lost highway

Good lord: "As Wilco enters the musical equivalent of becoming a grandfather, Ode to Joy sounds like an old man slipping into a warm bath at the end of a long day." Sometimes I think I hate rock journalists.

I'd put money on 'Everyone Hides'.

But you can find a few articles right under their headline with titles like "Watch what this McDonalds employee says to a customer" and "Diseased raccoons are running amok in this neighborhood". Keep scrolling for the celebrity "who wore it best?" bikini contest.

I wish I knew a good predictor for where this is going. CNN, NYtimes and WaPo are speaking fire and brimstone, Fox News is saying nothingburger (which has always been the dumbest phrase). Reuters and NPR will only say what's factually happening (cause they're smart). But man I'd love a crystal ball for this.

She's been pretty frosty, I think if she's game there's something going on. Nancy took months of the squad and their ilk calling her out for being cautious. I have become compelled by the argument that if there's something worth impeaching over that congress owes it to the sanctity of the office to do it, even if it's politically inadvisable in the short term.

Uh, yeah. Impeachment? Doesn't even feel real. I wonder what Trump's calculation as he's preparing to release the transcript of the call with Ukraine. Maybe it's another example of brazenly owning things ('I grab them by the pussy') in order to normalize it and take the wind out of it.

Am I right in understanding that the third Loose Fur record has just been waiting on some Tweedy vocals/lyrics?

Wow. That guy can keep a secret.

Where is he?

Preorder the album and the download is yours! They took an already cool song and made it cooler. I was sitting on a negative nelly thought about it being lame to reuse a Tweedy track that was already released on a soundtrack. Then I remembered "Lullaby for Rafters and Beams" from the Zamboni Man soundtrack which subtly evolved into a band staple. Then I heard this awesome version. I shall nelly no more!

True. No other drummer would play what Glenn does on Cry All Day. The guitar textures on Common Sense are a perfect Tweedy/Cline matchup. John's basslines are as melodic as ever. And there's usually a solid 20-35% of what is making your ears happy that can later be identified as a Jorgensen, Sansone addition.

This seems like another Anglo-pop kind of Kinks/later Small Faces jam. The Nels solo reminds me of Queen. Very fun song.

My prediction is that while it can sit right next to Schmilco, Warm and Warmer with that under-hyped, intimate kind of sound, that it will be a more realized vision of some of the individual strengths of the group. More of a feeling of ensemble development than Schmilco. I guess what I'm thinking is if any of us were looking for a classic hard turn, we're not going to get it. But a patient ear might get some real satisfaction out of hearing them refining a course that Jeff's been on for a few years now.

Another entry into our bizarro world where A) Bolton was right about something and He got fired.

So if my calculations are correct, the only OTJ songs not debuted yet are Citizens, Quiet Amplifier and We Were Lucky. I'll be curious to see if they roll some of these out as they continue touring, or if some will be relegated to the Deeper Down, EKG, Sunloathe status.

Nice. I hope they keep that one in rotation until they get to my town.

Ha, my USA brain read the date wrong, I was like "Why are they talking about a show in April? They weren't even active then." Sorry for the side track but I love the logic of day/month/year listing. I wish we had it.

I was thinking today about bands I absolutely love, but don't think of being a Top 10, all time favorite. Mostly because they either didn't release enough albums, or they only released a couple good ones, and/or changed members and got worse etc. I guess with artists like Neil Young, Wilco, Bob Dylan, The Kinks etc, it's hard to compete if you have a smaller catalogue. Here are a few of my favorites, who aren't quite my favorites because they suffer from this situation: Weakerthans Television Weezer Nirvana Rodriguez Braid

I haven't attended a show since the Whole Love so I'll spare y'all my favs from the last two records. I'll make one exception. I think 'More' has all of the marks of a classic Wilco song. I don't know why it's fallen off of the setlists. Also pretty sure I still haven't seen: Kamera Pot Kettle Black Wishful Thinking November can't come fast enough!

They have to share that at some point!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqQqMOjmg1w

Holy shit: "A foley artist is a guy that used to make the sound effects for radio plays. One of the devices they used to make it sound like you were hearing troops marching was a thing called a marching machine. It's basically a bunch of wooden dolls attached to a rope grid that you can slam on something. None of the dolls land at the same time, so it has that sound of marching. Basically, the snare drum on the whole record is a marching machine, or it's an element throughout the record that is maybe more prominent than a traditional tom or high hat. "

Here's a question about Love Is Everywhere (beware): Who's playing the arpeggiated lead and who's playing the atmospheric lap steel parts?

OMG, how did I beat everyone to this one? Let me try. Born to Run is a broad reaching, sweeping gesture of a dramatic rock record. It is expansive. I suppose Being There is too. Nebraska is insular. It's psychological. The hugeness of Nebraska comes from how intimate, up close and small it is.