jesus et cetera

This is a great idea.... I wish I'd had you as an English teacher in the eighth grade.

Mine too. I don't think I've ever seen a movie that felt like being in another world as much as Blue Velvet.

mine also. i'm jumping on the bandwagon.

i think i might go for batshit crazy genius as well. nothing wrong with such a hybrid in my books.

does anyone have a strong opinion on his cartoon dumband? purely out of curiosity; i'm not sure how i feel about it.

I always just sort of assumed the song was referencing some fella named Theo Logins, and how, despite what he might think, Theo doesn’t know a damn thing about Jeff Tweedy’s soul.

 

Am I barking up the wrong tree here?

Well, this is the impression I was under as well.... atheism? Spirituality? What?

Did you clean your room?

it's (if possible) worse than before... not to scare you off, or anything.

jesus et cetera trippin' balls!

troy most certainly is big enough for the both of you. in fact, i think the sooner ya'll move, the better

This just in: people on a Wilco board LIKE Wilco!

you are blowing my mind right now.

i can't see the comparison too clearly. i like both bands. wilco far surpasses radiohead as a personal preference.

tanglewood and wilco is a a perfect marriage in my mind. i got my wilco cherry popped in the best of ways. nearly a week later, and i expect i'll ride the high until next time.

thanks to m.christine for pushing me right up front for the encores (literally at tweedy's feet) and viatroy for buying me the tickets and finding the best spot in back to meet jeff. i'd say something more about meeting him, but i was only partly there.

The apple didn't fall far from the tree.

i'll clarify a bit more... it's a personal paper for a college course, 20th century music history

we were to read a paper on Igor Stravinsky's debut of The Rite of Spring (at which crowds rioted for its entirely unconventional sound and structure; the crowds of course came to see Stravinsky's genius later on). it went on to discuss the plasticity of the brain... you may be able to find this online; it's the sixth chapter of the book Proust Was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer, called Igor Stravinksy: The Source of Music. Assuming you're into such things.

After reading the chapter we were to relate it to a band or specific piece of music that we had a similar personal experience with.

YHF was released on the edge of the 20th century - it still makes sense to group it in, as Wilco is a 20th century band... and such lines are never solid. YHF was my first experience with the band, so it seemed logical to start there. once i was into that album, there was no stopping me....

The thing that caught me most about Wilco at first were how beautiful Jeff's melody writing was/is. He can take a song and no matter how much they distort it with sounds and instruments, it's still breath-taking. The second thing I noticed was how great the lyrical content of the songs are on every Wilco record. But the reason I think most of us love them, is a combination of the two. Jeff has the ability to take the perfect lyrics and fit them with the perfect melody to create or inspire the perfect feeling in all of us. Wilco music doesn't tell a story, it tells a feeling and it makes the feeling the story of your life so to speak.

i couldn't have said that better. there's something ecstatic in the combination of his lyrics and the music.

What do you think of Wilco as a twentieth century band? How would you describe their music (popular, folk music, country etc.) and use of ambient sounds (in YHF)... Were you instantly attracted to their music, or did it take you time to get into it?

For lack of better word, as a post-modern band?

I'm curious what people think - I'm not reaching for any particular answer.... I need to get my brain rolling on a paper, and I would love some people to bounce ideas off of

it's no news or surprise that the government lies and uses the media to its benefit. it's not exclusive to one event.

this is the stuff of internet boards, i assume?

Serial Mom.

John Waters is so strange, and funny....

bonjour saturday eve and turkey week!

I used to hear "Hummingbird" working at the Harvard Co-op. Put a little skip in my step.