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Just started getting into Beirut recently but i'm really digging it. Especially this record:

Also playing:

Del tha Funkee Homosapien (a.k.a. Deltron). Really wonderful, interesting flow and lyricism.

I'll also echo the love for the Twin Cities. Atmosphere, Brother Ali, P.O.S., Heiruspecs. All great.

Also been spinning this one quite a bit lately:

Dig A Pony

After seeing St. Vincent play a great cover I can really see the potential for some cool things done with this fantastic song.

Was listening to I'm a Wheel yesterday and realized its quite Beatle-y. Never really occurred to me before and I think it came to mind thanks to this discussion.

Driving back home to Minneapolis from Thanksgiving in SD yesterday evening. Perfect Wilco listening time. A Ghost is born all the way through blew my mind as it has many times. A live show from Tampa in 2002 was absolutely magic.

Alright don't jump on me for this. Perhaps its been brought up before but I think the transition between Bull Black Nova and You and I is similar to the transition between I Want You (She's So Heavy) and Here Comes the Sun in the effect it achieves. Kind of a calm after the storm. A great sense of relief.

Thought this was pretty interesting.

"The Preservation Hall is a 48-year-old French Quarter mainstay known for its deep New Orleans jazz legacy. In honor of the venue and its music outreach program, an impressive group of artists recorded tracks with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band for a benefit album called Preservation, due February 16 via RED. (Via TwentyFourBit)

Performers on the record include Tom Waits (who does a version of the Mardi Gras song "Tootie Ma Is a Big Fine Thing"), Andrew Bird, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Pete Seeger, Dr. John, Steve Earle, Blind Boys of Alabama, Merle Haggard, Richie Havens, Jason Isbell, and more."

http://pitchfork.com/news/37152-tom-waits-andrew-bird-jim-james-team-with-preservation-hall-jazz-band/

I always wished I could do that whistle thing.

I'm right there with ya.

Hey Wendy!

Wow what a great set so far. And only 3 songs in ha!

Really glad I am able to hear Company live.

Fingers crossed for Muzzle of Bees.

what is the song playing right now? with the amazing harmonies before wilco??? i like a LOT

"Two Weeks" by Grizzly Bear.

And yes, they are phenomenal.

I kind of like it.

Wooof.

I have to disagree with those who have put "On the Road" on here. I had to read it twice to "get" it and its a book that keeps growing on me.

"the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes 'Awww!'"

(Hopefully the book didn't turn you off Kerouac completely either. I think "Dharma Bums", also written by him, may be my favorite book)

Quite possibly my favorite Wilco article of all time.

Really? I and Love and You from the Avetts? Emotionalism, at least in my opinion, is a MUCH stronger album.

Would be great if they could broadcast the Milan show with Grizzly Bear.

+ 1

For a quick fix.

Qdoba or Raising Canes.

I know I'm up in arms.

I'm not exactly sure about what however.

I wouldn't mind more songs along the lines of Hell is Chrome.

Hi All,

 

Wondering what everybody makes of these shows:

 

http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/10/21/andrew-bird-announces-gezelligheid-performances/

 

I think it's especially interesting because it's so unpredictable. I've been kind of burned-out, recently, on the relative sameness of the shows I've been seeing (no offense intended! Maybe that says more about me than the shows). Even the good shows are good in the ways I expect, if you know what I mean. This Gezelligheid idea is something else again, and it reminds me of the pleasure of going to a show without any preconceived notions. Don't know if anybody else has been feeling that way, but if so, I thought this might be of interest....

I'll be going to the shows in Minneapolis. Should be very interesting.

It's a love-like relationship.