Apparently he wasn't! He still made great choices. But my top 2 (top 3? who played On and On and On?) weren't Cline. I'm a bigger fan of Jeff's lead work. I wish I knew how much of the old stuff was him. EDIT: Also, every single one of you needs to go back and listen to Shouldn't Be Ashamed.

Number one is your favorite. Have a ball. Don't skip live stuff! 10. Side With The Seeds ~ (SBS) 9. You Are My Face ~ (SBS) 8. You And I (ending)~ (W:TA) 7. Hell Is Chrome ~ (KT) 6. Spiders (Kidsmoke) ~ (KT) 5. Ashes of American Flags ~(Ashes) 4. Impossible Germany ~(Ashes) 3. On and On and On ~ (SBS) 2. Shouldn't Be Ashamed ~ (A.M.) 1. At Least That's What You Said ~(AGIB)

This is my journey with Kingpin EXACTLY.

Dang is this hard for me, I'll redo mine. 1. Sky Blue Sky- Deeply personal record for me, and my favorite album of all time. 2. Being There 3. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot + A Ghost Is Born (I practically view them as two sides of the same record, even though so much happened in between them. I could never put one over the other) 4. A.M. 5. Summerteeth 6. Wilco (the album)

My current Gear Guitars 05 Fender MIM Standard Telecaster in Classic White 09 Gibson USA Raw Power SG in Satin Olive Green 08 Takamine EG440 Electric/Acoustic 01 Squier Affinity Strat in Black (This is my Frankenstein- when I get the cash, I am going to strip the finish, pop in new pickups, and basically trick it out to be an effects machine, since the wood is practically nothing. I'm looking forward to it!) 07 Epiphone Les Paul Bass in Trans Black Der Amplitude Fender Super Champ with JJs and an Eminence Ragin Cajun speaker (a must buy for anyone who owns that amp) Peavey Max 158 Bass

I think that the criticism of Sky Blue Sky's "Skynrdesque" musical sections is a complete overlook of the beauty of simple melody and clean playing, which frankly, Wilco does better than anyone else. I don't mean to sound haughty, but the instrumentation and organization of Sky Blue Sky makes me, as a musician, say "Wow, that's awesome. I can ONLY hope to do this someday". Have elements of it been heard before? Of course, but the pure emoting this Wilco lineup puts into their execution, combined with spot ON production makes it so completely new, sonically. I understand that a lot of you don

So would we all, so agreed. I love Wilco so much, because some songs are so divided with regards to fan opinion, and I think it's a sign of genius...this is probably my second favorite song on this album. I know to each their own applies, but, can you tell me why you dislike it so much? I adore it. I so disagree. SBS is amazing. I haven't fallen in love with W(TA) yet, but I'm confident I will. If I don't like it in a year or two anymore than I do now, I'll declare something, but until then, I love Wilco (The Song), One Wing, You and I, and I'll Fight. And that's just fine for now.

This is going to be very very very hard, since I too am an album guy. I think it's all one theme, one sonic expression. But if I have to nitpick, here it is. I Must Be High/That's Not The Issue Kingpin/What's The World Got In Store Pieholden Suite (Jesus Christ, that middle section)/My Darling Kamera/Ashes Of American Flags(only studio, though... I adore it live) At Least That's What You Said/ Muzzle of Bees (By far the hardest one to pick) On and On and On/Shake It Off You and I/Solitaire That sucked, haha. Pretty accurate for me though. I love seeing the same songs on some folks favori

At Least That's What You Said- Studio, I love the solo EXACTLY as composed on the album. The live version for some reason doesn't resonate with me as much...but golly do I still love it. Hell Is Chrome- Live. Jeff just nails the emotion, and the keyboardists are on fire with minimalism. Spiders (Kidsmoke)- Live, noooo question. Muzzle of Bees- Studio. So beautiful Hummingbird- Live- it has such a peppiness! Jeff's obviously in such an ethereal place with this one...dancing or no. Handshake Drugs- Live, specifically the Ashes audio. Nels Cline nails this with precisely the kind of playing that

Bad day. Theatre was incredibly bad, I'm the only one doing my job correctly, and overall, I'm just sick of people knocking me when I'm the one who has his crap together. To top it off, I now have to learn to accept that I'm an arrogant person. I've always thought that arrogant meant that I held myself above other people- and I don't, everyone's equal. But in my attempts to be a voice of reason and get everyone in line, I have discovered that whether I'm meaning to or not, when people call me arrogant, they're right. And that really depresses me, on a deep level. But Sky Blue Sky can do some

http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Yamaha-Audiogram-6-Computer-Recording-System?sku=703328 This piece of gear is the end to all your problems, I promise. I know it's more expensive than the M-Audio, but it's going to be more than worth it in the long run. Firewire is a "No latency" legend, but you're not going to have a problem with USB- especially with this thing. Latency is more a hardware to software stumbling block than anything at the end of the day, but it almost universally falls on the hardware to fix effectively. Long story short, good hardware solves latency for you...and

I know what the package consists of, I just can't find it.

Deftly put, and respected! Why though? I love my Ashes audio and film, though to be fair, I've never heard and cannot for the life of me even find Kicking Television. Is it that much better?

Just confirming here...if my budget only allows one mic, it best be an SM57? I know it's perfect for my guitars, but what about vocals?

Firstly, it's all situational. I'm sure on another night of this dual, Nels could have won easy. It all depends on who gets lucky, since everyone in this band is so ridiculously talented. That said, I also think Nels Cline is a brilliant guitarist and a very sexysmexy rock and roll dude...but I just personally happen to like Tweedy's playing more. Nothing Nels has ever done or will do is likely to top the lead work on AGIB in this Wilco fan's heart, ESPECIALLY At Least That's What You Said. I'm not even a fan of feedback, but dammit, that's how you play a guitar.

If you think that DVD isn't one of the best things Wilco's done, you're completely deaf. I can't stand whiny fans who want musicians to go back to the way they "used to be" or criticize the way they execute something. The artist is the artist- I think Mach 6 is Wilco supreme, and I think Ashes is hands down the best showing they've made. This is my opinion. Everyone is entitled to them...but you're just insulting the artist. So, you know...shut up.

Sansone is the clear winner here. Nels is such a great guitarist, but his weakness has always been noodling under pressure, haha. Pats totally in control, doesn't even look like he's trying, and completely owns Nels because of it. But we could have sort of figured that. Now, Tweedy vs. Sansone? THAT'S a fair fight

Theologians Spiders (Kidsmoke) I'm A Wheel At Least That's What You Said

So, over the past month I have lost weight- not easy for me, since I have a turtle slow metabolism. I am not at all horrendously overweight, but I need to work off the pudge...and a little something I like to call the Wilco diet has really, really helped. You only need to follow three simple rules- following these (a hodgepodge of Wilco and accepted dietary information) has led to a loss of quite a bit of weight- over 8 pounds this month. It's pretty ridiculous. Right, right, stop yapping...what are the rules? 1. Eat single ingredient foods (Jeff would call this "The Beauty of Simplicity