Somnambulist

Speaking of kids and Sky Blue Sky, I was driving my kids home from daycare yesterday. I've been playing Sky Blue Sky constantly in the car since the 15th and when What Light came on, my two and a half year old daughter started singing along with the chorus. A fun moment.

You're correct. I'm so ashamed. Also, it's nice to see a decade old Wilco tune being talked about in the press.

Jest if you must, but her 30 minute meal of Spinich and Artichoke Tortellini has become a staple at my house. To quote Ms. Ray in her Dunkin Donuts commercial, "Delish!"

It's frustrating to work so hard on something only to find you accidentally ripped something off. I usually just give up and chuck the song out. If it's that close to something, I'd rather not deal with the legal problems when my tune makes me millions. I mean, I'd hate to give royalty checks over to Mick and Keef because I ripped off 19th Nervous Breakdown. There's got to be enough combination of notes out there for me to come up with something original.

That's funny, I was thinking the same thing this morning. Abbey Road or Let it Be era Beatles with Billy Preston on keys. Put together the music/feel for "Dig a Pony" with the sentiment of "Oh Darling" and you have "Hate it Here." Thinking that this morning I was wondering if Sir Paul is a fan/ever heard Wilco?

I can't say I've given Down With Wilco a fair shake. It didn't grab me the first bunch of times I listened to it and I've never really given it another chance. I have another Minus 5/Fresh Young Fellows cd and it never really took hold either. Nor has that Tim Easton cd that the "old" Wilco played on. I do however love Down By the Old Mainstream and Weird Tales. That collaboration seems to work better for me. AM: A Being There: A Mermaid Ave.: B+ Summerteeth: A Mermaid Ave. II: B- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: A A Ghost Is Born: A- Sky Blue Sky: A- The first four albums (-MAs) all built on

Also in no particular order off the top of my head: The Beatles Wilco The Band Elvis Costello XTC Big Star Oasis Paul Weller Badfinger Nick Drake Crowded House The Stone Roses The Smithereens The Byrds Gram Parsons Teenage Fanclub The Beach Boys Cake The Posies Men At Work

Did I miss it or did no one say Tom Waits? Any five in a row.

I was just listening to this song the other day and thought what a great tune it is. I love the chord changes in the chorus after the singing stops.

I'm assuming my desert island is equipped with CD technology so I'd bring my 2for1 Big Star CD. I love when companies put out two older CDs on one disc. I have a great Impressions one with Young Mods Forgotten Story/This Is My Country.

The Beatles - Rubber Soul Sugar - Copper Blue Elvis Costello - Trust The Band - Rock of Ages Big Star - #1 Record/Radio City

Cohen was supposed to play Curly Oxide in the film Vic Thrill and Curly Oxide. It was supposed to be written by Tina Fey based on the true story of a hasidic jew, Curly Oxide, that became a collaborator with Vic Thrill, a Brooklyn front man for a rock band. (Different story than Matisyahu.) I haven't heard anything recent on this. I'm sure both Fey and Cohen are pretty busy with other projects now. Vic Thrill, who is still performing, is the alter ego of Bill Campion, former lead singer of The Bogmen.

I love the John Lennon solo acoustic Real Love that opens the Imagine documentary. I didn't think Paul, George, Ringo and Jeff needed to mess with that one.

I liked Chaos and Creation much better than Driving Rain, which I feel was just a slight step up from the horrible Off the Ground. The one tune I really liked off Driving Rain was Heather but somehow I don't think that song will make it's way into McCartney's favorites.

Cool. I always chuckle when one of the tunes pops up on a random play on itunes. Milltown Brothers and The High bring the same smile to my face. One thing we did for our wedding was, since both of our parents were still alive and together, we had the DJ play our parent's wedding songs and let them each have a dance. My in-laws danced to a Frank Sinatra tune and my parents, since my grandmother picked their first dance song which they weren't happy with, rewrote their history and picked a Jefferson Airplane tune they had originally wanted. Psychedelic.

Milltown Brothers! You mean I'm not the only person in America to have the Milltown Brothers in my collection? I was putting my CDs on itunes and I couldn't even find album artwork for Slinky. Anyway, my wife and I had "Here, There and Everywhere" by the Beatles as our first dance song. We ended up giving the DJ a list of tunes we liked so they could get the feel of what type of music to play. All in all, they did a great job. Lots of Motown kept the guests dancing. It is a must to have a "Do Not Play" list with the DJ.

Irving Plaza, NY April 20, 1999. (Hey, 8 years ago today, Happy Anniversary!) I was just thinking about this this morning since someone said it was the anniversary of the Columbine shootings and I remember talking about that tragedy with people at the show that night. Like another poster, I had been a fan since AM but was never able to catch them until right after Summerteeth came out. I had moved back to NY and was finally working so I had enough scratch to buy tickets. It was a great show and they played a lot of Summerteeth which I was obsessing on at the time. I also remember think

I don't know if this has been discussed yet but on Americna Idol the other night, one of the kids sang "When the Stars Go Blue." The host said something to the effect, "Now doing Tim McGraw's "When the Stars Go Blue"..." Ryan Adams got no mention. Martina McBride was the contestant's coach this week and told the kid singing the song, "I was talking to Tim last week and he was wondering if any of the contestants were going to do one of his songs." Kind of sad that the songwriter gets no credit but then again, maybe that's a good thing if they pick your song to be on American Idol.

1st album: Men at Work's Business as Usual (that and Cargo both get some play still. Great records.) But...I also rmember getting the Ghostbusters soundtrack and Wall of Voodoo's Call of the West around the same time so I'm not sure which one was actually first. 1st concert with my own money, travel (LIRR to MSG), etc. was Paul McCartney's 1989 World Tour. I was a late bloomer for concerts.

Wilco's name has actually been on the cover before. We were just throwing out a bunch of old Rolling Stones in my library and I came across it. I can't remember who was on the cover though. Here we go. I remembered:

As long as the first note of Sky Blue Sky doesn't blast me away like the first note of Summerteeth does, I'm fine with Jim Scott. Whatever CD I had on before Summerteeth, the first notes of Can't Stand It always seem to be much louder than whatever I was listening to before. Maybe it's just me.

Most excellent! I hadn't heard about this yet. I was wondering when he was coming out with a new one. Recommend: Jason Falkner's Beatles instrumental album. It's not even really billed as a Jason Falkner album but if the Baby Bachs and Mozarts are moving into overkill mode, try this one out. I liked the Jim Noir cd Tower of Love that came out last year. Light and catchy. Not all of it is up to the quality of the singles but overall a nice relaxing album. I can't listen to In the Key of C without having it in my head for the rest of the day.

Seeing Zen Arcade reminded me of this Grant Hart one. I used to have it on tape way back when. Some good stuff on there.

Buddy Holly - If you listen to his whole catalog you can see how brilliant he was. He's got C&W, orchestral pop, acoustic rock, etc. In my opinion he was way ahead of his time. The Ventures - They taught me how to play guitar. The Four Tops - Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever, You Keep Running Away, Bernadette