lost highway

This exchange strikes me as particularly important at this moment in our global dialogue about terrorism. https://youtu.be/PzusSqcotDw Cnn anchors look a bit daft here.

Yeah that one's a terrible piece of shit. Maybe the fact that it was a band I know but my empathy was up on this one (the way it always should be) and I'm feeling really gross about some of humanity right now.

Good one. I love the idea of Jeff driving around listening to Wilco roughs, metal and hip hop. I hope I'm that curious when I'm his age.

And can we finally be honest about how the low minimum wage is creating a need for safety net services like food stamps?

All of the back-and-forth reminds me of how hard it is to be non-partisan in our current political landscape. While I like having a lens (social-democrat/progressive) I often think I spend as much time wishing for a radical center as a response to our shitty media. There's so much we don't think about because it doesn't fit the narrative. I.e: George W. Bush in practice was relatively soft on illegal immigrants Barack Obama in practice has been quite harsh on immigrants (at least according to deportation rates), although his policy proposals are different Bill Clinton was one of the bigge

Yeah, except with darker hair.

Yeah Kasich started to appeal to my weird, liberal sense of what I want to see in a Republican. Some kind of classic, 20th century American republican who isn't a total ideologue, and is mostly interested in balancing the budget. Kind of like McCain before he started courting nutbags, or Bush senior at his most benevolent. Not the showing he was priming for at the debate though. Rubio has charisma, man. There have been so many times where I found myself liking him, and then I read about his policies and throw up in my mouth a little. But he has a likable presence. He's like a latino Mat

I wouldn't doubt that both of those guys were assholes, especially to each other, and especially in the autumn years of UT. I don't imagine them having a very healthy relationship in the Anodyne days, but it doesn't have much effect on my appreciation of that album, or Trace, or the entire Wilco catalog. I will say maybe Jay needed someone else to be relieved to be away from a few years later so he could keep up that quality song-writing.

Things change sometimes, but I'd like to think that at this point, 10 years with the same lineup, it's pretty stable.

I'd say high. The line-up has been pretty stable. Or wait, do you mean qualitatively the same? Like they'll be different people having lived for another year?

It's crazy to see shows on the calendar that are over a year away. These guys plan ahead. I wonder if this increases, or decreases the odds of the quicker Star Wars followup that Tweedy hinted at.

Man, did you see Jeb stumble all over himself when a reporter suggested if Benghazi is on Hillary, then 9/11 is on G.W? He almost couldn't form a sentence.

Only the Capitol Cities that are Far, Far Away. I'll be here all week.

Music is a lot like film and literature to me. There's this range from fun to cerebral. I think everyone on this board has an appreciation for stuff that can present both, because Wilco does. The avant stuff, the angular-free-form jazz, the abstract noise textures, when it's good is still something that requires me to force my attention to get much of a reward. This is the same way I feel watching an Ingmar Bergman film or reading Virginia Woolf. It's pretty reasonable to not be interested in doing this kind of "work" in your leisure time. I do it less often these days, but I find when I do I'

Got my vinyl. It sounds great. The only thing I loved design wise (other than the thrift-store cat cover) is how when you open the gatefold the big picture of the band looks like they're recording together live at the loft. Further inspection reveals it is an artfully done collage with each of them captured separately. I believe this is a visual metaphor for how the album was made.

So wait... you don't care about statistics, or you're interested in critiquing them at great length?

I have veered from blatantly anti-gun, to being somewhat of a sympathizer who is still in favor of some serious reform. I find the self-defense argument to be the worst reason. You can't really sideline the "gunslinger fantasy" and then talk "good guy with a gun" in the same breath. Talk about freedom, better still talk about recreation, talk about the biological need for hunting- these are seasonal uses, not hypothetical. Self-defense is the most far-fetched purpose a firearm in your home could have. The statistics don't support the horribly infrequent success of this, in contrast with

Pretty hilarious.

This Dems debate is interesting. Webb reminds me a little of vintage McCain: a chest beating moderate. Chaffee is done. Sanders and Clinton both drawing applause and getting jabs in, in good turn.

A Marc Maron Jeff interview would be amazing!

I still have my Traynor YBA3-Custom Head. Not that it's lost, but just to share Traynor love. It's my main amp, even over a Marshall JCM800.

With someone new to replace them, and as you like to point out, another gun. You have to combat poverty, it's the biggest cause of violence in our country.

Do you know what causes gangs? Do you think police and prisons will make gangs go away? You're a smart person, I won't lecture you on the effect of socio-economic class. Take the ecological model of human development: Fill in each of the blanks for someone who's born and raised in the ghetto. That's where gang members come from.

You can't prevent it. The goal is to radically reduce it. Think like a technocrat not an idealogue.

Well if we can't compare two countries because they are different, then what should we do? Only compare things that are exactly the same? While admittedly the cultural context around gun usage is different in every country, we have no choice but to look at the dynamics. The most important observable dynamic in gun measures is change. Where were they before, and how did they change. While we can't expect our outcomes, or circumstances to be exactly the same, we can, look at commonalities between measures nations have taken, that have proven their efficacy statistically. This is a lot h