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    The NBA thread

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

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    People in Ohio finally have something to cheer about.

    came down for the indians tigers game last night and the crowd was just mean outside the stadium. no witty heckeling just vicious slurs and derogatory. our hotel was directly across the street from quicken loans arena and it was pretty crazy. you would have thought they won the whole chmpionship. congratulations to the cavs hopefully the huge crowds of people i ran into are the exception and not the normal cavs fans.

    Ryan Adams

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Ticketmaster locked me out at 9:59 because I was refreshing too much...fantastic. :realmad

    edit: Fucking dumb...just missed the presale yesterday, and today Ticketmaster locks me out when they go on sale, so I end up in the middle ofr the venue. Sigh, my first RA experience is not shaping up well.

     

    /rant

    i got shut out on tickets :realmad. i will already start begging for an extra if anyone has one for the gem.

    Ryan Adams

    in Someone Else's Song

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    Just got two reserved floor seats for the Detroit show at the Gem -- stumbled upon a musictoday presale. It was not on RA website last night, but was there this morning when I checked (I think it's now sold out of presale tix).

     

    Man, it's hard to keep up with this stuff! But at least I'm in the door.

    damn i did not even know their was a presale. well hopefully i'll be able to get tickets tomorrow.

    Ryan Adams

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Just moved to Denver 2 months ago and saw that he was playing Red Rocks just the other day. Is he saying when he's expectiong be back playing? I was pretty excited about that until I saw that MMJ is opening for Dylan there in July!

    Carved in Stone Concert: Ryan Adams with Devotchka, Old 97's, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter

     

    Friday, August 3, 2007

     

    Red Rocks Amphitheatre

     

    Doors: 6:00 | Show: 7:00 pm

    MLB 2007

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    *sigh*

     

    Those who live by the Todd Jones die by the Todd Jones.

    ugh. the bullpen is a mess. in sundays free press they had an article talking about jones calling out the bullpen then his first chance in a while and he doesn't show up.

    The NBA thread

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    okay, i have to say this now, while there's still time and so there's a record i said it in case it happens: i had a dream about three or four weeks ago that the pistons beat the suns in the finals. i think in a game seven, but that part is a little fuzzy. i've had dreams about sporting events before and they've always ended up true. this is the furthest in advance i've had one and i am tempted to lay down some money on it, but have been using good sense and have yet to do so. anyway, i'm calling it: pistons beat suns. :thumbup

    i hope you are right

    detroit free press review of sbs

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...130563/1035/ENT

     

    Wilco mellows out

    Band takes a step back from experimentation on 'Sky Blue Sky'

    May 13, 2007

     

    BY MARTIN BANDYKE

     

    FREE PRESS SPECIAL WRITER

     

    Decidedly mellower in sound than Wilco's past two releases, "A Ghost Is Born" (2004) and "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (2002), "Sky Blue Sky" will undoubtedly appeal to those who prefer the more accessible side of the Chicago-based band. But listeners who favor its more experimental side simply would be silly to dismiss this recording's immediacy, freshness and sheer beauty.

     

    "I will try to understand / Everything has its plan," sings front man Jeff Tweedy on the opener, "Either Way," and instantly you're in a calmer, more accepting Wilco world. Tweedy successfully battled an addiction to prescription pain medication and overcame issues with anxiety and depression. The tender lyrics reflect this in great measure.

     

    Of course, there is more to the group's sixth studio album than a shinier, happier Tweedy. The 12 songs also sparkle because of gigantic contributions made by the other band members.

     

    Wilco's best and most stable lineup to date still includes bassist John Stirratt, who along with Tweedy is a founding member, plus drummer Glenn Kotche, who joined just before "Foxtrot" was done. The newer recruits are keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen, guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone; all came aboard after the release of "Ghost."

     

    All told, they make for a remarkably cohesive unit and are in amazing form on this recording, captured entirely at their Windy City loft studio with few overdubs and no use of gadgetry such as Pro Tools or click tracks.

     

    After Tweedy reached his abstruse limit singing about American aquarium drinkers and spiders doing tax returns on his previous two albums, it's a refreshing change to hear him sound so direct and emotional on the title track, where he gratefully acknowledges: "Oh, I didn't die/ I should be satisfied I survived/ That's good enough for me." With Cline joining him with some Byrds-gone-country lap steel guitar, you've got something that may not be experimental, but is extraordinary.

     

    For those who still want some of that wild, mercurial Wilco sound, "Shake It Off" and "Walken" will fit the bill. Both are loaded with guitar pyrotechnics, explosive drum fills and unpredictable chord progressions reminiscent of late '60s, early '70s prog-rock with even a little, yep, ZZ Top thrown in for good measure.

     

    Book-ending "Either Way" is "on and on and on," one lulu of a poignant track that was written by Tweedy for his father after his mother passed on. As sublime a song as the band has ever recorded, it is a fitting and beautiful album closer.

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