lost highway

I'm trying to figure out what all of the snippets of our national dialogue are telling us about how our country is thinking right now. We've had more gratuitous examples of police brutality and overuse of force/deadly force, and then we have this dentist asshole who killed this lion. And everyone gets really pissed off at the guy. And then everyone else gets really mad at people for caring about the lion when they should be upset about something else (consumption of animals, abortion, starving Africans, global warming, the Iran deal). Sorry, my facebook feed is a mess right now with Cecil

Exactly. WAV is the best.

I mostly buy vinyl, but I listen to a lot of mp3s, as do a lot of people who say that cds suck, which is ironic.

CDs sound good.

If it goes through and is properly implemented it will keep Iran nuke free for 15 years. I agree that they're sketchy, but what would you do? Topple their military, build a democracy putting moderates in office and train a new military to defend them against extremist revolutionaries?

I forgot Dexter Fowler went to Chicago. I was sad when he left us too.

Taste the Ceiling occupies a similar space to You and I, but I think it's better. I like Feist too, just a better tune for the easy going 70s pop number. Part of it is the rhythm on the bridge (on the "I know why" part) with the little gap before a very tasteful guitar solo. It's good.

We've been bracing ourselves for Tulo's exit for the last two seasons. I love the guy, but he's a costly player who's prone to injuries and slumps. At least he didn't go to the Yankees.

Yeah, my band has taken a very small margin on our LP, which is an easier ideal to hold up when you've only invested in a few hundred copies and it's not your job. The saddest thing is the horrifically slow turn around from the plants. Bigger orders can push things through (like Wilco) but the DIY folks have to wait for half a year.

Great interview. I'm still hungry for more Star Wars specific discussion.

Your Cubbies could be the way we get the Rox back on top of the Diamond Backs and the slumping Padres. But don't worry, even if the Rockies can maintain competence (fingers crossed) the Cubs get to play the Brewers after that. Really a pretty easy couple of series for Chicago.

I just want someone to recognize that yesterday the Rockies beat the Reds 17 to 7!! 17 runs. They still want me to believe.

I think he means Mike Bloomfield on Highway 61 Revisited.

It's a Neve and they may have gotten it just before The Whole Love. The recording side of their gear collection has come a long way since SBS. Edit: actually, I'm wrong there. They got it after TWL. They did have a Neve sidecar that got a lot of use on that record, but it was smaller, so it didn't cover everything on the way in, and they weren't able to mix all the way across the board the way they can now.

I have long disliked guitarists that "shred" too much; fill the measures with flurries of fast notes. I've realized through enjoying Nels, the reason I dislike that sound usually is not necessarily because it's fast leads, but because guitarists in the rock category tend to approach those flurries with the same patterns, scales, and phrasing. If you slow it down, they're often playing very similar things. That's what makes people call it "wanky", very familiar patterns. Nels opens up his fret board and his fast picking to express so many more musical ideas. His extensive jazz and avant-g

There are some flagrant examples of overcharging in here, but generally I've found vinyl is more expensive. Years ago CD's were $10-15 and LPs were $12-16. Now most new releases on wax are $18-25. I guess the struggling industry is trying to get more margin out of a committed niche market.

They pulled info from the study. It's not exactly damning. Other than thinking rationally about the available info, and thinking critically about the lack of info, you have to ask how the money effects the discussion. Who has the most to gain by manipulating the dialog. It's no conspiracy, there's a clear history of using financial and political muscle to do just that. Do you think there's a reason for it?

The same EPA that congress won't allow to be advised by actual scientists? Yeah, no collusion going on there. But I suppose any skepticism towards environmental degradation for short term profit is pure communism? Actually, our mild-mannered EPA did have some negatives on fracking. What you were reading was the GOP retell. The study was weak because big oil lobbied them out of collecting new data, but they still found it can be dangerous for drinking water. As confirmed by this decidedly non-partisan resource: http://www.factcheck.org/2015/06/clearing-up-claims-on-epa-fracking-study/

Nice work, very "pro" sounding production. Kind of sounds like Ben Gibbard singing for the Gaslight Anthem, if you like that.

Yeah, that's wrong times three. 1) kraut rock of previous album, 2) more accessible than previous album and 3) diminishing returns. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

I wonder if at this point they're even going to do a round of interviews. I'd love to hear more about the album process and the band’s mindset. It's been pretty much silent in that regard 'round the interwebs.

That's how I like my record reviews, spiced with cricket metaphors.

Sooo... I know marriage equality is HUGE and the Confederate flags going down was the right way to go, but who else is feeling like the TPP (Teans Pacific Partnership) deal is the backroom, ominous piece of our American political moment. Maybe it's not getting the attention it deserves.

And better than every song on WTA.

This guy gets it.