brownie

A CD that came with a magazine had Can’t Stand It on it.  I was hooked!  I can’t remember now if the magazine was CMJ or Uncut.  I got into a lot of great music by listening to those CDs years ago.

I had never heard Calexico before, but their set was fantastic, especially for the beach setting.

Calexico is one of my favorite bands.  Do you remember how many people were in the band that played? I’m curious if it was their full touring band (7 people), or some subset.  It could have been as few as three and they could have legitimately called themselves Calexico.

 

I wish I could have been there, but unfortunately I think this sort of trip is permanently outside my ability to pay for it.

Did your company let you go on the last day of the year??  That is awful!

 

I am an older person who was job hunting a few years ago, and found the online submission system is not very productive (300 submissions, 3 interviews, 0 offers).  I ultimately got a job through personal networking.

 

Best of luck to you.  

NRBQ

There’s nothing to discuss and I just don’t care any more.

 

This should have happened a long time ago.  I am sick and tired of Donald Trump and his exploits, and his constant presence on the news for something outrageous he did or said.  I no longer care, and can’t listen to it any more.  I will vote for someone else.  I could even see myself voting for a moderate Republican instead of the selected Democrat, just to get rid of the guy.  Tell me when it’s over.  

Spotify tells me I have listened to Bruce Springsteen’s Western Stars album more than anything else in 2019.  

 

I would also rate Jeff Tweedy’s Warmer, Wilco’s Ode to Joy and Calexico and Iron&Wine’s Years to Burn very highly.

 

edit:  And Purple Mountains!  I did not recall that came out this year.  For some reason (possibly David’s untimely death), that album feels like it’s from a long time in the past.  I have not been able to listen to it since he died.

Great show intimate venue I did some video

 

 

Thank, looks like a great show.  

Ben Lee

I love Ben Lee!  If it hadn’t been on a Sunday night, I would have bought a ticket also.  Please report back.  

At Mavis Staples' birthday bash in L.A. last May, Trombone Shorty played, and Mavis could hardly contain her delight. She kept repeating, "Imma get ME a horn!" It was pretty adorable.

He is definitely an amazing musician.  He made sounds come out of a trumpet that I’ve never heard before, and he was even better on the trombone (although no trombone sounds I had never heard before.   )

 

His band was a little too ”hard funk” for me at times though.  But it was a fun time, and the crowd just loved him!

Trombone Shorty

Wow, no talkers near me up in the 2nd mezzanine, so maybe I lucked out.

 

I thought the show was great.  I thought Handshake Drugs, Impossible Germany, and Reservations were the standouts in a show filled with standouts.  But, the pounding of the drums during the new songs made something that is a mild annoyance on the album into a flat out WTF for me.  I do not understand that percussion choice.

 

What was the mop story all about?  Being so far up, I had no idea what Jeff was talking about.  LOL

Wilco! 

My initial impression of Ode to Joy is overwhelmingly positive.  Schmilco was the first Wilco album I did not like enough to buy, and I feared I might be done with them.

 

But Ode to Joy is my kind of Wilco album.  Whatever was missing is back.  I very much look forward to exploring all the nooks and crannies of the sounds on this album.

 

Before Us jumped out at me immediately as a very special song.

 

 

The Riff magazine review is hard to believe. He compares "Everyone Hides" and "White Wooden Cross" to "Jesus, Etc" which seems like a weak comparison at best. So, when the rest of the review is full of comparisons, It becomes hard to believe they are not as poor.

 

That said, someone of the Facebook group declared "Everyone Hides' the worst song to ever come out of Wilco and promptly sold their tickets for the upcoming tour. I think it was shocking to me because there is an "Everything Hides" on nearly every Wilco album:

"Summerteeth", "Kamera", "I'm A Wheel", "Just A Kid", "Sonny Feeling", "I Might", "Random Name Generator", and "Someone to Lose".

 

I felt like they had never listened to Wilco before if they didn't see this song coming.

 

Selling your tickets because of one new song you don’t like is ridiculous. Potentially hearing one new song you don’t like makes all the dozens of others they might play of no value? Stupid. I haven’t seen Wilco since the Summerteeth tour. When I see them in two weeks, I couldn’t care less how many new songs I dislike.

Graham Nash

Sad news.

 

Two music icons of my high school years dead within days of each other. We had a jukebox in my high school cafeteria, and someone was always playing the Cars or Eddie Money.

I love baseball (season ticket holder for 30+ years), but the three-outcome game currently being played (homerun, strikeout or walk) is not as much fun to watch.  Take the juice out of the damn ball -- it's gotten ridiculous.  That's it, gotta go yell at some clouds and kids playing on my front lawn. 

 

I totally agree. I have loved baseball all my life, but the game in its current state sadly just does not hold my interest.

I like their albums in chronological order for sure but the new stuff is still very interesting to me and their live show is fun. I can see how the new album was a big step almost like the the change from being there to summerteeth was. Definitely a new style so I get how come some folks aren’t on board.

To be honest, I, too, gave up on Tame Impala when Currents came out. It was so different, and totally not what I expected. I don’t think I even made it all the way through one complete play. Then Patience came out and knocked me upside the head. So I went back and listened to Currents with fresh ears, and now I absolutely love it. I have come to realize that Kevin Parker is one of those rare individuals who is so talented that he can make a lot of different styles work.

Tame Impala

Have fun.

Oh wow that stinks. Every time I have see them the sound was great

they put on great show and great lights

Nice! First time? Also where you sitting? Maybe I’ll grab a last minute ticket???

Yes, first time! I will PM you exact location.

Tame Impala!

Listening to the lyrics on Purple Mountains this morning, I mean REALLY listening... This album is a combination of a cry for help/suicide note set to upbeat music.

 

Holy s**t.

 

I am speechless.