i'm only sleeping

Hala Madrid!

Califone - villagers https://califonemusic.bandcamp.com/album/villagers

A tape of the late show of Garcia & Saunders (11/5/74) in NY where legend has that John Lennon attended has surfaced in the usual sites. You can hear John's voice commenting on the show! Jerry Garcia's middle finger explains the thing https://jgmf.blogspot.com/2023/01/between-bottom-lines-lennon-and-garcia.html

GD and jazz. My only Christmas song is Run Rudolph Run, wit. Pigpen's GD. Otherwise, I run away from christmas music as quickly as from the devil.

Same here...except for Johnny Cash cover of Personal Jesus

Yesterday Wilco played in my hometown Madrid...although I could not attend this time. Here is a (unedited, sorry) Google translation of their sold-out gig. Original Spanish chronicle in https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/musica/2022/06/28/62bac20421efa0d94b8b45ca.html Surrendered to Wilco The Chicago band, which presents a new album, uncorked its powers in a dazzling concert. A master class that, departing from the country, married to Gram Parsons with Television PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOUAFP Jeff Tweedy metabolized the pandemic by writing dozens of songs. Every day he sent

Kyiv Calling (official cover "The Clash - London Calling") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLCiA38No3Y

I am old enough to recall my parents paranoia with the missile crisis in Cuba in the '60. My only hopes for this horror are a rebellion of oligarchs or a coup d'état in Russia.

Upcoming Scorsese biopic on Jerry/GD https://deadline.com/2021/11/jonah-hill-jerry-garcia-martin-scorsese-grateful-dead-pic-apple-1234875832/

song popularity as a contagious process... "Electronic music has a basic R number of 3,430, making it the most infectious music genre" https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspa.2021.0457

Thanks for the heads-up tinnitus, I will check out that band. As for jams, I have enjoyed some by Spafford

Jeff sings For You (I'd Do Anything) in the tribute to Rocky Erikson https://lightintheattic.bandcamp.com/album/may-the-circle-remain-unbroken-a-tribute-to-roky-erickson

Not on ECM but it could have been therein, I think; I have been enjoying Markus Stockhausen - Wild Life http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/video/markus-stockhausen/27658 Merry Christmas, VCers!

GD is electronic Dixieland... Crosby on Jerry https://variety.com/2020/music/news/david-crosby-remembers-jerry-garcia-grateful-dead-anniversary-1234729939/ -------------

Peter Green RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53539989 ...the only Fleetwood Mac I cared

"Why Do So Many People Love The Grateful Dead Now?" https://uproxx.com/indie/grateful-dead-young-people-popularity/ really?

Thanks for the heads up, I'm gonna buy some Califone

Another Dylan message, I contain multitudes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgEP8teNXwY&feature=youtu.be

I have two of his "impossible" compilations. The guy got Keith Richards to cover Mingus and Tom Waits singing Disney, not within everyone's reach! RIP

a dissection of the Dylan song https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/murder-most-foul-and-the-haunting-of-america/

Wow! this song is... fantastic!

Stay safe folks. The thing is getting scary here at the other side of the pool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHcTDq1GqII&feature=youtu.be Washing all the Hands Some folks trust their doctorOthers trust their gutI don?t trust nothingCuz I know we?re in a rut Say it once again nowWhoa I hope you understandBefore it?s done and overPlease just wash your fucking hands! Washing, washing all the handsOutbreak, outbreak on the land Some folks look for hand soapOthers look for bleachSome folks up in CostcoBut it?s always out of reach I can tell your futureOh just look what's on your hands!But

This is exciting!..Am I alone in hearing some Califone in Wilco's Ode to Joy?

I don't think OTJ is such a departure from the previous Wilco catalogue. I hear distant echoes of YHF, ST and AGIB, in particular with the headphones on, as some VCers mentioned. I would love to hear the band playing it in an intimate setting Overall, I think is a great record. It has soothed my soul along the autumn and early winter. Thank you Wilco!