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Sadly they don't have any Deadbolt on itunes.

I'm pretty sure I like 7/8 of SBS.

I'm pretty sure he's been tuning in to my Myspace for new ideas.

Nope.

Audacity is real handy, I use it all the time. Lots of free plugins for Audacity too that you can link to from the Audacity site. Best thing is it's simple to learn and use.

What guitar do you have?

I like GC. It helps to make friends with a salesman or manager if you plan on being a repeat customer. I usually get a discount from the guys I know and they treat me with respect, if I walk in they greet me by name. Like any big store they get some jerks working there. The only department that I don't like buying stuff from is drums, I never get a discount there.

lol, I missed that.

Now that I think of it I'm not crazy about that DVD either. I'm not fond of saying "doesn't do justice" but the DVD and the live shows I saw seemed like two different things. It can be that way with performance DVD's, I didn't like Sunken Treasure either. But I really didn't have a problem with Chris just that it seemed kind of flat.

James Walbourne, never heard of him, who has he played with.

I'm pretty sure Chris left when Brad came back.

That's a pretty accurate review.

Jay only stood still when he was singing, during the vocal breaks and towards the end he was actually bopping around. His movements were very Neil Youngish. BTW this is up on youtube now. I love the horns and the music but I don't think I can get into the political anti war lyrics this time. I'm sure he's passionate about it and someone has to do it but I don't need to see or hear any more than I get hit with via the media. Any reason he chose that Brad Rice doppleganger instead of bringing back Chris Frame?

I'm glad it's not, that is the only thing Jeff has done that I don't care for.

Really? I never go there anymore. I really don't come here either, I bet I haven't posted 20 times since I participated in the AGIB version of this thread 3 years ago.

He said that about AGIB too

That's what I was thinking. It's really interesting reading some of these reviews. I'm starting to get the impression some people have been mistaking Wilco for an industrial band that didn't play guitar solos. Maybe Jeff will get Ministry to open for the summer tour.

Then you should know this record is a long way from smooth jazz or muzak. It's cool if people don't like it, I really don't care I'm not on a mission. I just don't think it's necessary to label it something it is not. SBS sounds like Wilco not Kenny G, rest assured SBS will never be played on WNUA.

That's a really good point.

I could probably swallow that if the majority of the negative reviews didn't have the words "smooth jazz" or make comparisons 70's soft rock icons.

I can see how people would think that but I don't think the album is as smooth as others do. It still sounds like Wilco, it's not The Association album people are trying to make it out ot be.

I agree, it's like people forgot that YHF had songs like Jesus, Etc. Kamera and Reservations on it or that AGIB had Hummingbird, Wishful Thinking, Theologians or The Late Greats. Much of SBS is quite a bit heavier than those songs, it's just this time the cacophony is more understated and sly. IMO SBS fits in perfectly with all of their post Being There stuff. I don't think it's as mellow as people are making it out to be either. What's more surly than tossing a few jazzy sounding solos amongst Tweedy's overdriven guitar stabs. I was listening to SBS in my truck today and when those solos com

Which is totally ironic because when AGIB leaked the gripe then was it was too noisy. Then a few months later people were falling all over themselves praising it. Honestly the record doesn't need to be a certain style for me to like it, either I like what I hear or I don't. Frankly I'm glad it didn't end up being Wilco's Metal Machine Music. Besides I think people are forgetting where Wilco came from, they are a roots band at heart not freakin' Glenn Branca.

I feel completely different about the drumming, I think it's excellent. Honestly some of the other stuff he does is a little gimmicky, in a bad way, IMO. If I wanted to see and hear someone beating on freakin' tiles and trash cans I'd go see Stomp.

No, I want to know if he is really a giant.