thanks for the welcome. my initial reaction was to ignore, but after seeing the sparked discussion, I felt the need to respond. no hard feelings! after all, we're all on the same team, right? (wilco, the team)
Why not post a picture of a lurker, then? My post was a compliment to Wilco's songwriting. Don't read the boards much, just come infrequently looking for guitar tabs. I'll try to up my post count before I post again. I used to listen to Phish, but was never a huge fan, precisely because of my previous point.
If anything, and I've thought this before, I would say that Wilco sounds like the band that Phish tries to be on their later 'pop' efforts. That is, music with emotional substance.