J_Lefty

I have listened to the leak very often, but then again I also preordered the shirt/tote/vinyl/CD combo, so I have some rights...am I wrong?

Same here. I don't feel guilty after dropping the money. Plus I ordered four tickets to the Cincinnati concert, so I've invested quite a bit in W(TA) already.

in perspective, his life wasn't *that* unfair...he got to make music for a living. while he may not have made the greatest living off of it, he was still blessed enough to get to do what he loved. i don't think he'd say that's unfair at all.

Good perspective. It's always good to celebrate someone's life in these times rather than dwell in the sadness. Always easier said than done, though.

Sweet Relief, the charity started in the early '90s when Victoria Williams was diagnosed with MS, is still helping uninsured musicians. Wilco is on their list of supporters, too.

I'll be happy to chip in to whatever the decided charity will be.

You know, we should do something in honor of Jay. Any ideas?

 

I know I'll feel better if I do something. Maybe I'll donate to the organization that helps musicians without health insurance. I gotta figure out what the name of that is. Anyone?

I'd imagine his family will announce a preferred charity in lieu of flowers. That's pretty common among public deaths.

I was pretty frustrated with Jay when all the lawsuit stuff came up, but I think this really just highlights how desperate his situation was and how trivial all the drama was. This is really sad...

AM: That's Not the Issue

BT1: Forget the Flowers

BT2: Sunken Treasure

ST: I'm Always in Love

YHF: Reservations

AGIB: Company in My Back

SBS: Please Be Patient With Me

W(TA): Deeper Down

MA1: One By One

MA2: Airline to Heaven

The same thing happened here. A minor problem for those of us who have all these tracks on our iPhones already, but still a bug that Smartley-Dunn will want to fix.

Didn't have that problem here, but I don't think I'm going to use the app streams anyway... bit rate is atrocious.

Mine crashes every time I hit the back button to return to the previous menu.

 

But no, it's not just the website. It allows you to stream every song from the studio releases, and the Ashes audio files. Unless the website does that too, and I just never noticed.

There are some minor differences, but you can stream all but the Mermaid Ave. albums on wilcoworld.net. The website also has the loft gigapan and a huge links page. I'm sure there are a few other differences.

One cool thing about the app is the ability to directly listen to the podcasts so you don't have to hog up gigabytage.

It's pretty cool, but it is basically their web site in app form. Has anyone found any easter eggs yet? I've been looking.

I dislike some of the new album and criticize it on various threads to get peoples' thoughts... the funny thing is, people take the criticisms personally and start arguments and drama. If you like the album's sketchier, more centered aspects, I'd be glad to hear why. I want to like Wilco (The Album) as much as any other recording. It's logical to expect a lot from Wilco and when you get something that doesn't seem as nurtured as it could have been, there is room for discussion.

I don't know. He had a huge hand in Ghost and played a lot on that album, basically a full time band member at that point. And knowing how he and Jeff have worked with Loose Fur, I only see it as a good thing when he is involved.

I agree... you can definitely get a sense of the excitement Jim's contributions made when he joined on. I think it created a large creative movement within the band. There was an obvious staleness to JB's contribution and presence. There was a documentary made about the whole thing.

Found it:

 

I have the sudden urge to throw a baseball at that pic.

I don't want to turn this into a Nels vs. Jay thread

Isn't that the underlying argument in all the new vs. old threads? Maybe there should just be a death-match to see who will reign supreme?

Some of you guys here are really drinking the kool aid and seem very insecure.

I've been disappointed with the record (and fairly critical), but that's not to say there aren't a few tasty tidbits in there. I feel that Deeper Down stands up to some of the other "Edgier" songs people are discussing. I admit I'm going to put this record down pretty quickly, but there are a few keepers in there, and I'm going to support the band by purchasing the album. Just compare this record to 99.9% of the other bullshit that will be spewed out by other "artists" this year for some perspective.

"You Never Know" has IT or cellular commercial written all over it.

True, and I think I can see a car commercial or two in there, too.

(I'm not making fun of the SBS VW commercials)

So, which song from the new album will be featured in the upcoming Apple commercial?

I'm telling you, You and I is an iPod commercial waiting to happen. Attach Feist to something and it sells like hot cakes.

Huh?

 

I'll take the Beatles and Beach Boys as well, then.

LOL, touche... I have to say I have trouble stomaching a lot of beach boys, but point taken.

It's either him or Garth Hudson.

 

--Mike

I guessed a few pages back that it was Mr. Hudson... mainly because you can hear his organ stylings on SBS and WTA. The typewriter may also be a nod to the way Dylan and The Band used to produce content. I've heard interviews with Robbie Robertson talking about how they used to sit around The Big Pink and there would be typewriters clicking away through the whole place.

So you just hate anything that people like or go to?

...I'll leave you to your Paula Abdul

There was a first time?

Yes, I've been in several department stores... it's hell.

"pop" is not a bad word.

I'll remember that the next time I'm in a department store and You and I spools up!

I think that a lot of people are going to be looking back in a few months and saying that this is definitely Wilco's most commercial release. Anyone else agree?

Unfortunately, yes. And I am already saying it...

I've listened to the album a good ten-fifteen times and I'm already skipping a few songs. Very pop-happy.

We're all just trying to maintain the fiction that no one knows where it is. Please play along.

You mean it's not in a cave under Tweedy Manor?

Is that a picture of Garth Hudson from The Band back on the typewriter on the bookshelf? It looks like him, and I've def. heard some of his influence on the organs in SBS and WTA.

Not really. A month and a half?

 

Back when I was much more interested in tracking down leaks, I pretty often got hold of albums as much as three or four months before their release dates.

Beck's albums come to mind. Seems like you can get those almost the god-damned year before they come out.