lost highway

My wife and I have been watching for some Halloween fun. So far the production is top notch, the writing is really good and the acting is pretty bad. Still some fun, scary, suspense.

The low level of discourse tolerated by the voting majority is troublesome. I've had a few moments on social media in the past year where I was shocked and in awe that people were actually being civil and thoughtful. When the president spews trash you know city council could really go downhill.

Totally depressing. It's post-truth.

I'm getting ready to vote. Things are looking kind of intense in the purplish state of Colorado.

How would you have known? Honestly I'd guess they're close. At least based on "Some Birds", but I can see Jeff not wanting everyone reading transcriptions that botch a word here or there. He works hard on those lyrics.

I saw him in the Magnolia era with the full band. I think it was What Comes After the Blues tour. I heard they could be a coin toss cause sometimes he'd be so tanked it was a shit show. They were definitely tight and on it that night. I talked to Jason for a couple minutes, he was very amiable, and their bass player was down to talk for half an hour- super outgoing guy.

I agree with all of this, but I think with a little luck Maron will get more of my favorite Tweedy interview moments. Those are usually where he expresses something about psychology, creativity, growing older, making things in a new and memorable way. As a recovery guy I can imagine Marc might go into Jeff's recovery process, or what maintaining his sobriety/mental health is like for him because they've had some similar experiences.

This might sneak by all but the most devoted listeners to Maron's podcast, but I tune in regularly. He was talking new music in his intro segment to his talk with Kurt Vile on today's podcast and mentioned he had to go back through the whole Wilco catalog this week for research/preparation- "Not gonna say anymore than that, but you get it," kind of thing. If you're familiar with Maron's podcast this is a great opportunity for Wilco/Jeff Tweedy fans. Marc has relaxed conversations with people and doesn't pepper them with pre-written questions. He's such a skilled interviewer he typically gets

The book on him is pretty good. It's rough cause it's just exciting insight to his artistic growth, making-of album intrigue, slowly rising star stuff and then it goes to shit and gets really depressing. Pretty much the arc of his life.

Yeah, that guy did a ton of great stuff- both Magnolia, and Songs Ohia alike. Enjoy digging, there are many treasures.

Let's go Rockies!!!

Do they remind you of a solid alibi you have for when you were lifting weights with Tobin, Squeeb and PJ? But seriously, you have revealed that this could be a practice enjoyed by the sane.

Yaaaaaassss, Brewerrrrrrrs!

John Oliver once again, nailed the critical comedy on this better than anyone else. As he points out, Kavanaugh shared the year that his dad started reminiscing on Christmas Eve, calendar in hand. If the story is to be believed, a 14 year old Kavanaugh sat with his dad and listened to him share his calendar to celebrate the holidays. Which is either a really weird lie, or a really weird truth.

Holy shit Rockies vs. Dogers AND Brewers vs. Cubs for playoffs. Two tied rivalries. If the universe is kind we'll see the Rox and the Brewers emerge victorious.

I am proficient in both chronology and major league baseball.

Go Brewers.

There've been a few times in the last two years where I've talked about doing the right things for the wrong reasons is somehow still better politics. Sometimes I'm such a pragmatist I think I have a robot heart. Or maybe such an optimist I'm going to fly off on a date with Mary Poppins.

The FBI are going to investigate it. In a round about way, Flake somehow convinced the Republicans to do the right thing. A pig just flew by my window.

How is this vote going to go down tomorrow? None of my usual media sources are dumb enough to say they know. Are there any Republicans that don't want to go down as the party of Roy Moore?

I found these again. "Everyone Hides" should be the better of the two, great groove, great energy, and then it ends after a minute and a half. Probably the only reason it wasn't on the record. Catchy tune though.

At first glance, I'd put "Some Birds" in the "Taste the Ceiling", "Summer Noon" category. Kind of breezy folk pop with a Beatlesesque guitar lead. I'm curious to hear the rest.

One of my favorite things Jeff ever said in an interview a few years ago was that it's his job to stay curious and that's the most important thing for him. I found that inspiring and decided in some ways it's part of my literal job, but more so part of my career as a professional life-liver, to stay curious. This is a really long-winded way of me saying that I really like Wilco following whatever twists their creative life takes. To me Schmilco might be a slightly lesser Wilco album, but I love that they followed that path to explore making a weird little intimate record. I'd take two more a

There's another Tweedy song on that soundtrack. We were moaning about how you can't buy them individually a while back. To get them you either have to spend the $10 or whatever for the whole soundtrack, or do something illegal.

Sometimes hating Trump gets boring. It's such a consistent feeling when you're trying to keep up with the news that it almost gets tiresome. It doesn't mean that I want to turn it around and like him, more like my emotional balance requires me to feel nothing towards him and leave my disapproval and criticism to be coldly cerebral, less visceral. I'm not a very hateful person, and that guy just exhausts my hate. Sometimes he's so shitty it's fascinating and funny, but mostly lately I just want him to be ruined and go away, and let us have really boring conversations about the mixed blessing