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Yep, so they are. Right here, in fact. Well, more power to the people.

The "That Truncheon Thing" blog posted 192kbps MP3s of last week's World Cafe performance/interview. Four tunes: Side With The Seeds, Muzzle Of Bees, Sky Blue Sky, and What Light. Excellent audio quality. Wilco sounds pretty good too.

"Somehow I want to say it all in the perfect Wilco mix tape."

Wilco's great at saying Wilco. Wilco's not so great at speaking for you. I've dubbed my share of mix tapes, I'd like to think. Yeah I remember putting the one song on that really said how I felt, more eloquently and emotionally than I could have said it. And I remember waiting, hoping she'd pick up on it. If I'd been in the same shoes, would I? Probably not. Even if I'd noticed those specific lines, I wouldn't have put much faith in them. It's somebody else's song. She should believe it because I came out and said it. Whatever eloquence you can muster will be enough.

That said, under no circumstances would I lead with "I'm The Man Who Loves You" if you haven't already confessed it. If you want her to dig Wilco, fill the tape with the songs that move you. If you want to say something to her, just tell her.

I just picked up an unopened copy off fleebay for about $20. Would there be something different to expect from a repress?

Whew, there's the praise I'm lookin for.

Well, you know, look at mine too even if it's just to humor me.

I agree that Photoshop's kind of overkill for just overlaying text. But shoot, I found a high-res scan of Jeff online a while ago, here's a shot at it. When I play that song at work, why do my cow-orkers look at me like I'm demented? I don't even shout along.

I live in Cincy and Wilco comes during the one week I'll be gone in a six-month stretch. [throat-gurgling sound] Well I saw them at Tall Stacks last year, hopefully I'll see them again. If I loan someone a microcassette recorder...? (It's like a cassette recorder, but much crappier.)

Check out the monster AVS Forum thread about recording to your Mac via Firewire.

I recorded the Wilco/Bright Eyes ACL in HD with an EyeTV 500. It's an over-the-air recording, and though it plays through nicely, I couldn't make any sworn statements as to bitrate or absolute quality. The one-hour recording is ~6.3GB, as I recall. Wilco's portion clocks around 2.6GB as a fat ol' MPEG-2 file. So, um, what would I do with it? Are the VC torrents dead and gone?