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Wow...what a let down. Not having known too much of Jay apart from what I'd seen on IATTBYH and in other incidental moments (especially the news, as of late), I am now so disappointed that I never had the chance to get to know the musician that he was (in his own right). It goes without saying that I really love and appreciate what he did in Wilco; it's just that I wish I had given him and his music a chance when he went his own way. I think all of us--Jay most of all--have been cheated out of the satisfaction (auditory and otherwise) that should've come along with his future endeavors. I

muzzle of bees someday soon summer teeth great thread! it's fun to compare everybody's tastes. : ]

Do I...or don't I... I told myself that I was going to wait until June 30 to listen to this. Is it worth waiting until at least June 15 (next time I see Wilco) to listen to these songs?

Let me offer praise to those with enough wit to come up with the songtitle corrections. Best laughs I've had in a while! "Subpoena Queen" definitely wins. Someone wanna take that further and make a tribute/parody out of it? edit: WAIT! I came up with one... "We're Just Fiends"

Cute tune! Should we all be so generous as the jolly banker...

How bad was it? Was it a girly squeal or a hearty "WOOOOOO!?' My friend and I were quite a few rows behind the mic, buried under a sea of people, so I hope it wasn't too overpowering. I just couldn't get enough of that show!

Shit. I knew I was missing out... I punched out at 7:09 tonight. 45 minutes too late for me to have gotten to the park on time (that, and I had no parking cash), so I just went home. : (

Take that back!

Haha, brew flu could be pretty easy. 10 High Lifes and I'll be right as rain! Good one.

You have to see this. Youtube Video Now, see here. I really hate these talent search/reality type shows, but this is something else!

I might be calling into work tomorrow to go to the game. Or maybe I'll fake sick and leave early, since I only work a mile away from Miller Park. (Ooh!) I've really been aching for baseball, so does anyone have some good suggestions as to how to look/act sick enough to leave?

MCTS buses are pretty reliable--the route 80 goes from the airport to downtown, and lets off about 8 blocks from the theater. It's pretty cheap ($2-ish) compared to a cab ride... I would've been willing to help you out, but I have kind of a big day at school and will probably not be available when you need me to be. As for hotels, the ones that are downtown might be the only ones that are worth your consideration, as the rest of the hotels around here are kind of lost in the sprawl. Where have you checked so far?

Hehehe...I'm so psyched for this! I suppose it's super illegal to try to capture something like that, eh?

Haha! That was great. Your roommate deserves a pat on the back for digging that up. (I'm not gonna lie, I think I creamed my pants a bit to have "seen" the Brewers talking Wilco. Huzzah!)

The day that I saw the Flaming Lips might be the happiest day of my life. It's so exhilarating to see--the (aforementioned) costumes, confetti, balloons, strobe lights, fog, Wayne in the bubble, and a crowd full of people just having fun... I saw them at Lollapalooza 3 years ago, and the coolest part about it (to me) was having a sing along with several thousand other people in the middle of a park in Chicago. Loudest thing I ever heard! Have fun--let us know what happens!

Haha! I had to quick check Wilcoworld to see if the news had been posted there before I could read the contents of this thread, all the while shitting my pants and thinking "who the fuck is going to be the band's

Ah, thanks for the tip! I guess Owl and Bear is where it's at.

I'm so glad my iTunes started pushing me to listen to Smog again. I'd forgotten how much I liked it, since I think it's been since high school (at least 3 years) that I listened to him last. I feel a bit ashamed for only having A River Ain't Too Much to Love, so voy buscando por some of the songs/albums y'all have mentioned.

Ditto, minus what I'll be seeing/hearing at the Pabst. I love remembering the first time listening to an album, and the denouement of finally seeing the subject of all of the rumor/hype/excitement. Consider me one of the abstinent.

Also agreed. I couldn't run away fast enough from the countless memories of listening to his shit on EVERY roadtrip I ever took with my family. YUCK. Let me also throw Fergalicious It's My Life - Bon Jovi Man! I Feel Like a Woman - Shania Twain into the mix. I would like to add, too, that I can't listen to anything by Kanye West without wanting to stab pencils through my eyes.

A while back, I downloaded the YHF demos just to have Venus Stop the Train, and it's really getting to me that it cuts out at 3:11. There's definitely more song after that! For all of you that have a copy of that song, does the actual recording end at that time, or is the song supposed to continue? (Might it be that I had a bad download?)

Usually, there's a well-marked line between the songs I really love and those songs that hit me really hard, that I can't listen to very often. A few songs straddle that line (and have been listened to quite a lot, lately)... I crossed many states just to stand here now, my face all hot with tears I crossed city, and valley, desert, and stream, to bring my body here My history and future blaze bright in me and all my joy and pain Go through my head on our mountain bed where I smell your hair again One by one the teardrops fall as I write you One by one my words come falling

Ah! That was my favorite of his responses. I wonder what they do with all that Iowa...

Mikael has a great sense of humor! I kind of wish we could be friends. I'll be on full-fledged Mikael-watch in three weeks. Just you wait. Okay, maybe not. Probably a little creepy, eh?