lost highway

I don't want to fire this up again. But really.....on Okemah when you hear him referencing Highway 61 or bellowing "The words of Woody Guthrie ringing in my head." It seemed to do little more then reference the most boringly obvious points, like 'wow! you're so folky for dropping broad side of a barn references to Dylan and Guthrie'. That said, its good to dig what you dig, that's just where I jump off the boat.

Do you guys think that there could be any hidden agenda behind all the smaller venues? I mean, maybe it's just because those things are way fun, but could they be filming more, or road testing new songs? Probably not, but you know, we always crave news around here.

I have tried with that band and most of it is a little too syrupy for me. But I'll tell you what, "The World (Will Soon Turn Our Way)" is beautiful in a kind of kitschy way. Feels like it could be in a movie like Harold and Maude. I even put it on a mix tape for someone once. Listen to the sample on itunes and see if you agree.

Really all it comes down to is taking an existing hole in your guitar where the strap button is (which is a little over 1/8" I believe) and turning that same hole into a slightly larger one (I think around 1/4"), you still have a strap button, but a cable plugs into it. I agree, there is nothing like a microphone on an acoustic guitar thats why I don't used the pickup much to record. Likewise there's nothing like spinning around and marching over to the electric guitar player in your band to stick your tongue out at him while he takes a guitar solo. The M1 passive has allowed me to do thi

I can't speak for the active as I have the passive. However, most venues have a DI box themselves negating your need to drop more money on one. Also if you're playing a tiny stage (with no box) with a desktop mixer, you can simply plug into the mixer from a 1/4" and adjust the gain accordingly. I would be curious to compare the sound quality of the two and their tendency towards feedback. And to ease your stress of damaging the guitar, the cable doesn't hang out of the sound hole on either model. It plugs into a jack where your button for your strap goes. If someone dumb trips over your

It grew on me on listen three. Now I like it, but don't love it. The bridge has really cool changes, the rest is kinda catchy but a little....how you say, lite.

When you spend three hours making your sister a 'best of Wilco' mix for a stocking stuffer, and then sigh discontentedly when she opens it and you realize it is missing multiple key tracks and resign yourself to the fact that only a double disc could have completed the task.

Anyone know how these things sound. A traditional overdrive, or a more drastic fuzz?

That is often a prunes and custard, a dash of reverb and lots of vibrato on the high single notes. On another note: I don't remember John having any pedals.....

Yeah new album! I put three dollars on an early 09 release.

I love how he says 'my fangs have been pulled'. That always translated for me 'honey come talk to me, I'll be good this time, I'm not gonna say mean shit to you anymore'. Maybe no one else thinks that, but the fact that one line of the lyric takes me three lines to describe in my interpretation, while being far more visual........ that means it's good.

That's what I thought at first. But how could it not be frustrating to have someone spread the rumor of a tour your not planning on going on, and a record you never recorded? I think Tweedy must be right (as to what Billy is full of on this matter). It seems Bragg might have crunched the numbers for where his record sales are coming from. Good news for him now is he is on Anti-. A solid and respectable independent music establishment.

Who is this......... are you toying with us again mr Jesus.

Holy shit, this has never happened on the internet before. Someone tabbed the amazon preview of an unreleased song. Don't get me wrong, I'm not laughing at you, I'm totally gonna try it on my guitar, more like I'm laughing at all of us. Seriously though, has this ever happened before in the history of the world?

Maybe a lyrical response to someone not in his life anymore? Maybe an ex-bandmate?

The Heroes soundtrack comes out in a couple weeks with a still unheard SBS outtake on it. And you can hear about 15 seconds of it over at amazon.com. Its a higher tempo number, more blue eyed soul guessing from the bite sized serving of it. If anyones got all of it I'd love to hear the rest. http://www.amazon.com/Heroes-Original-Soun...k/dp/B0015BZM9C

The real question is when does this new track freakin leak?

No one I could name exactly. More of a general trend that pops up from time to time. Its not always negativity towards the band, sometimes its other board members. I'm not trying to 'harsh any mellows' so to speak, quite the opposite. Most people on here are cool as hell, thats why its a bummer when things seem a little creepy.

No. It reminds me of how fast a minor offense, misunderstanding, or unpopular desicion can make adoring fans rabid with rage.

Man in the Tweedy interview, they have him go around the stage and discuss each members virtues and personality. Heart warming. Candy.

So I thought I was the big detective and had the filming pegged for the residency shows, and fel like a real dummy for spreading rumors when no one at the residency saw any sign of cameras. But my detective work suffered from one flaw: I didn't remember that Brendan Canty (Burn to Shine, Fugazi) is obviously a D.C. resident. I also didn't notice there were two dates there. Now at last those rock film pioneers have been spotted at a Wilco show. To avoid future Tarot Card/Wilco misreads I will not assume that we can rely on this being a DVD, we all remember what happened to KT. But its p

I love this board. As much as it boarders on guilty pleasure to spend attention on a fan club everyday (which is pretty much what it is), it's great to read setlists, look at pictures and share information about a band that is obviously so important to a lot of people. But, sometimes it gets a little weird. To make things more complicated 80% of the material fueling this creepiness is probably a joke, probably tongue in cheek. I remember how pissed everyone was when they canceled the UK dates last year. I would have been disappointed too. Now its Charleston. I have made posts abo

Some people are just ignorant. All you can do is fight them in an alley after ripping your shirt off...........bitches.

I think I kind of hyped the DVD at the Riv rumor. Dead wrong. Brendan Canty of the Burn to Shine series said in an interview he was filming Wilco shows in early 08 and not saying what it would be for. The Riv seemed the obvious choice. Maybe it will be an Aussie DVD, or maybe the circumstances have changed since he said that at least six months ago. Sorry, for the let down. I've never been such a gossip.....

I believe they've formally announced the Aussie tour to be the last real outing for '08, save the typical festival appearances. This usually means three things in Wilcoworld: 1. Vacation 2. Side Projects 3. New Material Thing you gotta remember about these guys is they don't yap everytime they step into a studio, cause they never know how long the process will really be. There could be a dozen new contenders for the next LP sitting on a reel in the loft right now. I remember reading that they demo'd a bunch of SBS material in a studio in freakin California many months before the real