Atticus

Just saw the re-run yesterday afternoon. Had to laugh...

I never in my life thought I'd quote the New York Times, but I was just googling around trying to find the lyrics to these new songs, which everyone seems to have an opinion about--even though we don't even know if the lyrics/songs are finished--and I found this entry re the lollapalooza show: New York Times Article A New, Plainspoken Wilco Is Wilco coming back down to Earth? "What you once were isn't what you want to be any more," Jeff Tweedy sang as Wilco started its Sunday afternoon set at Lollapalooza. With a full beard and a hat, dressed in a jacket with bluejeans, Mr. Tweedy had

what a great song...

And it's obvious from your tabbing that you're not playing it capo'd on the 5th fret. I'll be happy to send you video of him doing same. Once you've capo'd on the 5th fret, the drop-D will seem obvious, and the riff you've shown is easier.

yes, actually, he does.

Could those of you posting only album covers also post the artist and album name? That would be helpful to the unhip of us.

"The Soft Bulletin" by The Flaming Lips That flipped me out for a good couple of weeks the first time I heard it...

Wow. Just read up on it on a couple of sites. Is there a sampling under $100 anywhere? Sounds amazing...

I've been wanting to jump into Waits' catalogue for awhile, having heard greatness from him here and there over the years. Is Heart Attack and Vine a good starter, or should I try something else first?

Expletive!!! Don't know what to tell you, friend. Sorry for your loss...

wow. It is frightening what free time + internet creates at times...

This thread was spawned off the thread about trying out the grateful dead's music. I'm referring to those bands or albums that might have taken you awhile to sit with and come around to, but now you wouldn't want to live without. So if you could short-cut that "easing into" process (and most likely you really can't), what album or albums would you want to expose people to, with the caveat of: Just keep listening, you'll come around... ?

It's an interesting question you pose, though, as far as the process of "discovering" a band. In many ways I wish someone had grabbed me and put Wilco in my face long before I eventually found them through friends and/or on my own, but at the same time I doubt I'd appreciate them the way I do, having gone through albums, concerts, phases and live downloads, etc. (and of course this wonderful forum ) which related questions I think I shall pose in another thread, so as not to veer this one off course...

I think the point is that a poster has said he/she'd like to try out a band, and when it's a band with a catalogue as voluminous as the dead's, I don't see any downside to asking for others' advice, so that one doesn't waste one's time or money on things one knows one won't care for. I'm not sensing any difficulty in the process. ?

In that case you might want to start with "Reckoning" instead...

just to throw $.02 in here, I have always found the dead's studio albums to be an extremely poor reflection of the greatness of much of their material. Workingman's Dead and American Beauty are probably two notable exceptions. Most of the other albums sound like someone was playing a practical joke on the dead, engineering/recording/mixing/mastering-wise. A lot of what you "should" try out depends on which Grateful Dead you want to hear. (disclaimer: I am no expert on the dead, just giving one guy's opinion). Some of their stuff is very down-to-earth, folksy, even country/bluegrass-ti

eeeewwwwwww.

I have to pull "New York" out at least once or twice a year and sing along in the car. What a fantastic album... thanks for the vid. --Neil

Should be required reading: . . .

if you want to play it like jeff, you'll need to drop the low E down to D, then capo at 5th fret. I'm trying to put some tabs together right now, but am having trouble finding the time. I'll try to put a rough sketch of this one together in the next week or so. You're basically (and everything I reference is with the capo on 5th fret) going to alternate at the beginning between: E------------ B------------ G------------ D-0-h-2----- A-2----2---- D-2----2---- and a plain old D chord, then a modified G that looks kind of like this: E---0--------- B---3-------- G---0---(some play a 2 h

Progression goes D to G to F, then D to G to C, rinse, repeat... you might find it easier to play as Jeff does, capoing on the 2nd fret, then playing C, G, F. Whatever's easier on your fingers.

let me give you an absurd example from my own current practice. I represent a couple (two of the nicest 50 or 60-somethings you've ever met, never been in trouble, totally trustworthy folks) who in 2004 sold their home to a man who had never bought a house before. This is a $400,000, 34-year old townhouse in a nice area of Houston. Six months after the sale, a leak somewhere in a roof made part of the ceiling in the kitchen collapse. The buyer also discovered that one of the bedroom floors was off-level by about 3 inches. He also discovered that the side-yard sprinkler system was a do-it

I'm all for substantively void conclusions. But I'd honestly be interested to know to what you are referring when you speak of the everyday examples. I know he comes off like a pompous windbag, but could you cite some examples of specific scumbucketry? thanks, Neil

that's interesting that you are familiar with the terms of a confidential settlement agreement. Do you realize that "calling her bluff" may have cost him multiples of whatever he paid in settlement? People settle lawsuits each and every day with the full knowledge that they did nothing wrong. It is an ugly side of our business. The fact of the matter is that with almost any lawsuit, the cost of settling up front is almost always cheaper than paying a lawyer(s) for the full prosecution of the case, even if the payor is in the right on the facts, and more importantly--even if he/she WINS t