snewman187

I've noticed a lot of talk about the inpiringness and/or dissapointment in the lyrics Jeff has written for the newest songs in 2006. A lot of people are upset by the apparent loss of intensity and cryptic language, and a lot of other people seem to love the simple, sweet, inpiring lyrics. I can't help but notice that a number of the songs on A Ghost is Born(ex. Hell is Chrome), and some of the new songs (I.e. Impossible Germany) seem to be similar to, or at least rooted from, the Poems in Jeff's book "Adult Head", which was published after the release of YHF. The book is a collection of Poems and music-less song lyrics that had been written before, but no not used until after YHF. It seems clear that for a large part, Jeff is using a bank of song Ideas that He's had and has been elaborating on for who knows how long? If this is true, is there actually that much of a change in the lyrics? It seems to me that the band is continuing to move in the direction and momentum they've been in over their entire career from A.M. to AGIB.

Does Nels Cline have Cerebral palsy? I noticed at the show, which, by the was was incredible and Nels is a fantastic guitarist, and Ive noiced him in the past videos with Wilco and solo that he seems to shake and twitch alot, which seem to help, not hurt, his guitar skills, but I was just wondering if he's playing a character, or has a nervous disorder, or a speed or coke addiction or what? If asnyone has any insight... I'd be curious to know.