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Weird. Let me try again.

Sometimes you just gotta bust that out and let the pop perfection wash over you. I catch myself whistling "Misery" at least once a week.

It's really interesting to listen to the shows from throughout the Being There tour. You can hear the fire and energy in the 1996 and early 1997 shows, but as 1997 goes on, you can hear the fatigue in the playing and in Jeff's voice. And to think he was holed up in his hotel room, writing the subdued, melancholy and beautiful Summerteeth and then going out and playing wild rock shows. This is another good one from 1996, with some prime footage of the band being interviewed and goofing off. http://youtu.be/JJSM9yfrW_0

The Deli Tray Incident: Full show:

Doesn't sound like any guitar-smashing is taking place? http://sooutoftune.org/concerts/581

I thought Bradley Nowell had some pretty wicked guitar playing on some tracks. Pawn Shop, in particular. Although the solo is relatively simple, it sounds like he's really playing with feeling.

Bob Egan may have nicked his guitar when he fell off the stage at this show. Right around the 3:05 mark.

Damn. So many laughs from his work. Ghostbusters, Caddyshack, Animal House, Vacation, Stripes, Groundhog Day...so many great works.

This is true. Where I work, we don't ask any of our writers to provide headlines or cutlines for their stories. That Jurassic Park story is a doozie. The rhythm of the riff is similar for sure. I've heard people talk about this for years. Chords are not the same.

I own four acoustic guitars and haven't picked up an electric guitar since I borrowed a Tele for a gig last year. I've found my playing has gotten a lot better when I've focused on working out solo acoustic arrangements of my favorite tunes. But there are those days when I wish I could spend a few hours messing around on a pedal board like Atticus's. In high school I had 3-4 pedals and lusted over many others, but have slowly scaled back to none. :-) Still fun to read this thread and see what everyone else is digging.

I'd love for Farrar and Anders Parker to create a follow-up to this. IMHO, it's Farrar's best post-Tupelo work other than Trace.

Yeah, I really like his playing. I've heard of Hard Working Americans...never listened. Guess I have some more stuff to look into.

Think I'm starting to come around on some CRB material. Those records are just so dense with all the long tracks. I don't like some of the keyboard sounds, but the guitar playing is pretty spot-on.

You're probably right. My favorites are finite. CORRECTION: There are myriad musical options out there to enjoy, so if Wilco takes some time off, I won't run out of things to listen to.

Thankfully there are myriad other bands whose music I enjoy.

I have the Wilco lullabies CD and it's the EXACT same music as this. My daughter prefers the real Wilco.

The last hard copy version I had was 2009. The entry reads the same way as the online entry (I subscribe to the online version) as follows: Home > AP Stylebook > Chapter M > Myriad myriad (adj.) Note word is not followed by of: The myriad books in the library. Sorry everyone, it was not our intention to derail this thread.

Well, Dick, I'm a magazine editor, and we use AP style in our publication, so we don't use "myriad of..."

Thank you for using "myriad" properly. My head nearly explodes every time I see someone write or say, "a myriad of..." On topic - I don't think this is the end. I really enjoyed TWL, but I don't think they'd end on that.

What a terrific time-waster. I tried to play the synth part to "I'm Always in Love."

In a bunch of the live shows 1997-1999, during Kingpin jams, he'd take shots at the Dead in his stage banter while Jay Bennett was going off on a wild solo. I remember one show on the BT tour they started playing a really slow version of Ripple for about a minute and he sang it really loud and off-key, in a very mocking tone. Some good recordings of it.

I pulled out several of my Wilco bootlegs this week from across the years and have enjoyed revisiting past lineups as well as the current lineup. Got me thinking about the different sounds and styles coming from the band when they had two guys behind the keys. Each has their merits. Am curious to to hear about which era of keyboard team VC members prefer. Bennett + Bach (1998-2000)Bach + Jorgensen (2002-2003)Jorgensen + Sansone (2004-present)I think I'm going to have to go with #2. There was a little more space in the songs when performed live in that era, and the keyboards did really well in