napoleon

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/02...tter/index.html

4. Wilco

 

In 2000 and 2001, the Chicago rock band Wilco recorded an artsy album that departed from the band's previous folk-inflected work. The record, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, didn't sound quite like what the band's label, Reprise Records, was hoping for. Although the album isn't aggressively grating, it wasn't full of the radio-friendly rock that the cash-strapped imprint needed to churn out a few hit singles. Reprise refused to release the album and dropped Wilco from its roster. As part of their severance from the label, the band got to take the master tapes of the record with them.

 

Without a label to release the album, Wilco decided to simply stream it on their Web site for free. As critical buzz for the record built, Nonesuch Records (like Reprise, a subsidiary of Warner Brothers) bought Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and gave it a commercial release in 2002. The record was a critical smash; it topped many critics' best-albums lists for the year. It was also a commercial success, selling close to 600,000 copies.

seeing as you're up in leeds to start with, you've really got to go to the lake district for a day or two. oh, but it's got nothing to do with punk - it's just the most beautiful part of the country - maybe lake coniston, where donald campbell died trying to break the world water speed record in the 60's is pretty punk rock (although the lake is one of the worst to look at).

 

a lot of those things you said, i presonally wouldn't bother with, although things like 100 club is on oxford street (which is the main street in central london) so it's hardly hard to find. really there's nothing to see unless your seeing a band - the building is a dump. some of the museums in kensington are far better places to visit (the science muesum, the v&a or the natural history museum are far better places to visit - the area there is very very nice, and they are free to enter, or at least were). there's also greenwich and the national maritime museum (home of GMT etc...) which i'd say is culturally very important to us, and again, the area is very nice. you can actually take a river boat ride down the thames to get to it. stuff like westminster is best viewed at from a distance whilst crossing the river, or on the river, as opposed to up close. and i'd recommend seeing it at night actually - that's when it looks it's finest.

yeah, my friend i'm staying with is taking me all over leeds. and up through the country. which i'm really excited about. i love the country side here in tennessee, so it's going to be interesting to see the country side in another country.

even if it is a dump, i just want to stand in the building where so much history took place, knowing many of my favorite people in the world were once standing in the same building that i'm currently standing in.

i don't know if i'll go through many museums, but i'll definitely check out the national maritime. i'm more interested in seeing every single last castle in the UK. which, won't happen. but i'm going to try my hardest to go as many as possible.

thank you very much for you input!

i'm a stones fan. :/

There are a bunch of really great record shops in Manchester...if you have time to go there I'll locate a map of them and send it to you.

that would be amazing!

anyone know of any smiths/morrissey places to visit?

i'm leaving on august the 17th to go visit a friend in leeds and then backpack around the u.k. for a couple of weeks. i'm staying at her house up until the 24th, then her and her parents are leaving to go visit her aunt. so i decided to set out on an adventure of my own instead of going home. i'm going to see the sex pistols in london on september the 2nd (dream come true. the sex pistols changed my life in 6th grade) and then i'm going to see the stray cats on their farewell tour on september the 10th. and then, on september the 14th, the night of my 18th birthday, i'm getting drunk and going to see the adicts. i couldn't imagine a better way to spend the biggest birthday. the next day i'm taking a train back to manchester and flying out on september the 16th back to good ole' knoxville.

THAT BEING SAID.

i really need some help filling in the gaps. i've made a list of stuff i really want to go see. but i'm afraid there's so much more that i haven't even thought about. so i ask for your input. mostly, any movie locations, music venues, pieces of music history, historical buildings, etc. and any advice in general would be much appreciated.

so far my list of places to go:

stonehenge

westminister abbey

the steps where the picture for the clash's self-titled album was taken

abbey road

the 100 club

wells, where hot fuzz was filmed.

stanley kubrick's grave

joe strummer's farm house

basically, anything pertaining to film and punk rock. which are my two favorite things in life. but also any historical places.

input and stories are much appreciated! thanks!

i'm sorry, but it's always been my dream to beat A-Man.

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= more pictures of Jenny Lewis!

 

 

 

_Sorry.

I was coming into this thread to post the exact same statement after reading the subject title.

i didn't know they stacked shit that high!

"you ain't cool unless you pee your pants."

raise your hand if you pee in pools (either public or private).

i think the true question here is who defecates in the shower.

i'll let dboon have the privilege of starting that thread/poll.

i just don't like "doucherocket" man. doesn't work for me.

is that elton john's new single?

i saw there will be blood tonight and good god i have never seen a performance as great as daniel day lewis in that film.

cloverfield.

i thoroughly enjoyed this.

i'll admit, it had some flaws. it wasn't the fact the acting was bad, it was the fact that it could have/should have been more dramatic at times.

i loved how the macguffin was rob, and not the monster.

i heard "hate it here" at starbucks tonight.

OH MY GOD CONAN IS PLAYING A CHUCK BERRY SONG. MY LIFE IS COMPLETE.

EDIT: HOLY GUITAR SOLO

Strictly boxing? With all the rules thereof?

Ali.

But a street fight.. Lee for sure.

i just think lee's too fast. he'd fly in, throw a jab, and fly out before ali knew what hit him.

i still love the story about how he bet a reporter he could jab his hand 5 times before he said knockout. he got the reporter to stick up his hand and ali said, "say it". so, he said it. and ali stood there and said "wanna see it again?"

my friend and i always argue over who would win in a boxing match, bruce lee or muhammad ali, both in their prime. i still say bruce.

the new version really frustrates me. it keeps freezing up my browser. i have no clue why, my computer isn't slow and/or old.

i got bored today so i decided to edit together all of my footage from my road trip to see wilco in louisville last september. i hope you guys enjoy it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8FdJG8I4YM

brother what a night it really was...

for my birthday, i'm taking a road trip by myself to to toronto film festival, which ends on the 13th, so on the night of the 14th i'm going to the maple leafs game (if they play at home that night).

then, next winter break, my friend and i are going to seoul to visit her family and run around.

i can't wait.

cursive - domestica

go to a predators game.

i know i've already posted in here twice, but i don't care.

i remember in middle school when good charlotte and blink 182 got big and EVERYONE decided they wanted to be punk. they all started shopping at hot topic and wearing chuck taylors and ragged clothes. i remember getting bashed because i listened to the clash. the general consensus was that the clash were "some shitty pop band" and they weren't punk at all. back in those days it pissed me off when i heard that, but i find it hilarious now.

i don't know why i told that story, i just enjoy it.