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Louis Armstrong? Who he? Oh, I get it. He's that guy in the Fritos ad? No?

This entire thread is redundant and backed up by some of the most poorly-thought-out arguments I've ever seen. In reply to the original post about hearing that Jeff and Wilco had 'allowed' one of the group's songs to be used in a VW commercial, I admit I found it a little unusual, but I think its drawing a pretty long bow to accuse them of selling out. As a musician of more than 22 years experience, with quite a few albums out and little to show for it besides a lot of good memories, it would be a dream come true to be able to have a car ad use something I wrote but hadn't released. Someone he

I own a Blueridge acoustic guitar - the price was right, way more in my purchase range for $1200 (here in Australian pesos) than the $2500+ it would cost me to purchase a Martin, Guild, Gibson or Taylor. Obviously, they have to be shipped a fair distance! But for mine, the Blueridge is one of the nicest sounding guitars I've ever owned (and I've owned a few). Sounds better than the only Gibson I ever owned for sure. I considered buying the J45-alike model but the one that won me in the end was the D-28-looking model. Very happy with it, acoustically and running through a DI, sounds sweet and

I love it when Ferecito is making fun of Jeff's lyrics 'inna disco' with his 'New York' friends, and the camera just flies over to Tweedy, who glowers at the camera shaking his head. I don't know why Jeff isn't writing comedy or doing stand-up. He's fugging HILARIOUS. His one-liners are gold. I can't believe that so many people thought JT was actually being serious about the place in the Hamptons, or sacking his broker. I mean, come on people. You lot need more irony in your diet.

Whoa. Yngwie Malmsteen?? I went and saw him once, here in Sydney at the Hordern Pavilion about 18 years ago. He kept kicking his picks off the toe of his shiny snakeskin boots after every solo. Since it's all about the solo, the first few picks (one of which nailed me in the forehead) nearly caused a riot. After a while, there were picks everywhere and it seems like everyone in the front row had a couple to spare. Eventually, I invented eBay so I could sell my picks. I also have a Willie Nelson pick. And a Pete Anderson. But not a Nels Cline. Therefore I have discredited your argument complete

Now that my vinyl has just arrived this afternoon, I accidentally put it on the stove instead of my turntable. I now have a functional receptacle for the ashes of er, some American flags that I *ahem* accimadentally torched, and also my entire Wilco CD collection, which I sort of burned. It also makes a damn nice ashtray. Nah. I kid. I gave it to my dad. He LOVES the Eagles.

I'm crankin' SBS at work RIGHT NOW and my work mates are popping up like meerkats over the cubicle dividers going, "Ooh, that's cool!". And I'm all like, "Whatevs. Losers." Nah, I love my colleagues. They have good taste in music. Although someone just said, "I thought Wilco were like ART ROCK or something. This sounds like old people's music." Dude. WTF??? What is it with young people >25? Little bastards. This from a guy with a wedge haircut. ART ROCK. Well, I never. Now pumping - Side With The Seeds through crappy desktop speakers - still sounds great. Man - this album is unreal.

Man - I just got my copy of Sky Blue Sky from Red Eye here in Sydney this afternoon and am now at home (dodging work) and listening to it. Sounds fabulous. And the pic of the band in the loft. I hope I go there when I die. So many instruments. Looks cosy! And yes, very Band-esque photo it is.

Actually, for my money, that's a pretty ace review. A little esoteric at times, but you get the feeling the reviewer has given it more than the cursory one or maybe two spins these f***ers usually give a record before they consult spellcheck to make sure they get the words 'rehab', 'addiction' and 'Krautrock' correct. I doubt that JT reads too many of his reviews but if he does, my condolences man. As a reformed 'critic', I APOLOGISE on behalf of some of these half-baked, undergraduate dicks and their cock opinions. Ooh. Me so ranty today. Time to medicate, methinks. *lays hands on bucket bong

