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jesus was a good one. hes like, the ultimate cultural touchstone.

Bob Dylan.

right! i cant believe i missed that one

one of my favorite things a songwriter does is the almighty name drop. they reference a person or artist, immortalizing them in song. i am so enamored with the eminem name drop on sonny feeling, it got me thinking about who jeff chose to name drop throughout his whole career. the only ones i can think of are:

acuff/rose - anodyne

d. boon - still feel gone

and

eminem - wilco (the album)

does anyone know if he has any other references somewhere?

i was kind of wondering how they were going to connect paisley and wilco..

me too.

I posted this yesterday in the album reviews thread.

i felt this deserved its own thread yesterday.

http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnfqxzr0ldke

read it quick before they change it

...oh. my bad. i guess i didnt scroll down far enough. that answers my question.

sorry guys!

the last 3 records came with free ep's. now, im not greedy or anything, but i would love to see that tradition continue. has anyone seen/heard anything yet?

also, the new album is soooo good.

i got my copy of the album today.. its so awesome.

i love how he name drops eminem on 'sonny feeling'

okay, so does anyone from the mpls area have any idea where we can stay? were looking for a cheap hostel or something. hell, well crash on someones floor. i heard couch surfer is cool, i dunno though.

any ideas?

also, were passing through chicago for a night. any cool bars or places we should go? know of any cheap places to stay?

we want to get to know these cities, cause were gonna move out of new york someday. hopefully.

ive been searching for the right compressor for a while. dyna comp compressors change the phase of your attack, so it sounds/feels weak. i would say optical compression is the way to go, or those compressors with a "direct blend" control. i just get compression from the tube amp by cranking the power tubes. i will get a new compressor soon though.

this is a good wealth of info: http://amptone.com/

eq pedals allow you to control the signal going into the amp, while compressors get that extra bit of sustain through the amp. you can basically hit the preamp with a stronger signal, which will help the power amp to "saturate" or whatever. im still trying to really get a good sound out of my amp (which is in the shop)

yeah, i always thought it was a hamer. could be a japanese brand though, cant make out the headstock.

sgt peppers? babies? really?

i dunno man.

yeah, mccartney solo is different from beatles. but again, had his rebirth in the 90s. and sgt peppers was huge, man.

i have a crosley. you can get em at any department store for about 100-150. it plays cds, radio and cassettes too, you should check it out.

http://www.amazon.com/Crosley-Rochester-Entertainment-Center-Paprika/dp/B000HQ6I0S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=home-garden&qid=1245135302&sr=8-2

i play with two other guitarists (rhythm), a pedal steel and banjo. any frequency nerds here that could give an evaluation of the ranges these instruments typcially sit in? and from that, any recommendations for a range i could use an eq pedal to get into this range?

i would say all instruments are in the same range, they just tend to blend depending on volume. different frequencies are different tones, or timbres.. i think.

100 hz (bottom end chunk)

200 hz (warmth)

400 hz (boost for darkness, cut for more clarity)

800 hz (trashiness)

1.6 khz (throatiness)

3.2 khz (brightness)

compression makes the guitar feel alive. its why everyone digs small tube amps.

Springsteen never left the forefront of cultural importance.

im gonna have to disagree with that. in my opinion, the only recent musical artist(s) to never leave the forefront of cultural importance are the beatles. take brian wilson, for example. he was a big name in the 60's, and then gained relevance again in the 90s, when everyone began citing him as a significant influence. (i read that particular example somewhere, for the record) i feel the same thing is happening to old bruce now. its happened to a lot of artists... dylan, neil young, lots of people all went through "rough patches." (trans? that weird dylan album that had SRV and slash?) just because theyre still making music, doesnt make them culturally relevant/important at the time. know what i mean?

i love how "the look you gave that guy" and "tremendous dynamite" are on the same record.

true, didnt think about the arcade fire. however, i feel that a lot of people were iffy on springsteen for a while. except for new jersey, of course. maybe its a noo yawk thing.

ive heard these guys before, real cool stuff.

but yeah, i feel that the success of the hold steady (who brought springsteen to the forefront of cultural importance) has allowed other bands (lucero, american aquarium, even the killers) to find their voice. im not saying these bands arent original or good or anything (except the killers,) its just that springsteen wasnt "cool" until boys and girls in america came out. its true, i used to hate the guy.

but yeah, check out lucero and stuff too. i definitely wanna catch an american aquarium show.

i just picked up hombre lobo.

i just got hombre lobo. its my second eels record. gonna rip the plastic off it now.

i like cold roses the best. hes great, although cardinology was not my bag.

i got a beachwood sparks album. but i checked out the new eels and its pretty cool too. made me bust out shootenanny again.

it used to be on this guys youtube channel:

http://www.youtube.com/user/wilcoclubvideos

theres still a ton of awesome stuff there though

.. probably the best jay bennett moment ive ever seen/heard. his guitar playing is absolutely perfect. i know this was up on youtube a while back... jeff is wearing a blue collared shirt. does anyone know what im talking about?

i also loved it when he played piano on 'im always in love' at the jay/jeff shows. jay ruled.