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Woah, I was sure Magic had that wrapped up with 1 sec to go. Either way they are proving to be a tough team. I'm sure Cavs fans are stoked about the game saving shot but blowing two huge leads isn't a good sign for the Cavs. However the games have been amazing and completely unpredicatable. B-Ball hasn't been this exciting in a long, long time.

So far Billups and Denver's bigs have been the difference IMO.

Kobe Bryant might whine about no calls more than any player ever. Every time he makes a terrible decision and gets stuck with the ball and nowhere to go, he whines. I'm a Lakers fan, but it's driving me crazy.

It was freakin' awesome when Billups bounced the ball off of Kobe's back on the inbound and layed it in. Maybe someone should whine about how he was caught snoozing .

One thing is for sure it's anything can happen time. So far all of the conf final games have been very unpredictable, though I'm guessing the Cavs win big tonight.

Hmm, how different would the West finals be if Denver hadn't squandered game one. Anyone still think it's LA in 5-6? Should be interesting in Denver, the Nugs are tough there.

I turned from the Cubs / Cardinals at some point and Orlando was down like 20. What the hell?

It's the conf finals and they are exposed IMO. They could likely still win this series but their faults are showing. Fact is the east is weak and they coasted through teams that weren't all that great. IMO the real "finals" are LA and Denver, the team that wins that will stomp the east.

I love the song, but I think the best part about it is it's uncanny resemblance to the score from The Baseball Furies Chase in the film The Warriors...

Ah yes, that is a skweetis comparision.

Not impressed with the Cavs, either LA or Denver would have shredded them, even with James putting in 50. If that is all they have they are toast in the finals.

-My friggin' ancient 900mhz wireless phones won't allow me to not explode

+when the phones work loud is axesome, especially during Deeper Down and I'll fight

But every game won't be like that. I can't imagine Kobe will be the only guy to show up offensively in the following games. And their defense was terrible, save a few huge plays. I admit I haven't watched Denver a lot this year, but they seemed to play their top game outside of choking in the final four minutes and the Lakers played rather poorly. I think Lakers in 5 or 6.

Oh no doubt every game won't be the same, poor choice of words on my part. However that was far from Denver's best playing in the playoffs and I would expect at least that level of play from them or better. Typically Chris Anderson and the guards coming off the bench have better games, Denver usually gets 10-15 points per game out of their bit part players every game. It will be interesting to see what happens Thu.

How did Denver lose last night?

 

 

My answer:

 

Phil Jackson > George Karl

Nah, missed free throws and blowing a 7 point lead in the 4th did the Nuggets in. The Lakers should feel lucky they got the W, if every game after is played that way they are in for a battle.

The Lakers didn't win game 1 the Nugs lost it. Sure a W is a W but they can't feel good about that.

You're right. However with the hoopla and "pedestrian" sound that inhabits 70% of this record, get ready. You ain't seen nothin yet.

I'm not worried. I was elbowing high fiving 2nd semester sophomore douch bags recently weaned off of Appetite For Destruction out of my space at shows before that shit even started. As far as Wilco goes the new record is more of the same, this band was never the avant garde spokesband the Wilco-come-lately's on the scene post YHF think they were. Wilco sounding like Wilco has been the trend since 95 son.

one thread

The leak of the album saved my week, and probably more.

But that's what it is, no? Two very uptempo songs - Bull Black Nova and Sunny Feeling do not sound like they've been made in the same decade let alone by the same band on the same album. I want the albums to be a 'whole' , not flying off in all styles and directions.....

You must hate the Being There too eh?

I also find it funny that Wilco only put out two "experimental" records and everyone thinks they had always been that way. AM, Being There, and Summerteeh were all pretty straightforward albums.

Not to mention the "experimental" songs on those two albums only make up about 3/4 of either so it's more like 1.5 "experimental" albums. The irony is it wasn't even fully embraced by the Wilco-ites at the time, the BIG gripe here when AGIB leaked was 'omg what did they do to Kidsmoke, they ruined a perfectly good loping 70's style rocker'.

Have you played the album backwards?

Dang beat me to it.

I guess that the with larger audiences come more repellant fans. Simply, thats my worry as an early fan from the uncle tupelo days/wilco/jt shows at Lounge Ax. I have a friend who adores springsteen, loves the early stuff especially. I went to a show with him recently and the group concert goers next to us were shouting "glory days" and "dancing in the dark" and that was just a drag. I would hate to see wilco crowds take a similar path

Your concern is about 7-8 yrs too late.

I really like "you and I". However it wouldn't be out of place on Eric Clapton's Slowhand, say for instance the B side to Lay down Sally.

Is this a bad thing? Personally I dig Slowhand and EC is far and away my fave artist ever.

No doubt we all feel confined by having to use the same 12 notes but that doesn't mean everything sounds the same unintentionally at some point. However if that's the reasoning for the so called similarity of MSL and YNK it's fair to say one bar of a descending slide lick shouldn't be considered the unique musical property of Eric Clapton, George, or who ever played it on the MSL, no matter how familiar it sounds. As for the rest of YNK I can't hear it, maybe it's close to the same tempo and the pendulum strumming of the backing acoustic is somewhat similar but I don't think either is unique to MSL and it ends there. If anything the song sounds closer to Petty's Jammin' Me but even that's a stretch.

Pretty sure Rose Hill Drive has opened for Wilco in the past.

Sweet, fingers crossed for a repeat.

RHD would be awesome but I can't see pairing them up with Wilco. If a local blues-rock based opener is a possibility I nominate Michael Hornbuckle, that boy can play some wicked guitar.

how was the last album smooth jazz? it was a folk-rock album

It wasn't but that was the claim from some seconds after hearing Nel's solo on Either Way. Each post YHF album has suffered a fair share of inaccurate criticism from the armchair critic crowd. I think the album that took the worst beating was AGIB.

So it's pop as the negative descriptor this time eh? Last go 'round it was smooth jazz. Some people are never happy. Wilco could make an album more abrasive than Metal Machine Music with Jeff screeching Yoko Onoisms over it and the Glenn Branca-ites would complain.

This stuff happens with each new Wilco release since YHF and the YHF desciples are more predictable than ever this time. Pretty soon someone is going to claim this really isn't the new album we're hearing but the demos.