Yep, annoying as hell and sadly, I found some of her comments witty. But bloody hell, leave the comedy to those best suited for it in a medium where it's sorta appropriate. That really shat me off. Now - I'm glad I wasn't the only one with a feeling of uncertainty about the 'Dougie' Howser reference. Oh no - Krautrock and painkillers. Really? Glad that we can kind of dumb the whole Tweedy/Wilco experience into two key phrases. Here's my two phrases for our correspondent - Overpaid. Undergraduate. And obviously if it sounds like Crowded House (which it doesn't), then that's got to be a bad t

It IS getting repetitive, all these interviews. I get the sensation that Tweedy would rather have some more of that root canal treatment sans anaesthetic, thank you. Journalists are a pain in the ass - I know, I'm one - and whenever there's a tight deadline or the article needs to be tweaked "for an audience who may not be aware that JT went to rehab and blah blah blah" - come on. The UNCUT article pained me because anyone who reads that mag regularly would be more than well appraised of such things. Repetitive - and yet, I thought the Phoenix article was pretty well-written all in all. And a

Even though it took me almost an hour to type that article in, the whole time I was doing so, I was thinking, "This McKay bloke is kind of a pillock". he's clearly gone into the interview process with a mindset that typifies English music journalism at the moment - shoddy, slipshod and prone to generalisation (my own sweeping generalisation about English music journalism notwithstanding). It wasn't always thus - in fact, some of my favourite music writers of the past 40 years have been English. But really - Jeff is one hundred per cent correct about the shitty Babyshambles and the ludicrous me

Morning all! Here's the interview with Uncle Jeffro from the June 2007 Uncut magazine for your coffee and danish perusal. HAPPY...ME? Jeff Tweedy has been addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs, and fought bitter wars with his bandmates. Now, on his sixth Wilco album, he's facing yet another great challenge - contentment. At least he's still got Babyshambles to rant about... Words by Alastair McKay Followers of Wilco have grown to expect a rude surprise. "We put out a record and people say it's a big change," says Jeff Tweedy. "I always have to remember, you piss somebody off every tim

I'd say amen to that. It's my favourite off AGIB, and definitely evokes sensations of calm in an album that's actually pretty tense and anxious at times, though in a good way. Of all the lyrics that JT's written over the years (and I love 'em all), the lyrics on this particular album are his best, though SBS is rapidly gaining ground too. "Fill up your mind with all it can know/don't forget that your body will let it all go". Wow. Damn, that's *insightful*. So, Slothrop... do you enjoy a little Pynchon?

Whoa. I'll be there. At the Enmore. Wearing a goofy smile. It's been a while since I've seen our heroes. I'm ecstatic that it's come around so damn fast. I had to miss out on the pixies to justify the ticket cost and I think it's worth it! So... See you guys there I guess...

Clearly there's a strong similarity between the two songs - I noticed it straight away and while it was distracting at first (particularly how the guitar solos seem to echo very strongly Jay's lonesome twangin' on Far Far Away), I can still appreciate the differences between the two also. I love the lyrics to both songs. "The drunks were ricocheting" - nice one. "Windows open and dreaming" - also tasty. I suppose you could draw (clumsily) an analogy with some of Dylan's songs, which have been known to recycle similar chord patterns (Girl From the North Country, Knockin' On Heaven's Door) whil

Yep - Glenn Richards is indeed the support act. Why, I have no idea. Not that Augie March are particularly bad at all, in fact, I think that band would have been a better choice than Gelbison and Gersey were here in Aust last time. But Glenn Richards solo... hmmm. Interesting prospect. I've seen him play solo before and he seems to be afflicted with a terrible nervous twitch that makes watching him quite awkward. Which bands would you blokes have chosen as a support act?

As a long-time UT/Wilco (and yup, even some SV) fan, I'm forever enticed by the way Tweedy has moved ahead. He's so f***ing restless musically that he's never content to just pander to fans by giving us what we (or some fans anyway) 'want'. I didn't 'want' Summerteeth necessarily but in time it surpassed Being There for me, and then I guess YHF really lost me. I mean, really left me confused and reeling. It wasn't until AGIB came out that I really thought they'd lost it but in that same way that Summerteeth snuck up on me and punched me out repeatedly, AGIB became one of my favourite albums. I