Nonlinear Nonfiction

Sky Blue...Sky?

Bravo for that web-find.

Chuck Close version of me...by a bunch of 10 year olds. I used to work at a summer camp (the same one Bob Zimmerman went to!) and I was really in with the girls who ran the art department. They always told me I had a big head! Anyways, they took a polaroid of me, made a grid of my face and then gave each of their 5th graders a square about 1 inch X 1 inch. The kids had no idea what they were making, but were instructed to only use fingerprints of black and white paint to enlarge their mini-square onto a larger one. The art teachers assembled the squares and revealed this in the dining room!

I think they should include these in bonus CD or something with the actual store-release. Just so people still buy the album!

I hear ya. What I love about all of Wilco's albums is that each one takes a step in a new direction...every record builds on their previous work and yet they maintain what their fans have grown to love. Tweedy always seems to find a way to introduce some kind of new element on every release. The first transformation we witnessed was when the band made an effort between A.M. and Being There to get away from an album full of twangy alt-country. Each album since then has continued to grow. This time I think it is Nels and Sansone in the studio. Wilco's albums, for me, are as much about what hap

I remember my uncle's cousin's brother's daughter's boyfriend's best-friend's grandpa's dog's breeder's vet's assistant's sister's neighbor's rabbi... - You Are My Face Just kidding...I actually really like this song.

Phew! You had me worried for a second, I thought that was a fact! They are hardly comparable in both the kinds of contributions they make to the band (song-writing versus guitar solos) and also their style of play. I don't see Nels jamming on the keys. I love Nels, I also love Bennett. Post-Bennett Wilco is just a different band...in my opinion. But they each only have one head...

So THIS is how Pitchfork does it!

There ought to be a thread designated for PM requests?

I loaded the player last night and left it open until this morning and I'm listening right now! wooohoo

Who?

Go.

You're all wrong...it will be a track that already leaked.

better yet, search this: http://blogsearch.google.com/

Sorry everyone, they're officially gone gone gone...

copyrighted material...thats my guess

Actually, it looks like the songs may have been taken down from the blog they were posted on, too... although only from the front page...

Haha, i thought the same thing right away - it answered my other question, too: did they have special permission to post these?

Is Tweedy harmonizing with himself on You Are My Face?

I hope so...more versions! more versions! more versions!

When you're done listening to those mp3s, check out the dude doing a cover of "Hey Ya" from this blog's post the day before... Also, SarahC...what drugs do you take in the morning?

What drugs are you taking with your breakfast?

I think these are solid songs. Put on some headphones and appreciate how terrible the sound quality of these mp3s are...very flat. Now that is coming from someone who typically doesn't care or claim to be able to tell such things, but the sound is so flat that I really think these incredible songs will be even more incredible when we hear them in their full depth. Anyone else notice?

I don't think anyone is bitching...yet. I sure hope this waiting game doesn't turn violent, let's all stay friends.

To each his own.