The Inside of Outside

Love Scott on the keys for California Stars.....

Only the Lord Knows rocks like.....well, like Wilco.

^^^Bizarre - a gazillion pictures, and not one of Spencer. Wonder if the photographer knew what he/she was taking pictures of.

Yesterday one of my daughters scored the winning goal in double overtime of a high school field hockey game. The icing on the cake? She's seen Wilco 8 times.

That Shelburne show was a keeper, and a top 5 Wilco show for me. Loved the setlist that night, including a wicked version of Shake It Off. Yes, I said a wicked version of Shake It Off. Glenn was a monster on that one.

Darin can definitely play. I did not have a problem with his grooving during the upbeat numbers - added some good visual energy that matched the songs. Rock star poses on the mellower songs? A bit distracting at best, seemed silly at worst. But hey, if I was playing bass in Jeff Tweedy's band for several months, I'd probably be so pumped I'd toss in a few flashy moves, too. And maybe even in the waltzes and dirges.

Well done, Walt Whitman's Nephew - I always enjoy a good ballot box stuffing! Many here have likely done something similar. Well, maybe not 469 times. And welcome to VC!

Watching it now - I really like the version of Jesus, etc.

Love it!

I have not liked an entire album of U2's since The Joshua Tree. There have been some great songs since, but not a great record, to these ears. All the albums up to The Joshua Tree were top-notch (though October had its misses). Boy blew mymind back in 1980. The Unforgettable Fire is truly unforgettable. Love that record. And I give them credit for continuing to attempt to make great records.

This cracked me up.

I agree with the two Levon Helm records mentioned earlier, as well as Dylan's Love and Theft. The Johnny Cash American Recordings - definitely.

Love it.

This cracked me up.

My weekend plans include checking VIa Chicago every few hours to read about Wilco's set list at yesterday's Lock'n Festival, Day 1.

My bad. And you are right on - $300,000 is on the low end of CEO pay. But $100,000 is still a lot of money to many, many Americans. Median family income (2008-2012) in my "affluent" town in Maine is $71,107. In 90% of Maine, $100,000 is a huge amount of money to make.

$300,000 a year is a lot of money. Check the median income figues for Americans. It is a lot of money. Find me a nurse, teacher, or someone in the trades making $300,000. To say that isn't much money per year may be an indicator of your world. But not the world that many Americans live in.

It was not a show that had many die hards there. One indicator of how few die hards were there is the lack of VCers posting about attending the show. I was three rows back from the VILLBE (Very Important LL Bean Employees), and there were not many folks whooping it up at the deep cuts. I put out 11 chairs for me and 10 friends - 7 of them had limited to no knowledge of Wilco/Tweedy. Upside - several new fans were made out of those 7.

That is a great idea, from a public relations standpoint. Yet it seems like a way to make people feel good about their donation without really changing anything. So 100% of my donation goes to research because I requested it, while someone else who does not earmark theirs for research has only 5% of theirs go to research. At the end of the day, the organization is going to put the money together and spend x% on research, x% on administrative costs, etc. The ice bucket challenge has been a huge success for the ALS Association. Good for the organization, the families impacted by ALS, and those

A great read by a high school grad who takes a year off to play 18 holes (or more) in each of the lower 48 states.

Today, as a New Englander, all this talk of grinders has me thinking of a ham sandwich.

Slow-moving and treatable - so glad to read that.

I loved American Nations - the rare book that is entertaining and provides a (fairly) new viewpoint.

Yes - I added the Peter Buck because he has not been playing with them this tour - though he is joining them for the next 4 shows including Cooperstown. I have heard scuttlebutt about back problems. On the DL, I guess. The band ripped through 10 songs in about 35 minutes or so. Dawes was much more rocking than I expected, and Conor Oberst (w/Dawes) was on fire.