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didn't see you there! (but we got in kinda late, about 10 min before John started... talked w/ Bernhardt for a while and then sat on the floor). fun show, a bit shambolic but i would expect nothing less. left a bit early to catch Wand at Crystal Ballroom a couple blocks away.

kind of off topic but w/ all this discussion about EPs, i just want to toot my own horn a tiny bit and say that i contributed to a book that exalts the EP, with a pretty exhaustive look back at some of the best ones: https://hozacrecords.com/product/aifl/

i doubt that Belltower or Autumn set the price for the Wilco 12" but that's just a guess. Also, the edition you bought is different from the one that will be fulfilled via the wilcoworld pre-order. you got to customize the sleeve however you wanted, and it's an edition of 1000. the other will have artwork chosen from the ones submitted, and not sure what the pressing size will be or if it will be on white vinyl. some enterprising soul has one of the SSF copies available for $200: https://www.discogs.com/release/31102478-Wilco-Hot-Sun-Cool-Shroud

Thanks Charles and great seeing you again. Lovely photos as always.

is this thing still on? https://bigtakeover.com/concerts/wilco-s-solid-sound-mass-moca-north-adams-june-28-30

i screwed up on Sat night and thought that Ribot was starting right at 11:15 when Wilco was supposed to end. So i sat in a pretty empty theater for 30 min before it started. at least i got to talk early 70s prog rock w/ a couple of people in the row in front of me.

a friend of mine had a group bail out and is looking to move these to fans who need them... message me if interested!

been spinning a lot of my Albini records lately. Rapeman - Two Nuns and a Pack Mule Rapeman - Budd Big Black - Atomizer Big Black - Bulldozer Big Black - Songs About Fucking Big Black - Headache Big Black - Sound Of Impact Shellac - The End of Radio

Just heard JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound’s cover of “I Am Trying To Break Your Heart” at the Publick House.

Cypress Hill and The Pharcyde

i guess in 2015? according to setlist.fm they played 4 of the AMF songs over the two nights. but they shook up the set list pretty well i thought.

Nice! they kinda did this when the Alpha Mike Foxtrot box came out but i am down for a whole show of it.

there is an issue on one of the picks... "She's A Jar" and I forget the other song in the title bracket but it's not listed and "Outtasite" is listed instead as a choice.

last night saw the latest buzz band The Last Dinner Party. they draw quite the rabid fan base. tonight i finally get to see Unwound again, after 30 years from the last time.

Chelsea Wolfe

when both artists played Newport Folk a few years ago, Billy joined for "California Stars"

Various Artists - Hey Drag City

most of my listening is either via LP or digital streaming; i do have a CD player but my CDs are in the basement and I rarely retrieve any as I have everything ripped to digital and can playback via Plex. specs on my stereo: Adcom pre-amp and amp (200 wpc), both purchased new in the early 90s. turntable is a fully manual Rotel w/ Sumiko blue point II cartridge stream is Cambridge Audio speakers are Paradigm Studio 60s CD player is some generic Pioneer single disc player

Horse Lords swerves much farther into the Ranaldo/Moore guitar fuckery lane, without sounding like SY at all.

My review is finally done, it's got a lot of words and photos in it so dig in: Sky Blue Sky at The Big Takeover

they are guests of Yo La Tengo tonight.

once again i feel like i bought too many reissues; looking back rather than forward is not the best way to go through life but i am a sucker for nostalgia. I will have to dig through the list of what i got (Discogs, thx for the assist) but i think i can reasonably say that my favorite record of the year was probably the new Grails record, Anches En Maat.

i definitely noticed this too, and i can't figure out what the difference was between the other two. there was definitely a palpable lack of energy though, and it was pretty easy to navigate through the crowd unless the rail was your destination.

man you got a doozy! meg and charlie, damon and naomi, and ben gibbard.