (I barely know anyone on here anymore!) but I thought all of you might be interested in listening to an audio-only interview from Tweedy at Bonnaroo on Bordersmedia.com. I received the link as part of my almost-daily Borders email. Jeff offers some insight on W(TA)'s title being inspired by Joe the Plumber. He explains the recording timeline for the new album and enjoying being away the Loft and Chicago winters. Props are also given to Feist and the filmmakers that worked on Ashes of American Flags.

http://www.bordersmedia.com/features/audio/tweedy.asp

It's not a direct link, so I think it is OK. If not, sorry, moderators. Not trying to rock the boat. Feel free to take it down.

I got an email on Monday night saying it had shipped, but the mail came today, and it still isn't here. I even came home from work at lunch to check because I didn't want the vinyl to melt in the 95 degree weather we're having. Maybe it will come tomorrow. For a record I've already heard, I'm having a lot of trouble waiting for it.

I'm in the same position...email came Monday and no record yet. The tracking thing is odd, giving me no info about when to expect it.

Seeing Conan come out to shake hands makes wonder whether Conan is the largest human on the planet or are Jeff and John midgets?

Ha! I thought the same thing. I always thought Conan looked tall next to the guys, but, this time, he seemed especially ginormous!

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)& Magazine - wow!

Seriously...

The guys really looked like they were having fun...so nice to see a band on one of these shows not phoning it in!

Loved the Nudie suits too...is that a new one for Jeff?

How was "You Never Know"?

Aaah...love "Magazine"!

That was great solace.

 

Jay is the first musician that I have really really admired that has passed away, in a cliched sense I feel at loss for words.

 

Listening to Summerteeth now, this is Jay's album.

I said the same thing...for me, one of the first losses of a musical hero from MY generation.

A sad day, indeed...

The musical universe has lost a great one. We'll miss you, Jay.

I would like to know the truth, but I think I have to stop following the "clues"...I'm feeling really sick right now.

The homepage for his management company has posted a picture of him today but with no text. I'm hoping for the best but I'm fearing the worst.

This is the thing that makes me the most concerned.

If its true, my thoughts go out to anyone close to Jay that might be reading this. His music meant a lot to a lot of us. Weather or not he left on good terms Wilco just wouldn't be Wilco without his contributions. Peace, Jay.

Well put.

I am hoping this isn't true. Either way, I hope Jay knows that Wilco fans still value what he added to the band.

Happy Birthday, Nels!

they've been calling the "i was on my way home" one "sunny feeling" around this site, i think.

the first and third you mentioned are the bridge school ones.

"one wing" is not any of the ones you mentioned, from what i can tell.

hope this helps!

i honestly really like the song and listen to it often.

I am still not sure how I feel about Wilco song. It took me like 2 minutes to realize it was a real song to begin with and I'm not still not recovered from the shock of the whole thing

If I recall correctly, it came out right after "Joe the Plumber" arrived on the political scene, so I thought it was mocking the whole _________ the ___________ trend the Republican party was using.

As far as "One Wing", it really got me excited for the newest (and ever-inevitable) Wilco reinvention. It's definitely my favorite of the new lot of songs.

This is my blog post where I put them up. The links should work. Feel free to peruse my other ramblings.

http://mindgorilla.blogspot.com/2008_11_01_archive.html

I think your blog is great!

Still, I keep getting a "link expired" message. HELP!!!

can someone repost the new wilco tracks from the earlier post ("you and i" and the other two after it)? the yousendit has expired.

thanks!

Tweedy called it a "Colbert exclusive"...as much as I liked it I have a sneaky feeling that it won't show up again...

 

This sounds a lot like Summerteeth, but without 1000000 synths swooping around my head.

the apples in stereo did a similar thing on colbert, and they released it later on a compilation or as a yep roc extra...can't remember which. that gives me hope that it might show up somewhere else. unless, of course, that is a new song they adapted for the occasion and will rework for the new album.

regardless, i love it!

Courtesy of my DVR, the song can be downloaded here in MP3 and uncompressed WAV formats:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/y3v9yh

thanks...can't wait to get home and hear this!

the "wilco...wilco...wilco will love you, baby!" chorus has been going through my head all night and all this morning.

ok...that made my week!

loved the "ha" on mike's keyboard with the rest of the letters blocked out. i may have missed that before, but it made me laugh.

thanks so much for posting this! i was at this rally with my good friend and wilco die-hard chris, who drove in from grand rapids to see our favorite band and our presidential hopeful together.

just a recap if you were not there or cared: jeff joked that the band that evening was called "Ilc", referring to the fact that it was only part of wilco. i thought that was hilarious, and chris and i have been calling that incarnation Ilc ever since.

i would be voting for obama in this campaign even if wilco or jeff alone wasn't endorsing him. i'd like to think that most people that like both of them feel that way. still, it is nice to know that our favorite band supports causes that they believe in! that's always been something i've loved about wilco, personally.

btw, trivial note: that show was july 11. chandler (taper CKC) and i were married the next morning, so chris and i like to joke that we hung out with barack and jeff/pat/glenn at my "bachelorette party"! what great memories!

part of new song from spain...

 

that's the same song ("you and i"?) that tweedy/sansone/kotche played at the obama rally at park west in chicago in july. lovely song...

thanks for sharing...made my night!

i'm 19 minutes early, but just wanted to wish you all the best on your birthday, jeff! chicago misses you!

(incredibly, btw, you were mentioned in the red eye last week as having a birthday soon and being a virgo...they used you as an example in some random, weirdly-placed horoscope listing.)