Dude
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Were any of you fine people part of the gathering / singalong that took place on the final night at the restaurant next to the Holiday Inn out on the patio? We walked up on you folks and watched and hung out for a bit as the place was closing that night.
I remember you guys. I took part in some playing and singing, and mayhaps I will bring my own guitar this time out.
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i have shared this slide show homage to Solid Sound 2010 before, but for those on the fence about going and you need a push here it is again!
Where's the "Like" button on Via Chicago when you need it?
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Great request, man. I was the dude at the table to your left. Jeff was damn impressed with that sign / envelope.
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Loved hearing Chinese Apple again.
Hope that remains a regular in the setlist, such a great song.The Bowery was a lovely little venue. I have nothing to add, really, that dvigs24 didn't already cover.
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Jeff wasn't at the show. Great show though. Mavis told a funny story along the lines of her doing a vocal take that sounded just like Tweedy (she learned the song off of his demo) and Jeff came running out of the control room to say "Mavis! Stop! You're singing it like me!" I think it was Only The Lord Knows.
I got to shake Mavis's hand(s) last night as she walked off the stage.
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Is the Dude heading down to the show? i should try to make it...
I definitely plan on it. Of course, every year I say I'm going, and every year a work-related emergency crops up.
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Maybe they could auction off JC Brooks not playing that song. (I personally don't mind it.)
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Not sure the LRSes are happening, but he is at least lined up to do the Second City gig in Chicago:
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For those attending actual rallies on Saturday and wanting to set their DVRs, Comedy Central is broadcasting this from 12pm - 3pm.
I'll be attending a few rallies that day - one in Grant Park in Chicago from 11am - 2pm, then another rally with some dude named Obama at the University of Chicago at 4:30pm. I don't expect this Obama dude to be nearly as funny as Colbert or Stewart.
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yeah, i think you're kind of saying the same as me. i mean, obviously trying something new doesn't mean it will be good - it depends what the "something new" is. just being open to those kinds of ideas should mean you'll hit on something original, anyway - even if the elements have been done before. i just don't like the feeling that jeff tweedy views "experimentation" as being some kind of magic dust you sprinkle over a song to make it hard to listen to. i might be wrong, but that's the impression i've got from what i've heard him say in interviews.
Yeah, I agree, although I always saw the noise as being more integral to the lyrics / mood of the song, rather than being used randomly or self-consciously. The noise to me is just another instrument, and whether you use bursts of noise or a pedal steel, either should go towards conveying whatever thoughts or feelings you are trying to communicate and your best bet is to hope that resonates with the listener. To me, most of the noise in Wilco's catalog achieves that with the obvious exception of LTYT, where the noise is both a massive distraction and a bit of a song-ruiner... (and what a beautiful song that is minus the noise......)
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experimental to me simply means doing something different. experimenting with your sound. to jeff tweedy it seems to mean making music that is agressively confrontational to the listener, or something negative to that effect - which is why he's recently cited the term when talking about "fans" expectations of the band. if you take the term to mean what he does, then, no, making experimental music just for the sake of it is a bad thing - because, "why has their music got to be hard for the listener to enjoy?" however, if you take it to mean just trying something different - and that difference can mean making a type of arrangement the band has never tried, but is very enjoyable and easy to get into for the listener - then expermenting is A GOOD THING!
Yes and no. If the band decides to "experiment" with say, Kenny G-esque smooth jazz, it may be entirely new to the band, but not necessarily either experimental in the broader musical spectrum, nor good. (Which isn't to say it would automatically suck either, but it probably would.)
Experimentation to me is when a band either does something that is new to a particular genre (introducing pop and noise elements to more familiar country / folk songs on Summerteeth and YHF) or new to popular music in general. The vast majority of things have been done in music, period - indeed, the Beatles themselves did just about damn near everything - so we can only hope for the band to bend / mix genres and do something unique in some respects. It can be abrasive, or melodic, or both. I just would hope it sounds fresh and invigorating for these times.
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Little blurb in Spin. No shocking revelations, outside of the fact that they apparently haven't really done jack shit yet.
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There are approximately 48 threads about it in Just a Fan (this expressing amusement at how many times its been posted, not disgust for you missing it). I might not agree with you, but I certainly don't want to cause you harm by exposing you to it. You're free to seek it out, though. Uptown Sound, I think, is the name of the spawn of satan band that violently sodomized recorded it.
