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Shake it Off is really the only Wilco song that I can't tolerate.

Saw Ben Folds last night and he played all of Way To Normal, plus a lot of ben folds five songs. Fantastic show.

Yeah, and they completely reworked the songs for the commercials. Took out lyrics, changed up the song structure a bit or something.

I don't think so. I remember when he was writing that blog for the NYTimes he talked about recording with his current bassist and drummer (Martin Dosh).

New Andrew Bird album, "Noble Beast," is coming out this January. Stream new song here: Oh No Tracklisting via Pitchfork 01 Oh No 02 Masterswarm 03 Fitz and the Dizzyspells 04 Effigy 05 Tenuousness 06 Nomenclature 07 Not a Robot, But a Ghost 08 Anonanimal 09 Natural Disaster 10 Confess 11 Souverian 12 On Ho! I couldn't be more excited.

nope, sorry. He mentioned it at a show, and people were asking "who wrote the song about you???" and he didn't answer.

Does anyone know the story behind Brainwascht? He said someone wrote a song about him, so he wrote one back to them.

Hiroshima is awful indeed. I skip it every time. I like a lot of the music on the album, but the lyrics are pretty juvenile on most of the songs. Good news is he confirmed he will be recording an album this winter with author Nick Hornby, so hopefully the writing will improve drastically. I'd say my favorites on this album are the slower tracks, "Cologne" and "Kylie From Connecticut." Dr. Yang is fun too.

i thought that at first too, but you can change it back to the old format really easily. Top right, it says "view" and there are 3 different options.

I'm drawn to music with: -good melodies -lots of layers -use of piano -use of strings in a non-gratuitous manner

SPIN magazine has a full stream of the album version of Bitch Went Nuts-- http://www.spin.com/articles/ben-folds

patience?

here's the allmusic review. they gave it 3/5 and this review does a lot of compare and contrast between the 2 albums.

The show is going to be available on myspace or the other sponsor of the show, so you'll be able to watch it whenever I think. And I'm sure someone will rip that to an mp3.zip.

That's such a great photo blog.

and thats probably why i don't like it as much.

I loved the debut, but I listened to the new one the other day and it just seemed kinda dull. I'm sure I'll give it a few more listens, but it just didn't have the hooks and charm that the first album had.

This show sold out in like 3 minutes. Tickets are going for 500-1000 dollars on ebay and craigslist.

For anyone in the NYC area, Pronto is playing their first gig in over a year on Sept 28 in Brooklyn at Union Pool/

I'm proud of my Bobcats today. Put a little scare into the buckeyes.

Review of Way To Normal from Paste Magazine:

We are polar opposites then. I: A. Always download albums, not just singles or individual songs B. Rarely pay for them (unless it is a favorite artist or group) C. Usually get them from music blogs/torrent sites

Ben Folds posted some interesting info on a folds fan site today: Most likely something involving Ben possibly uniting with the former members of the Five for a night, or at the very least Darren Jesse's band Hotel Lights will open.