lost highway

This. Here's my summary at this point. Ron Paul is a radical who won't get elected. Mitt Romney is a cyborg that no one loves. Santorum is a hateful bigot who deserves nothing. Barack Obama is a blend of pragmatics and ideals that has been heavily compromised by his position. I think we could see another 4 years of Obama. Frankly, I'll take it. I might have to deal with a politician who seems to be pretty effected by big business, but at least Obama has some restraint when it comes to the military. My deepest fear is that anyone with a chance at involvement with the executive branch

My old band played a basement show w/ the Brokedowns in IL. Dudes are awesome, and they make good music too. Good current punk/hardcore: Off! Forgetters Samiam (still going) Leatherface (also still going) White Lung Mashysteri Punk and hardcore are no more an anachronism than alt-country or electro pop. It's about whether or not you're good enough at an old genre to make it seem like something new and relevant. Wilco's music is often proof of this.

If you're going to sing while you strum experiment with mic placement to get as much seperation as possible, and to try and get the phase just right. So many weird things happen to the phase of the two mics when they're so close together. One classic trick is if you have a mic in figure 8 pattern, angle it so the pickup pattern is getting what you want, and the null is pointed towards the other element (either voice, or guit). A whole other vibe is to try singing the words in your head, getting a solid guitar track and then OCD'ing the vocals to get them your best. Depends on what kind of

It wont take long before he wont be ont the Wilco radar so visibly, but in the mean time you're missing out.

First Wilco show in CO I've missed in years. Damn tickets sold out too fast. I hope you guys had fun, and I hope they come back in 2012.

The title track is better: http://youtu.be/NWpG_ULYpr8

Says one of the most musical bass players in rock music.

Not the best sound mix, they took a lot of the teeth out of that song. I hope the rest of the broadcast let's you hear everything a little fuller.

The Roots are great. Like several of my favorie hip-hop artisits (Jay-Z, Talib) their recent albums are all a mix of instant classics, solid deep cuts, and forgettable throwaways. Everything they've done has something excellent on it. I still need to hear the new one, but all the press made it sound really interesting.

They should have got someone who listened to the record to write the story.

Oh man, you're right. I wonder what the licensing is for stuff that was not released. It's probably fair game, but the B-sides would be licensing difficult.

B-sides and outtakes compilation would be good. They've got at least 12-15 tracks we've heard that are great, and I'm sure they've got at least another 10 we've never heard.

Janet Weiss is easily one of the best drummers in rock today. Carrie seems to know how to write a great song, she shreds guitar, and she has a Townsend like magnetism on stage. That said, I miss having Corin Tuckers vocals to mix with all of those strengths. Wild Flag is definitely cool, though.

I will say that Wilco has turned me on to some cool pedals: Freakshow FX (I got the boost they make that Jeff uses, as well as their awesome tremolo which I haven't seen anyone else use), Prunes and Custard (which I still love for the right part, but I think Tweedy pulled his off his pedal board.) The Wilco boys have also got me curious about both of these amps: http://www.teixeiraamps.com/index.html http://www.schroederaudioinc.com/products/

How do you like it? I almost bought one, but went for an Echobox by Subdecay instead.

Just what the world needs. It does seem like Billy is clinging to the scraps of MMA a bit more intensely because he hasn't made much of a splash since those days.

Billy's facebook post seemed a little smarmy. I think there is a disconnect between what each camp perceives as the value of releasing additional material. I seem to remember Jeff's "Billy is full of shit" comment in some interview. I suppose that's more than a little smarmy.

This really shows how they needed to make Summerteeth before they could make YHF. This is a very different band than we see today. There is a sense during the set that they are struggling, pushing against their music, trying to get it to go other places. They were looking for other colors. These days it's more as if they're riding their music all of the wild places it can go. They are in command of all those other colors. The live versions of "Misunderstood" have gotten much better since these days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDimQTJMjB0&feature=related

I feel like El Camino is good and Brothers is great. I haven't listened to El Camino enough to make an intelligent comment, but that's what I'm hearing so far.

This was the best novel I've read in years.

That song is perfect.

I love McNulty but protestants have always made better whiskey (yeah I'm a Mac and not a Mc).

Check this story out: http://pitchfork.com/news/44808-the-avalanches-attack-bon-iver-over-whiskey-advertisements-grammys/

I wouldn't dare. But I will tell you how I enjoy it. I'm sorry if it sounded like a command, I meant it as a celebration.