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It's a good song. Really pretty melody and bittersweet lyrics. Non-Muppet version:

So, which one do you want feedback on? Poor Places or Reservations?

Ken Coomer's drums on "California Stars." I still love the song they way they play it now, but it just doesn't have the same "thump" that it did on record.

Sounds like your mind is made up...you either like the song or you don't. What kind of "pitch" is going to change your mind?

Finally watched "Man in the Sand" last night. Bit of a wankfest for Billy Bragg, cobbled-together footage of him visiting various landmarks associated with Woody Guthrie and jabbering on with Nora. I was hoping for more footage and a deeper look into the actual making of the albums -- writing/rehearsing, recording, etc. -- it was there, but in what I felt were tiny, nondescript doses. Nonetheless, I did enjoy seeing some footage of an era of Wilco that I hadn't seen before, particularly the scruffy, grizzled visages of Tweedy/Bennett. The extended sequence of laying down a track of "When the

Remembering how much I love this album.

I wasn't there, but I think he meant "hasn't bought any new music" rather than a vinyl LP.

I would really, really love to hear BBN solo.

In other news, an alarming amount of Drive-By Truckers material was played at a recent Patterson Hood solo show...

"A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit." -Elton Trueblood

Is the next record going to be more like A.M., or more like Summerteeth?

Per the band's Facebook page, they just cleaned out their warehouse and found a bunch of their older posters. They're up in the Kung Fu store now. http://wilco.kungfustore.com/categories/461-posters-from-the-archives?page=1&per_page=65

Fascinating story, this fellow. Could've been Zep's frontman...

Am I in the minority of people who claim Wincing the Night Away as their favorite record by The Shins?

I think classic rock fans (which means you dig hot guitar playing) would be well-served to listen to AGIB and especially KT.

Amen to that.

SBS is hardly Wilco's peak. I'd say they're still on an upward climb.

Pat uses Pert Plus to get that Nels Cline shine.

If we're talking about hair in Wilco, we should be talking about Pat.

The way I see it, it's not much of a tour. 11 shows spread out over two months, primarily concentrated in the Northeastern U.S.? Back in the days of Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals, he played Kansas City about every other year, if not every year. Sadly, the closest he'll get on this "tour" is Chicago or Ann Arbor.

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Well did you or didn't you? I think jff really nailed it.

Just a friendly tip: The "Big Bach Set," featuring NINE hours of Bach recordings, is on sale at Amazon through the end of today for 99 CENTS.