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Mine arrived last night, damage-free and gorgeous. Today it will be spun start to finish.

Thanks. I guess I should stick to my day job and avoid this whole songwriting thing...

Here's another idea: combine the lyrics of the two and create an entirely new song. "Monday, I'm in Love" (take that, Robert Smith). "Choo-Choo Charlie had a plenty good band, but he soaked so long he forgot his mother...he must be down in Pensacola with a jet lag palm. When I let go of your left arm tan...I'm always high. Get me out of a big-wheeled wagon..." Ugh. That's turrible.

My order from KUNG FU is still "processing." I hope this means that I'll get another e-mail soon confirming shipment...

That's a damn fine idea. Have at it!

My wife and I used "Acuff Rose" in the soundtrack of our wedding "documentary." I went with my favorite and the cleanest recording - the actual Uncle Tupelo version off of Anodyne.

Just ordered mine...meant to order it right when the announcement came out...whew! The download (someone else's, I asked) didn't come w/the bonus tracks, so I'd have doubts about the CD. But here's hoping!

"If Daydream Nation had been a jazz album, this is what it would have sounded like." Read Pitchfork's 7.2 review here.

Let's make it even more interesting: I'm Always in Love in 1999 or now? vs. Monday in 1997 or now? [interchangeable]

If I had to pick one Uncle Tupelo song to hear played by Wilco now, I might just pick "The Long Cut." Or, say if they continued to mix in a semi-acoustic set in their shows, I actually think they could do some interesting things with "Sandusky." But now I have to be a realist and pretty much abandon all hopes of hearing Wilco play an Uncle Tupelo song anytime soon. I'm content to hear those in Tweedy's solo shows...whenever another one of those tours happens again...

I just want to add to my earlier post and say that "All the Same to Me" is dripping with Summerteeth.

Ah...I'd love to agree, but Neil Young still takes the cake for me. But in the context of CSNY, Stills is a close second. Nash, I'm indifferent. Crosby...um...how about The Byrds?

I've been trying to like that song for many years now, and that just seems to be the one I skip every time I play Weird Tales. And "Keys."

I hope that it's musical theatre. I'd love to hear the songs woven into the production.

FREDERICK, Md.--Hood College Theatre's spring production "Mermaid Avenue" will be performed April 15-17 and 22-24. The play will be staged in Hood's Avalon Performing Arts Studio in the Tatem Arts Center Saturday, April 24 at 2 p.m. and at 8 p.m. on all other performance dates. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis at the door beginning 30 minutes before each show. Admission is $10, students and Hood faculty and staff tickets are $5 and Hood students are free. "Mermaid Avenue" is an original theater piece created by Joe Brady, director of Hood College Theatre, and the s

Both of these are tunes that get a little extra volume when I hear them. I love, love, love the version of "I'm Always in Love" in the IATTBYH film. I have a hard time comparing the two, though. If you go w/studio versions, one is a guitar-heavy track and the other is a keyboard-heavy track. Both could be classified as power-pop, for sure, but one's more alt-countryish and the other is more Beatles-ish. I dunno. I'm gonna go with "I'm Always in Love," because it's twice as beautiful in the solo setting.

"Fear of Falling" is one of my favorites. And "Love and Mercy" from the Best-Of compilation. And so many others. "Listen Joe." "Another Fine Day." "Long Time Ago." "Until You Came Along." "Jennifer Save Me." "Looking Forward to Seeing You." "Please Tell My Brother." "Lost Love." "Pecan Pie." "Can't Keep From Talking." "Walk Where He Walked." "Radio King." "To Call My Own." "Making Waves." "All the Same to Me." Great, great band.

Indeed. I'm all for Wilco achieving the success they're aiming for, be it in number of record sales, satisfaction with a recording, or a sold-out tour chock full of mind-blowing shows that fans would gobble up past the three-hour mark. But I know what you mean about the "sharing." I've been happy (and successful) in sharing Wilco with others, in the form of burning intro/compilation CDs, sending video/interview links, and ultimately, converting new fans. I just had a hard time envisioning my 16-year old sister-in-law, who worships at the altar of whatever is trendy in pop music (like the F

Gotcha - thanks!

When I first heard that Tweedy and Feist were going to sing a duet on W(TA), I felt the same way. I thought "they're going right for the new Feist fans that came on board with '1,2,3,4' and this is gonna be the pop machine that's going to launch Wilco into an entirely different realm." I thought they were gonna pop up on an iPod commercial or something. I think I was wrong. And part of me is glad that "You and I" didn't achieve that.

Does the download include the bonus tracks?

This is an interesting opinion. Do you really think that Wilco would change a song based on fan reactions or "what the fans want?" They seem to me to be the kind of band that puts out the material that the band wants to put out, regardless of who will buy it, listen to it, etc.

Muchas gracias amigo

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