Moe_Syzlak

I have a few extras for each night that I need to unload. Happy to take face plus fees (or what I paid to Ticketbastard) $35 each. PM me if interested.

Looks pretty nice. I will have a hard time making it this year, but if the schedule lines up right, I might head down on Friday night. I will miss some of last year's highlights (Flaming Lips, Raconteurs, Ween), but there is plenty of goodness to make up for their absence!

My point is that they aren't the opponents of climate change. There are plenty of scientists not affiliated with Bush (even some - gasp - leftwing ones) that don't think humans are the main cause of climate change. And I'm willing to bet some of them even don't manipulate data (though we'd all probably be shocked if we knew how many scientists in general actually do this kind of thing).

Yes but they are the vast minority and it doesn't serve the public when the majority of the scientific community is roundly ignored by an entire branch of government. Debate/peer review is an essential part of science and will always exist. You can't wait for 100% consensus. (sorry for popping in and out of this so I hope I'm not repeating too much) Besides, where to place the blame is infinitely less important IMO than what to do about it since there is near consensus that climate change is occurring and will represent a problem for our planet/species.

My ex-girlfriend is a PhD studying climate change for NCAR. Believe me, the science is there. The naysayers exploit the differences in the language of science from the language of the media/politicians/general public to create doubt. There is just about as much dissent that climate change is happening as there is that gravity isn't real, but it is still expressed -- in the language of science -- as a theory. Even if you believe humans aren't contributing (although there is pretty good consensus there too), why would NOT do something about it. It's like arguing about who left the toilet seat up in your cabin on the Titanic as it is sinking.

Well not exactly cheap (and usually there's a decent waiting list), but by far the best OD I've used is Paul Cochrane's TIM pedal. If you like the your amp's tone, this is the OD for you. Totally transparent.

I admit to being heavily biased towards the O'Rourke era ...

In rough order...

1. Poor Places

2. Muzzle of Bees

3. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

4. At Least That's What You Said

5. Ashes Of American Flags

6. Theologians

7. Company In My Back

8. I'm The Man Who Loves You

9. Misunderstood

10. You Are My Face

Honorable mentions:

Sunken Treasure

A Shot in the Arm

Pieholden Suite

Wishful Thinking

Been really into this version of Poor Places lately.

 

http://download.yousendit.com/578F942D4A19B116

 

9/15/04 St. Louis Fox Theatre

 

Starts closer to the YHF version than the KT one does. Has a killer noise freakout at the end

Me likey! Where can I get the rest of this show?

The Swimming Hour was my intro to Andrew and while agree with you that much of the album is different, the three tracks that hooked me are very reminiscent of his work to come: Why?, 11:11 and Fatal Flower Garden.

Here are some pics I snapped. The lighting was really dark for the whole show, so most didn't come out so hot.

I was there last night too. Great show. The new tunes really lend themselves to his live approach much better than the older stuff, so I was quite pleased with the setlist. Simple X was the highlight of the night for me. And I really enjoyed Apostle of Hustle as well. The crowd was eerily quiet. Normally I'd say that is a very good thing, but there was complete silence even in between songs. Weird.

I like the album a lot (with the exception of the recommended On & On & On which I now skip every time), but I do feel it is somewhat of a step backwards for the band. I feel their influences are much more naked hence almost every review referring to things such as "Sticky Fingers-era country-soul" and "Beatles-esque blitz of stomping pianos." That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it's also not what I was hoping for. I think SBS is an excellent album and has already received a lot of air time for me, but I can't agree that it is up there with their very best ... at least not for me. But that is why music is the best... no one person's tastes trump another's.

Oh and re:Pfork... I get a lot of good music recs from them, but I find their reviews so Indier-Than-Thou (I need to credit my friend Ben for that line) that it borders on Onion-esque parody. I love it!

Is hot chick who was just in custody for suspected treason, but is now acting head of CTU the same actress that played Audrey in Vegas Vacation? That movie was on TV the other night and I happened to catch a glimpse. They look like the same person.

here's a YSI of a few songs from each record. it's totally worth buying. i had a swanky cocktail party a while ago and RC was the soundtrack. if i had more money, i'd have had him play it live.

I have Lounge Against the Machine and while I think it is great to grab a song here and there and throw them into party mixes, I can't imagine listening to a CD straight through. It's novelty stuff for me.

1. Soft Bulletin

2. Yoshimi

3. Transmissions From The Satellite Heart

4. At War With Mystics

6. Clouds Taste Metallic

6. Zaireeka (mixed, of course)

7. In A Priest Driven Ambulance

I don't own the rest.

