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Overall, I enjoyed it for what it offered and I think it has potential if it continues to take the subject matter seriously and explore how humans may realistically respond in such crises. Having said that, I am a little disappointed that they've chosen not to follow the storylines of the graphic novels. I have not read the entire comic series, but everytime I'm at Borders I continue to read the series, and having gone through the first five collection books, I have to say there are some really quality storylines that are absolutely fantastic, much better than what the first season presente

I thought last night's episode was probably the best one since the series premiere. There was more tension and inner conflict between the surviving group members and the entire group as a whole was having to contemplate decisions about the future and their fate, along with the fate of other group members.

Seven Swans by Sufjan Stevens is the first thing that comes to mind. Johnny Cash music also pops into my head, specifically "My Mother's Hymnal" which was one of his American Recordings. Both top notch in my book. For me, nothing surpasses Dylan's work, Slow Train Coming is the obvious, but you almost have to make a compilation that gather such songs from all of his recordings, whether it be Lay Down Your Weary Tune to Every Grain of Sand. Good luck. I'm looking forward to all the recommendations myself.

Great topic to discuss. I love it. I'm really impressed by the responses from everyone. The variety of people's philosophies and approaches reinforces what was the biggest hurdle for me, which was finding what would work for me that I could sustain and maintain at the beginning. I've been curious and a little intrigued by the P90X for awhile, but what I've been doing seems to work, so I'm sticking to it for the time being. Five years ago at age 28 I went in for my annual physical and it was the first time I ever registered "overweight" for my age and height and all that stuff. I had sl

What a rich and powerful episode. This season for me is just getting better and better. One of the sadder episodes - the daughter storyline and her interactions with her father were heartbreaking to me.

1. Like A Rolling Stone 2. Astral Weeks

Thank you!

The Wikipedia on Basilone is far more suspenseful and entertaining than anything I've seen in the series so far. It doesn't flow the way BoB did in my opinion. Perhaps that's because I don't know the characters and don't feel particularly invested in their stories yet. Upon reflection, I think BoB's showing us Easy Company's bootcamp and training was a brilliant narrative tool. It allowed us time to get to know several of the key characters that would dominate the storylines for the whole series. I'm going to keep watching it, hoping at some point it captures me, but so far it is a big

WOW!!!

oh my goodness, is it me, or did most of the acts shown here completely suck!!??!!!

I know you've already decided on ALTWYS or Sunken Treasure, but these few songs immediately jumped out at me as intriging possibilities: Ashes of American Flags One True Vine Radio Cure Reservations Sky Blue Sky Please Be Patient With Me Country Disappeared

Dear Wilco, Thank you for your generosity and your continued support and advocacy for humanitarian causes. The shows were an added bonus. I bet each time you released new shows to download, you would see continued donations for both the Haiti relief or other causes important to the band. Just to put that out there! On a more sobering note, anyone else been to Haiti? I was fortunate to be able to go three times in the 90's before Port-au-Prince became increasingly more dangerous for Americans to travel through. Just got an email from an organzation in Haiti that listed all the personne

YHF is Wilco's highpoint as far as I'm concerned, especially since Jeff and the gang wrote all the lyrics and stuff, but Mermaid Avenue to me is the greatest album that Wilco has been associated with. I just think it is flawless. Overall, I could take or leave Billy's voice. I don't hate it. I don't swoon over it. The album just works for me from start to end. From time to time I've made mixes that excluded Billy's MA material, and from time to time I've made mixes that excluded Farrar's material from UT. And at some point when I've done this, I get this feeling that the music is inco

Not entirely sure if it was technically released this year or late last year, but so far, Elvis Perkins In Dearland has been my favorite recent release.

I am very grateful for the taper who captured this show with his audience recording. I have it and it sounds fantastic for an audience taping. That being said, my original request was for someone to capture and share the Roadcase version, which is a compressed soundboard version.

oh, if someone could please capture this and share, I'd be so grateful.

I would be careful, however, about building up this show too much. I think everyone here is hopeful that it'd be a great experience and a temporary relief from the challenges she is facing right now. However, please be sure to listen to her. If she continues to be resistent about the show, I suspect you'd concede and not go with her. Right now, she is beginning to ask the three great questions all early adolescents face: "Who Am I?" "Do I and My Choices Matter?" "Where Do I Fit?" Those are tough questions that trip up most if not all adolescents even with the more ideal and comforting

Man, I don't normally toot my own horn, but I got the top 3 correct and 4 out of the top 5. Overall, I think I got 12 out of the 20 on my list. In Topic: Let's Do This Right Posted 31 Jul 2009 1. Poor Places 2. Ashes of American Flags 3. Remember The Mountain Bed 4. Muzzle Of Bees 5. How To Fight Loneliness 6. A Shot In The Arm 7. Hell Is Chrome 8. Radio King 9. Theologians 10. Jesus, etc. 11. She's A Jar 12. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 13. Sunken Treasure 14. New Madrid 15. Please Tell My Brother 16. Impossible Germany 17. On and On and On 18. Long Time Ago 19. Gun 20. Hoodoo Voodo

I meant to address the issue of time in my original post but was interrupted by my work (how rude). In the end, despite the immense talent that Jeff and company have demonstrated over the years in their output and live shows, I think Wilco will always hold some special place in my pantheon of music because so much of their musical and creative arc has closely mirrored my own life's Trajectory. I am younger than Jeff and company, and my family life isn't as long as his and sue's and their boys, but as a family man with two young daughters, I eventually came to place in life where, just lik

It's eerie how my thinking is similar to many people on this board. My immediate thought upon reading the opening post was Dylan's John Wesley Harding and Nashville Skyline. I can't imagine what some of Dylan's diehard fans were saying and how they were dealing with these albums so close to Blonde on Blonde and Highway 61 Revisited. I'm not ready to put Jeff Tweedy alongside Bob Dylan, but both are great artists. I don't agree with what you're stating about Wilco per se, but I understand your feelings. I really haven't connected with Ryan Adams' recent output and have basically given up

I've amended my previous post on page 2 or 3 from the original forum regarding Top 20 Jeff Tweedy Songs to add Mermaid Avenue songs. Overall, I am still very pleased with my list. 1. Poor Places 2. Ashes of American Flags 3. Remember The Mountain Bed 4. Muzzle Of Bees 5. How To Fight Loneliness 6. A Shot In The Arm 7. Hell Is Chrome 8. Radio King 9. Theologians 10. Jesus, etc. 11. She's A Jar 12. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart 13. Sunken Treasure 14. New Madrid 15. Please Tell My Brother 16. Impossible Germany 17. On and On and On 18. Long Time Ago 19. Gun 20. Hoodoo Voodoo

guarentee you it is not. my bet is that it is a YHF track, but Ashes of American Flags seems to be the likely choice. My #1 is Poor Places

love josh's music and love him live. it's a nice change to most of my concert-going experiences. he's authentically corny and extremely affable.

I'll take it the way it is. I love the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and The Band, and I immediately connected Summerteeth to those three bands when I first heard it (back when it came out). It was my introduction into Wilco (other than Mermaid Avenue). Because I didn't have any other point of reference, I could simply appreciate it for what it provided, and I loved it. I love the live and solo versions as well, but I think solo versions would eventually weigh me down with its naked, dark lyrics. The sugar sweet music and production helps me cope with the depths of darkness that Jeff plunges

Far Far Away I Got You (At The End Of The Century) Please Be Patient With Me Leave Me Like You Found Me Everlasting Everything Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head