hardwood floor

god-dammit, yes - on both of these ripple is about as good as it gets, lyrically and musically

many many brilliant pollard compositions performed only on guitar + voice these are some of the best things he's ever done ... i'm cold liar's tale sweeping bones speak like men stingy queens choking tara key losers quicksilver dusted catherine from mid-october how loft i am i am decided

so pull out Red!! still sounds phenomenal 34 years later

me too!!

human wheels is a great track

agree about makes no difference & danko ... just a devastating vocal and brilliant song ... an all-time favorite of mine i always thought the stampeding cattle line was really interesting in that it has nothing to do with anything else in the song, it just sets the song somewhere in the distant past an odd device but it works beautifully & really gives the song a timeless quality

it's funny how if i hear a wilco song or any song by a band i love out and about i'll stay and listen to the whole thing, even though i can just go listen in my car

or not listen to the search

grew up with mott love 'em love 'em love 'em but can never keep track of which record is mott and which is the hoople the one with marionette ... that's a great record

when the bible is a bottle and the hardwood floor is home when morning comes twice a day or not at all if I break in two will you put me back together? when this puzzle's figured out will you still be around

Singles remind me of kisses, albums remind me of plans.

Nothingsevergonnastandinmyway(again) this morning at Starbucks brightened up my morning a bit

yeah, i was too young to totally appreciate exactly how legendary those men were, but i kind of had an inkling. and, cryptique ... i've thought about that since ... what legends were on that stage that night that i just had no clue about ... would love to know who was in both touring bands back then

i think it was in 1979, my sophomore year in college, i was on the committee that booked concerts on campus. that spring, our big show was muddy waters with the james cotton blues band opening as we were setting up the stage, most of the guys from both bands arrived and were hanging out with us. i was talking to cotton's piano player, who was playing some dazzling stuff just goofing around a few hours before the show started i told him how amazing his playing was, and he laughed and said, "hey, i'm nobody -- that's the guy you want to talk to, over there." he pointed to muddy's piano pla

it blows my mind that you wrote that

i'm all about finding the s l o w e s t candyman ever today

along those lines ... i could easily put It Makes no Difference in the mix for best song ever

my favorite has always been the intro to papa was a rolling stone by the temptations i never want the actual song to start

how about J.C.R. Licklider he was the MIT professor in the 1960s who envisioned a network of interconnected computers around the world where people could communicate with each other and share information. he urged scientists to pursue his vision and next thing you know, we're all on via chicago, arguing about whether john mayer is a talentless hack or a gifted musician whose lyrics need refinement

i've often thought Black Coffee in Bed might be the best song ever

mainly hot college chicks i think and their asshole sideways-yankees-cap-wearing boyfriends so yeah, people i don't interact much with either!

Mayer is a hulking pile of steaming vomit and I can't be convinced otherwise, no matter how many licks he can play on the guitar.

I dig it!!

i think he has skill at playing correct notes if you want to call that talent, that's fine, you win

I mean, yeah, he's a skilled guitar player he can play the notes he wants to play but really that's irrelevant to the discussion when i hear his music, i think, "holy SHIT ... this guy sucks."