lost highway

So I imagine the digital release will be equally delayed?

^ Yeah, and producers like Burnett, Lanois and Rick Rubin seem most useful at helping artists get out of their own way, to get down to the basics, and to let the songs flow. Kind of artist-whisperers, zen guru type of guys. It so happens that Jeff is one of the least needy songwriters in this regard. He's literally written books about how to achieve these frames of mind. Again, I don't think the guys need a producer, and I'm pretty sure they don't want one, but as a matter of mash-up curiosity in addition to the Nigel Godrich idea, I'd be curious to see what would happen if they wo

There's something to this in that Tom Schick has been pretty firmly in the engineer role at the loft. He faithfully captures the sounds being made and uses his skills to present them in the way the artist/producer directs. Since that's Jeff the basic vibe of the presentation, the sonics, is coming from Jeff. I'm sure some of it is collaborative, it always is, but Schick is there to accomplish what the people he's working with are asking for. You could also point to The Whole Love which is the only Wilco record co-produced by Pat Sansone. There is a different kind of meticulousness

Never thought I'd catch Margo Price. Opening for Wilco at Red Rocks, good enough!

Yes! I didn't even know about this. Thanks guys.

I think Wilco needed a producer when YHF was a messy pile of layers in want of direction and they were lost. Jim O'Rourke helped them find their record. These days they seem to know exactly where they're headed. Whether it's to your liking is entirely up to you, but I don't think they're looking for someone to provide direction.

This makes all kinds of sense. Also you wouldn't want to build up to the YHF reissue in order to have it eclipse the news around a new physical release. It would be better to let one record have it's moment of hype, then roll out the other on it's heels. Their publicist will thank them for it.

Yeah in other interviews he mentioned that there was already an album worth in there. On his substack this week he said he didn't have any news that he could talk about 'yet'. Which could be anything (or nothing) but part of me imagined the boys manically releasing a double album followed by a single album in the same year. Far too much to ask but a fan can dream

How different are the versions from the ITMWLY single?

The story about Trump fighting the secret service for the wheel of the Presidential limousine was priceless.

I did not know that. Is it the same at futbol games? I suppose the toreadores no hablan Catalan! Back on topic: another nice recap bbop!

It's on YouTube for anyone who didn't preorder. Much crunchier and kind of slick version. I wonder if that's Glenn on there.

Excellent.

Couple quick things: 1- Bbop I love these recaps especially when the boys are in some of my favorite places playing in unusual circumstances. 2- Castilian pronunciation- "thar-ah-go-tha" is spot on. It gets extra fun to my North/South American Spanish dialect ears to think of a Spaniard going to the "though de tharagothah" (the Zaragoza zoo if they even have one). In the efficient nationally preferred word for casual approval, I say "Vale". 3- provincial mockery of the Welsh or any other GB culture is always welcome, lads. You can pretty much make them up and an American

I would actually be into both of these versions. I love TWL and it could continue it's kaleidoscopic approach for another 10 songs. I'd also add London Calling is another classic 'variety pack' double album (as is Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness by that other Chicago band). You might be on to something.

I'll check it out!

I watched some videos some generoso caballeros put up of this and it was fascinating. I don't imagine that it will make a lot of fans call for dropping one of the best living guitarists from the lineup, but it's kind of an exciting alternate for those of us who have been following this band for decades. They sound surprisingly fragile as a five piece which is captivating but less grand. The "play it like the record" I'm the Man Who Loves You is well suited for 5 with Pat's strummy acoustic carrying the rhythm and Jeff's fuzz leads sounding needly without the usual wall of guitars.

I love that guy. What a gentleman.

^ This is the mood of Star Wars to me. "The Joke Explained" and "Random Name Generator" are kind of absurd and joyful.

^ I'm curious what are some successful examples of albums that are mostly comedic. Newman's satire comes to mind but it's often as upsetting as it is funny. I get the feeling Zappa goes there but I don't mess with his stuff.

This is astute. I love TWL but it's the variety pack model. Curious though, if you go back through you can hear the seeds of Star Wars in songs like I Might, and the approach of CC in One Sunday Morning and Black Moon.

The great I’d slap the cuffs right on my wrists I’d get so high I’d arrest myself For honeysuckle on a buckle Broken teeth biting on my belt ^ Such a beautiful set of images for something so dark! We stretched our necks to hear below the decks But our fears were never real enough so we would just project ^ This captures the problem of xenophobia for me in a way that is vivid but not at all preachy. The not so great For someone who has frequently written lyrics that absolutely captivate me, Tweedy occasionally puts together some

There's a good one in Casper!

I think all of the long haul folks here have had one. It's okay not to love it all. They lost me once a few albums ago and as they tend to do the very next one was totally different.

Yeah, it's gotten gnarly. Something about Facebook tends to move things towards a base level argument which is a lot of feelings, but not a lot of thoughtful discourse. Now the posts about people griping about what other people keep saying are one step removed from the music. I'm trying to figure out some of my own guidelines for how fans can pick apart of piece of art without it descending into whatever went on there. I don't need other people to like this record the way I like it, I can tell some people's appreciation dwarfs my own fanboy tendencies. I think where it gets off cou