I can see where you're coming from. But I kinda see that one as being fun. Certainly it's no substitute for the real deal.
I just the other day heard a reggae version of Karma Police that kinda worked, too.
I guess I don't take these things (sanctity of the "original" versions of songs) too seriously. But some things were just not meant to be. This for example:
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Man, Poor Places > Reservations > Misunderstood alone would have made my night, plus REB > I Got You for good measure. Think the Solid Sound and London setlists were accidentally swapped.
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It was requested (as Shakin' Sugar, by Russ) at a solo benefit show this year on night 1, and Jeff had to track down a copy of it on the interwebs. He played it on night 2 and then hauled it out at Solid Sound. I'd like to offer a sincere thanks to Russ for that particular turn of events.
Russ is indeed The Man.
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Perhaps the only thing better would have been for them to break into "Closing Time" with choreography, a la Glee. Or not. Maybe that should be reserved for singalongs.
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's....... end.
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Perfect weekend, great sharing w/ some old friends and several new ones. I have one regret - I kind of wanted to go see the Big Pink house in Saugerties, NY en route to driving back to the airport in Albany - but that would have required getting up early check-out day, which would have required me to avoid all drunken escapades Sunday night (which happened to be the best night for drunken escapades...)
It was a pleasure sharing this with everyone. I heard numerous times from North Adams folks that Wilco fans are the nicest people. Indeed, even the local cops were stunned - there were only two arrests Friday night, and they were both locals. We should feel pretty good about ourselves.
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I wish the overall lineup wasn't so meh. Outside of Jeff, Neil and Willie, that is.
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Kevin (the Dude)
Mundelein, IL
Little ol' me
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It was great seeing everyone and meeting a few new people.
Our caravan almost had a road rage story of our own in a mind-numbingly frustrating effort to find a nearby Steak & Shake. What would we be without Google Maps on our phones (and wishful thinking?)The band was stellar as always but I've yet to experience an off night - are they even capable of it?
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Innnteresting. These are listed as boys socks. So Jeff either has small feet or they come in mens sizes as well.
Regardless, I kinda want a pair of these now. But I'm supposed to STOP SHOPPING! What's a boyfoot sized girl to do?
right you are - here's the men's socks:
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In response to someones question about "what socks he had on", Jeff showed us his puppet socks.
$7.95 on Amazon - click on the green pair:
http://www.amazon.com/Volcom-Bandito-Sock-Puppet-Boys/dp/B003N6VC6Y
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HEY! I've been banging on about this a few times in this thread. Finally, someone else that has seen DREAMSCAPE!
Hah! Dreamscape. Another movie that comes to mind is:
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Interview w/ Pitchfork:
Pitchfork: Another surprising thing about your album is how little drumming is on it.
Phil Selway: And the drumming that is on there is mostly by [Wilco's] Glenn Kotche. He's fantastic. He took drum parts and mixed in all these delicate layers which throw things off kilter. For me, if Jonny [Greenwood] played drums, he'd be Glenn. They work in very similar ways. It was a revelation working with Glenn on the material because, in my mind, I hadn't heard any drum parts on these songs at all. If you're working on more of a muted, delicate level, it's very easy to end up sounding too tasteful, so finding somebody who could scuff up these really rich sounds was great. I just sat there with my notebook.
http://pitchfork.com/news/39537-radioheads-selway-talks-new-solo-lp-does-not-talk-new-radiohead-lp/
Jeff to Rock for Rahm in Chicago Sun 1/30
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I can kinda sorta think of a reason. For all the benefits Jeff and Wilco played for Obama leading up his win in '08, it seemed odd that they were completely absent from any of the festivities Inauguration Weekend in Washington. You had a lot of asshats like Jon Bon Jovi and the like. But no Jeff and no Wilco. That bugged me, and I wonder if it bugged Jeff.
If I were him, I'd only agree to do a benefit like this if Rahm would work out some sort of accolade for Wilco in return (i.e. playing a White House concert or something shnazzy like that.)
I know, political benefits are selfless endeavors, blah blah blah. But all of these guys are wheelers and dealers. Emanuel especially. Surely there is something in this for Jeff.