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I own neither. I'm guessing the Crocs correlation is closer with Wilco than Radiohead.

My girlfriend and I enjoy both. It is because they are awesome. If you don't like Radiohead but your new squeeze does maybe he/she can help you see why they are awesome.

Sorry, Wesley Willis reference, the guy is kind of obscure: He also said "Whip a water buffalo in the ass wif a belt!" For more on the late artist visit: Wesley Willis on Wikipedia

AGIB rules. SBS is really good. This thread sucks a giraffe's balls with Heinz 57 sauce.

To ease your whining, I suspected- and more tech savy member confirmed: shooting something in HD has a positive effect on its quality no matter what format it comes out on. The DVD will look good, because Brendan Canty and Christoph Green are good with cameras, and they use HD ones. It's not as if you're buying something that was recorded in stereo and pressed in mono. It will be awesome, don't worry.

Op Ivy is on the list! That is amazing. I was suprised to see Marquee Moon hasn't already been done. That should have been in the first twenty they wrote.

Why aren't these escorts saying anything about this? Were they sworn to secrecy?

I think it is fine, and fair. I just keep holding my opinion until I hear the real deal. I heard the live debut of "The Late Greats" and it was pretty lame. Early live recordings showed "Impossible Germany" to be promising, but it wasn't yet essential- but it is now. I guess if I were to drop any judgement on a slap-dash collection of solo, and full band live debuts: I would say it looks promising. I really like SBS, but I think this might even be better. +1

Yeah. I'm not sure hearing the early live versions of most of what might be on the album puts anyone in a better position to know what the thing will actually sound/feel like. Again, the reviews are coming in before anyone has heard the thing. Dude it's Jeff Tweedy. Look at the man. Par for the course in my eyes.

Totally. That's a good observation. I also notice touring bands tend to play the last album a little less on tour. It's like they're getting tired of the last record's songs, because they had to represent every night. I have also noticed a lot of bands playing more of the songs two albums back, like they've rediscovered that once over-performed song cycle. When I saw Wilco touring for AGIB they only played a couple YHF tunes and seemed to be relishing in the summerteeth. After SBS I found a lack of AGIB songs in their set. Maybe that's a crap theory, but I've seen them do it, and Radio

Those features have made other Wilco albums enjoyable. I think (speaking out of turn for a few critics) the songwriting and production are what make AM a lesser album in a lot of people's eyes (or just mine). There has been a lot of acoustic guitar on every Wilco album. What's fascinating is how the band surrounds the acoustic guitar that Tweedy writes the songs and plays them on. I mean dang, Forget the Flowers, Via Chicago, Radio Cure, Company in My Back, What Light. All of those have acoustic guitar and sound and feel completely different. I think my motivation for almost every resp

Why is that?

I just printed my tickets to see it in Boulder. Woo hoo.

This article re-affirms the exciting idea to me; we have no idea what the next Wilco record is really gonna feel like.

HD is a type of camera. It makes better digital pictures than a regular digital camera. The way the bit ratio matches up to whichever mpeg codec dvd uses vs. blu-ray is for someone a little more video tech than myself. I venture to say that something shot in HD looks a lot better on a DVD than something that was not.

I agree with you in the sense that the bonuses are only as relevant as the financial sectors actions in general. They are symptoms. Bonuses did not destroy our economy- the attitude that continues to pay them after a bailout, that is the kind of thing that did. The heart of the entire issue is credit, usury, deregulation and a lack of industry.

That's true, it is often these kinds of symbols that mobilize the populace and call on politicians and the press to answer the public call.

I gotta say, there is a 'fact of the matter' kind of outrage- but do the numbers. AIG gets about 160 billion from a bailout, then they turn around and toss 160 million of it into bonuses. That means they wasted one thousandth of their bailout on fat cat cash. That's like if you were about to declare bankruptcy and some new government program handed you a hundred thousand dollars and you turn around and spend a hundred dollars at the liquor store. Not a kind, or just gesture, but not really a big piece of the proverbial pie. I bring this up, not because I think AIG should get away with it

At the very least, Obama gave AIG a public tongue lashing. I don't know that he's a total 'cog' or 'shill', however you say it. I'm sure he is influenced- every successful politician is. We have yet to see Obama's true colors, there is evidence for both optimism and cynicism, but there is a lot of history between here and when we can really say what his true M.O. is/was. What is certain is the level of competence has been raised since '08 in the White House. I won't make Obama a knight in shining armor but I will venture to say this would all look a lot worse without him.

You know, I love Neko Case. I think her song writing powers are superior to Feist, and obviously her voice may be one of the best of our generation's- but I think Feist will make a better match for Tweedy's voice. She's got a certain roughness (smokiness?) that I imagine will suit a Wilco song well. But wow, who would have thought that any duet would come up. This is going to be sweet.

Side not/digression: My compliments to Speed Racer and Good Old Neon. It is a rare treat for me to read an argument where both sides appeal to my sense of reason to an almost equal degree.

See above post. Sorry etc.

That statement makes a lot of sense. I can relate to you there. I think where these ideas intersect with art is where things get fragmented and confusing for all of us. I suppose we can agree that some of us find those areas interesting, and others find it tedious. Maybe passionately so, since we all love rock and roll and (hopefully) the country we live in.