lost highway

They advertised the Half Life seven inch with limited availability to order, so I jumped. $14 with shipping. Only Wilco could get that out of me for 2 songs.

I'm down. The facebook group would shit a brick, which would make me enjoy it even more, I'm embarrassed to admit.

I really love how they walked back some flavor-of-the-month, ultra hipster fashion bands that they were all hyperbolic about at the time. Like downgrading someone's eight point something rating to a five point something rating. Rock criticism is not science.

Huh, weird. Where'd you catch that?

^ Makes total sense and sounds awesome. I might be a cheapskate, but I imagine waiting for a few more gems, joining for a month and grabbing as many tunes as possible and then sitting out again for a bit. I'm down to pay the dude for his awesome stuff, but I don't spend $60 a year on downloads. That's a chunk of my vinyl budget, and I hope to buy some new Wilco vinyl in early 2022 with some luck.

Any of you subscribers care to share your enjoyment of the paywall songs, and possibly convince me to spend $6.00?

I think I've shared on here in the Someone Else's Song section- I met Grohl randomly at a cheesy Los Angeles club. I approached him and we proceeded to talk enthusiastically about rock music for a solid 5 minutes. No one else was around, he could have totally snubbed me, but he seemed legitimately psyched to hang out and talk. Nice dude. I can appreciate people feel some media fatigue from him though.

Looks like he might be posting some unreleased Wilco tomorrow behind the paywall. Or at least a fleshed out solo song. It was cool to see Nels throwing peppermint candies at his jazzmaster for no clear reason. I liked that.

Thanks. This is about a million times more than anyone has said yet, anywhere, on the internet. I've read all of it.

I'm pretty sure what people are seeing isn't "sold out for the night", it's that everything they brought on tour was sold out a few dates in. Maybe the whole pressing if it was limited enough.

Aw, shit it's got Glenn on there? Now I'm trying to think of all the dumber things I've spent $60 on in my life.

My take on every exclusive, collectors thing Wilco/Tweedy does is whatever you're down with, do it. I'm not into buying work of art, unprecedented packaging for hundreds of dollars, like the special edition Ode to Joy, but how could anyone be pissed at an artist for making a thing and selling it?

I've enjoyed it quite a bit, but as I'm hitting the paywall I'm not going to make the jump to a payed subscription. It's one of those 'new things' the kids are doing, that I'm too stubborn to change for. I'll preorder the next Wilco LP on vinyl though!

As a drum nerd I've really enjoyed Glenn's Instagram project of a beat a week. Most of them would take me at least an hour to learn, and some of them I might never get, but they're another inspiring piece of evidence of this guy's creativity. Anyhow, he recently posted a beat that was kind of a variation of IATTBYH but said he got into it after someone pointed out the Olivia Rodrigo song "Deja Vu" as a kindred spirit. I'm sometimes pop music ignorant, so I checked it out, and I have to think the drummer and/or producer used the Wilco track as a reference for their arrangement. Not

Curious to see how you can break down their selections by album, given their huge catalog this can leave fans of a particular album feeling like the material is under represented. AM: 1 BT: 0 ST: 2 YHF: 4 AGIB: 2 SBS: 3 WtA: 0 TWL: 2 SW: 1 Schm: 1 OTJ: 2 MMA: 1 Not too bad a spread, but yeah, not a lot of old school love in there.

It's interesting, he shared in a story that he had the idea for this song when jogging in Maine and he saw a roadside memorial. Maine is where famed mastering engineer Bob Ludwig's studio is. I can't remember what album was getting mastered at the time, but the idea of getting a new Wilco song on a jog, at the place where another album was getting its finishing touches is evidence of the endless creative spirit in that guy, which I get tons of inspiration from.

How is it no one on here has reviewed this yet?! (I mean, I know logisitically how it's possible). Two new studio recordings from these guys is big news in my little world.

^ Nice! Yeah, I think maybe Leroy was right when he said that any of the supposed short comings in the sound are blessings. My glasses are also rose tinted. Even after the Alpha Mike Foxtrot smorgasbord, I assume that there are loads of unheard tunes and versions sitting around the loft.

As much as Wilco stated this was the delayed continuation of the Ode to Joy tour, it looks from this set more like a variety of favorites, including some OtJ songs type of setlist. I'm glad I got to see them play 3/4s of the new record, but I'd also be perfectly happy to see them in action again playing a bit of everything.

As an audio engineer here, I'll say that this is exactly right. Mastering is the treatment of a stereo track to get it sounding ideal and prepare it for reproduction. I do think the "remastered" tag sometimes actually means "remixed" but they don't call it that because among laymen those terms mean totally different things (can you imagine the fury and confusion if some of these classic albums were rereleased with the word remix on them?). I might have read the same interview, and Jeff mentioned it after saying he thinks YHF has really poor fidelity and some of the elements sound boxy or tinny

This is cool. Has kind of a Scott Walker vibe.

This was my proverbial isolation/quarantine solo record: https://snappylittlenumbers.bandcamp.com/album/rust-colored-light Little folk, little rock n roll, little chamber pop, a pinch of afro beat thrown in for good measure.

I'm starting to think a new Wilco this year is unlikely as they're still working on it and it's June, but who knows? Maybe a winter release if we're lucky. New Sleater Kinney just might redeem them in my eyes. I'm a long-time fan and really lost interest with their recent turn. Which is odd because I like St. Vincent. The new Teenage Fanclub is so good. In pop land, Billy Eilish might wind up with an interesting album. I heard the new Lorde single yesterday and it's terrible.

As if our current era couldn't get more confusing, fictional Jeff Tweedy lead fake-band Land Ho, reprises their role playing what is now a very real Wilco track, "Pickled Ginger" as a guest on fake dude Andy Dwyer's band's soon to be real album of songs from TV show Parks and Recreation. I don't know exactly what we get out of this, but definitely some amusement.

Cool podcast concept. I look forward to listening to this and the Vernon interview. It looks like the latest episode isn't up quite yet. Edit: ooh, now I see it. This will make my drive to work more interesting tomorrow. Thanks!