If you want to take the easy route and go with a mix, I really like the Batch#37 Bloody Mary Mix.

I am seriously considering an iPhone.

While the iPhone certainly looks sleek, I am wondering if it is form over function. I just can't imagine paying that much money (with no price breaks for service contracts) for a phone that is (other than its sleek design) about two years old in its technology. It has no high speed network and a limited battery life: two things that would be very important for me for a phone of this type. I also don't like not having actual keys. The virtual keyboard thing has never been comfortable for me. I don't even like the Blackberry keyboard types; I need a QWERTY keyboard. I have had a Treo for a few years and frankly (again other than the sleek design), I like the specs on my two year old Treo better than the specs on the iPhone. Of course this is all based on early reviews and info on the Apple web site. I've never actually tried the iPhone, so who knows ...

Even the most obviously troubled kids don't often grow up to commit atrocities like this.

This I agree with. I hesitate to speculate (there's enough of that going around), but I wonder if the stigma attached to mental illness played a role, either in the form of a reluctance to act on the part of the family or a reluctance to get help on the part of the individual (Cho). Obviously the guy already felt he was singled out and ostracized as "different." Our culture's attitudes towards mental health issues couldn't have made seeking help any easier. To be clear, please don't mistake this observation (or wondering aloud) as any sort of excuse for Cho's actions. The blame doesn't rest with anyone but him in the end, IMO.

I have avoided much of the coverage of this, but I do have a few thoughts I wanted to express. The thing about tragedies such as these is it provides a platform for EVERYONE and in the public's outrage and fear, they are more receptive to it. I, for one, am proud to live in a society where something like this CAN happen. Of course, I am not happy things like this DO happen. But locking up our kids, turning campuses into police states, banning video games and outlawing guns are all scapegoat responses that trade our freedoms for a perceived safety from a threat that is (thankfully) extremely rare. Not a fair trade in my book. I think we suffer (certainly in the U.S. and maybe as a species) from a syndrome of looking at symptoms as causes probably because it seems an easier fix. As tragic as this is, incidents such as this are still very rare. He didn't do what he did because he listened to Stairway To Heaven backwards (I have no idea what music he listened to) or because he played Doom or even because he was able to purchase guns. Millions of people do things such as that every day and never commit horrible acts such as this. In the end, freedom comes with a price... you can't be safe all the time. I would hate to see the Virginia Tech incident used as a platform to further restrict our freedoms as was done in the wake of 9/11.

Hype over substance.................boring

Arguing about the merits of something as subjective as art and/or entertainment is an exercise in futility... as is going into a thread about an artist or entertainer purely for the sake of insulting someone else's tastes.

Doesn't really matter anyway, does it? I mean it is up to the copyright holder(s) to decide how to best market their product, no? Perhaps it would be wiser for them to welcome music sharing, but it is their right to make that decision and the laws that make music sharing illegal are the ones that are specifically meant to protect that right.

'00s: Rings Around the World (with bonus disc); Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

'90s: OK Computer; The Soft Bulletin

'80s: Remain In Light; Graceland

'70s: Dark Side of the Moon, Blood on the Tracks

'60s: Abbey Road; Giant Steps

'50s (for good measure): Jazz at Massey Hall; Kind of Blue

I hope I'm right with the dates of all these...

Surprisingly, Wilco pulled off "Sky Blue Sky" with much less of an assist from O'Rourke, who is also Tweedy and Kotche's partner in Loose Fur. O'Rourke penned string arrangements for "Either Way" and "On and On and On," but his mix was ultimately scrapped in favor of a second attempt by Jim Scott that was more in keeping with the intimacy of the recording sessions.

Am I the only one who would like to hear O'Rourke's mix? I feel like O'Rourke's absence is tangible. Of course I am probably not the typical Wilco fan with YHF, Born Again in The USA and A Ghost Is Born as my top three Tweedy albums, so obviously I like what O'Rourke brings.

Flashbacks in remianing season 3 episodes:

I guess I would consider these minor spoilers, so ...

Sounds good to me!

Is this the so-called "iPod Killer"? I have a 4G iPod, but it never leaves my house. I have been using my Treo with 2GB memory card for my mobile music needs for a while now. But I have always said it would be the most logical next step as broadband mobile becomes ubiquitous to just stream from your home collection. I predict the first versions of this will be clunky and have less than adequate sound (for me at least), but in a few years time (at most), I predict the end of large HD DAPs in favor of solutions such as this.