uncool2pillow

Well said!

I just got done with my first listen and am listening to Schmilco for comparison because, I haven't honestly listened to it that much. I am listening to both through headphones. I think I like the production on OTJ better. The drums pop more and there are more places where Nels' guitar is out front. Probably my favorite moment one listen in is the guitar solo on We Were Lucky. Overall, I can get why some like this album (moody, layered, quiet, introspective) and others don't (no real rock songs, lacking melody, similar to Schmilco and recent solo efforts). Probably my biggest disappointmen

This guy doesn't get it... https://ultimateclassicrock.com/wilco-albums-ranked/ I know we're still 3 days away from OTJ's official release, but I'm going to take a stab at it. 1) AM 2) BT 3) ST 4) YHF 5) AGIB 6) SBS 7) W(TA) 8) TWL 9) SW 10) Schmilco 11) OTJ

I don't recall ever seeing Mikael play an actual piano before. That song sounds like it could belong in TWL, which is fine with me.

I love it. I haven't listened to the whole live set yet, but there are some really great cuts on there. I always thought "I Won't" was one of their weakest tracks ever and even that's listenable. I saw them the night after the live set here at Roy Wilkins Auditorium in St. Paul. It was the night after my first date with the woman who would become my wife. I was in college at the time and spent the rest of that summer working at a summer camp about 3 hours away so I have a pretty emotional connection to that show and the "Can't Hardly Wait".

Pretty well aware of this. I might even assume after attending 100s of shows, he's gotten to know the guys in the band a bit. I was just curious about how appearing in the video came about. Who asked him? How long did it take? Any anecdotes from the filming?

Palace Theatre would be a great venue for Wilco, IMO. Saw Bob Mould there last year. Kind of like The Riviera in Chicago, standing room on the floor, sitting in the balcony.

I'd be curious how your involvement came about. How fun!

Great video. I just wish they'd picked an angle of the Marina Towers (which I always want to call Mariana, for some reason) that didn't have the Trump Tower in the background.

Milkwood LP on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/01QKvfBXwoa3wokVJx21m7?si=RUfd9_biS9a82UeWVgOVuA

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Ric-Ocasek-Cars-Singer-Dead-in-NY-at-75-560430391.html Pulled up the first Cars LP after seeing the news. Brilliant stuff.

I great day! Wish I was there.

I had a friend in Berlin for work who was able to go. He sent a video with a minute or so of Reservations. It sounded great. Here's how he described the venue.

Kurt Vile doing Passenger Side should be good.

So we've officially stopped counting the number of "nothing"s on Misunderstood, eh?

I never realized the noise on Via Chicago was supposed to replicate walking under the L. It works!

Damn, I've been under the wrong impression for going on 3 decades or more. Thanks! Good call!

YESSS!!

The Police were great with that kind of iconagraphy too!

Definitely the most effective use of the Union Jack by a British Invasion band.

After seeing KISS last night, I was thinking about bands that had great marketing. Not bands created specifically by marketing (boy bands, Spice Girls, etc.) but marketing that pushed bands to higher levels. Here are a few... 1) KISS, duh! 2) Grateful Dead 3) Rolling Stones (mostly from the iconic Warhol lips and tongue alone) 4) The Beatles, esp. in the moptop days 5) Wilco 6) Most hair metal bands

KISS

Oh geez. When I read that he died I thought I'd remembered him being sick at some point. Another tragic loss! Take care of yourselves, people! Reach out for help if you feel the need.