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--Mike

Grant Lee Buffalo's Mockingbird is a particular fave of mine at the moment, that fits this bill. --Mike

. I don't know if I am ready for an incredibly upbeat Wilco record yet, either. Even AM has some darker moments. The new stuff is really a mixed bag and it will be interesting to see how it fits together as a whole on the record, ideally it could be something like Ghost where the record as a whole makes up for some of the weaker parts. Shake if Off, Lullabys, Be Patient With Me and Side With The Seeds have calmed a lot of my fears, this might not be their best album, but I am confident it won't be a big let down. --Mike

Happy birthday my fellow West Virginian, I still can't believe Wilco played in Morgantown this year and I didn't even go, thankfully I caught them at Tall Stacks. Hope it's great one dude --Mike

. Not quite as cool as Mitch, though he's almost as funny, but that's a good description. --Mike

Have a great B-Day, Robert --Mike

Yeah I don't even think that site is up anymore, thankfully I think Jessie got almost everything before it was taken down and it's complied for prosperity on the DVD. --Mike

Yeah, I'd love to eventually find out what that snipet is. It's gorgeous. --Mike

New itunes purchase... excellent stuff. Has anyone here heard Fed? --Mike

The Beatles: Strawberry Fields Forever, but ask me tommorrow and it could be The Kinks' Waterloo Sunset. --Mike

Yeah, I love Meaningless also. I grabbed the Bumbershoot show from Dime a couple months ago, one of the songs on it has a couple of dropouts and I think some of the banter was edited out, it's still amazing though. So I guess this is the Mike and Sarah thread. --Mike

Yeah that was killer, Kiefer was really interesting in that film also, but the music was the main draw for me. I kind of had my doubts too, I found them to be pleaseant but nothing ground breaking, but the combination of that dobro and the voice (almost Buckley-esque) really won me over. I should also thank you for that Brion link again, I don't know how I managed to miss that, but Uyen and Hodie inspired me to become a Brion maniac as well and I was thrilled to find even more shows and the VH-1 pilot, too. What an excellent site. --Mike

I saw a documentary about them on VH-1 actually over Christmas. Kiefer Sutherland is involved with their management/record label. It inspired me to check out some of their stuff, I really like their sound. Rocco's style on the dobro is really unique and interesting. Good band. --Mike

This is pretty spot on, but as someone who reads DeRogatis pretty frequently his constant need for taking shots at Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone can get pretty old. I understand he got dicked over by the magazine, but it might be time for him to drop the grudge. --Mike

I second the recommendation on the entire album, The Man is the best track on it, but the other tunes are pretty solid. I had to get into these guys based on the connection they had with the Beatles parody band The Rutles. If not for a late night viewing of All You Need is Cash, my obsessive music fan journey would have never began. --Mike

I dig this stuff quite a bit, pt. I love Where The Redbirds Sing, that's going on to the ipod as soon as possible. I'll keep an eye out for new stuff, I think these have quite a bit of promise. --Mike

How did I manage to miss this site? --Mike

Yeah it's not a great rip, it's about 128 I think.. Anyway it didn't quite grip me as much as Funeral, but Funeral took about ten listens for me to really understand it's brilliance, and it's not a perfect rip of it either. Still it's a damn good album, we're about four weeks into 2007 and there are already about three albums that would have placed in my top 5 last year (this, Of Montreal and Andrew Bird). Currently listening to:

Happy Birthday to two of my favorites here. Hope it's an excellent day ladies. --Mike

Based on that comparsion, I guess I really need to see this. I've actually had my eye on it for awhile, I don't think it's playing anywhere in the Wheeling area but it might be worth the roadtrip. --Mike

Arcade Fire: Neon Bible --Mike

I usually sleep stomach down, I used to have really bad stomach aches as a kid and for some strange reason lying on my stomach would make me feel a little better. I guess it became kind of a thing over the years. I do keep my face turned to one side, I only had to see One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest once to be terrified of having my face in a pillow Great poll. --Mike

Seems that way to me too. --Mike

That's the instrumental version of Let Me Come Home, the version with lyrics was realeased on an Amos House Collection. Excellent, excellent tune. --Mike