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I'd also like to throw in the fact that I am absolultely certain that no member of Son Volt ever contributed a guitar lick or a bridge or a fill by virtue of the fact that Jay Farrar never listed that member in the songwriting credits. Absolutely every word and every note was written and performed by Jay Farrar.

I don

I like when art pushes me. Shakes my box. Makes me squirm in my seat. But it must still be too soon for me. Or maybe it will always be too soon for me. I used to work in those buildings and used to meet my girflriend (now wife) in the courtyard between the bldgs after work. Imagining that courtyard littered with body parts and blood and expense reports is too much for me. I've never been one to think that ignoring something is the best way to deal, but I don't know how to deal with something of that magnitude any other way. I guess the guy leaving that voicemail doesn't sound like a

I had to stop 4 mins in when the guy leaves the voicemail message. I am going to go throw up now.

I added TNWA as a friend because, let's face it, who doesn't want TNWA as a friend? But I had forgotten about this fact and now I am a bit concerned.

peter bjorn and john - writer's block I think I hate this, but I am giving it another shot. Maybe I judged it too quickly.

I still can't get into this all that much. Jay in falsetto just isn't getting easier to stomach. And those darn horns on the second track. They just feel so -- I dont know -- predictable? "Who the hell is Dow Jones anyway?" Eeek. Are Action and L Train the same song? The highs are high without doubt (e.g., Methampetamine), but this feels like a very uneven effort to me. Bums me out because I love me some Son Volt. I won't go so far to say this is the last time SV gets my dollar, but I think I am ready to put this album in the disappointed bucket.

squeeze's "i wont ever go drinking again" from cosi fan tutti frutti is pretty good. it makes me smile at least.

my first favorite band and my first ever concert. schweet.

hold on a sec, phish may be a jamband, but waste is not a jammy tune by any stretch. if anything, phish fans don't like it for that reason.

Wow. In yer sweaty hahhhhhnds!!!!!

Any predictions?

I wasn't going to be the first to go there, but I have thought that on the last couple of listens. And I predict a Phish vs. Wilco thread starts within 2 days. I will organize the pool if people want to take the over or under.

If anyone is interested, today is Son Volt day on WFUV in nyc. They stream online at www.wfuv.org. Its a pretty cool radio station out of Fordham university. Its actually where I first heard wilco (jesus, etc.) for the record and I think they had jeff tweedy on around the time that Kicking TV came out. Anway, they play a couple of son volt tunes at the top of every hour, and I think son volt is in the studio at 9pm tonight. I think they are also playing an old son volt interview at some other point in the day. EDIT: Just checked the website -- Jay is in the studio to discuss The Search

Yeah, I suppose I was being a jerk. Put that on me, not everyone else here though. I am just stunned that you'd call this album a masterpiece. Thats a pretty heavy word to throw around about an album that came out yesterday. I don't like it all that much, fwiw, but I can understand that maybe you do. But, a masterpiece? Really? I think Methampetamine is a killer tune, but most of the rest of the album falls a bit flat for me.

my band covers I Got You, but I think the original is better. they always are. damn.

Can anything be good anymore without being a masterpiece? Or a masterpiece with 4 exclamation points after it?

Bob Dylan could have picked any band in the world to plug in behind him.

ahem. fixed it.

Funny story: the silver jews were scheduled to play webster hall in nyc on 12/30/06. this was the second time they were coming to NYC and i bought tix since i had to miss their first tour with a broken ankle/crutches. A month or so before the show, it was canceled and an open letter to the fans was posted on the Joos website saying that the band needed winterizing. All complaints were to be directed to a PO Box in tennessee. So as a goof I sent a letter to the band saying how bummed i was. it was totally tongue in cheek -- something about how my winterizing was going to take place at

I'm with Beltmann. Music is more important to me now than ever. Sometimes I don't know how I'd get through moments without it. And I feel like I appreciate it -- really appreciate it -- on such a different level than I ever could have as an 18 year old. Not that music wasn't the most important thing in my world then either. But music now speaks to things that I can't put words to. It makes the world smaller for me. It makes connections for me. Internally, I mean. It hits nerves that I never knew I had. Or maybe only knew I had subconsciously. It reminds me of times, and places, and

reading david berman's poetry and listening to his songs make me want to go create something. that's the highest compliment I can give an artist, i think.

I suppose it hasn't in a technical sense. But I think it is way better now. So much more confident. He sings these songs like he owns the bastids.

Dark green enough to be blue. Gets me every time. I have no idea why.

I suppose I can't argue with much of that review. If the album suffers from anything it's that the themes of hypocrisy and paranoia get a bit tiresome after awhile and some of the lines come off as high-schoolish (esp. "I dont want to live in America no more"). But I love how people are latching onto the "miror mirror on the wall" line too. As I mentioned above, I took that line totally differently than the reviewers seem to be taking it, and actually thought it was kind of cool.