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Malkmus sort of disses Wilco's loft in the new Paste Magazine: "They're totally into the ephemera of music. It's a boy shrine to vintage guitars and equipment."

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw this thread. Does he still post here?

Nope. It's his first name. Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American businessman and politician.

Willard?

Yup. "Charlottesville's pull on Sheffield wasn't limited to literary abstract. Soon after moving to New York, he returned to Charlottesville to visit friends and met another WTJU DJ whom he first heard on the air doing a Pixies marathon. "DJ Astrogrrrl" was Ally Polak, a UVA astrophysicist, and on December 30, 2006, she and Sheffield married in New York. " The Hook

A fine choice ...

Jim James/Calexico singing Goin' to Acapulco. Man I love that song ...

You hope to be finished because it is that good or that bad?

Tangled Up in Blue

I'm with you. I like it more and more ...

It's also pretty good with just strings. Have you ever heard the Kronos Quartet cover?

Obama was on Letterman last night to deliver his top ten campaign promises. Maybe there is something in here that will help to make a choice. Top Ten Barack Obama Campaign Promises presented by Senator Barack Obama "To keep the budget balanced, I'll rent the Situation Room for sweet sixteens" "I will double your tax money at the craps table" "Appoint Mitt Romney Secretary of Lookin' Good" "If you bring a gator to the White House, I'll wrassle it" "I'll put Regis on the nickel" "I'll rename the tenth month of the year 'Barack-tober'" "I won't l

This is getting the royal re-release this spring: The Lemonheads' 'Ray' Lives Again Evan Dando January 22, 2008, 4:10 PM ET Katie Hasty, N.Y. As expected, Rhino is releasing a remastered and expanded version of the Lemonheads' 1992 album "It's a Shame About Ray" on March 25. The double-disc set includes a bonus DVD, "Two Weeks In Australia," containing live performances and music videos from the '90s alt-rock band. The film compilation was formerly released in 1993 on VHS. The audio collection features previously unreleased demo versions of some songs, plus the b-side "Shaky Ground

Johansson Sets Date For Waits Covers Disc January 24, 2008, 2:45 PM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y. One of the more unusual albums to be conceived in recent years, actress Scarlett Johansson's interpretations of Tom Waits songs, will hit stores this spring. "Anywhere I Lay My Head" will be released May 20 via Rhino Entertainment's Atco imprint. Johansson collaborated on the album with Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner, Celebration's Sean Antanaitis and TV On The Radio's Dave Sitek, who produced. The track list sports 10 Waits covers and one original track, but full details have yet to be ann

not the Richard Lloyd thread I was expecting.

I'll be wishy-washy (or a Gemini) and say that I like them both a lot. I was playing Wrong Way Up a couple of days ago but I also listened to the Blue Mask the other day. Cale's cover of Hallelujah might be my favorite version of that song and Berlin is my favorite depressing album.

I love their version of Motel Blues.

Well I'd put 69 Love Songs among my top 10 albums ever and there are only a handful of songs on it that I don't like. I'd probably put Charm, Holiday, and i in the next tier. For me, this new one might fall in the next grouping. I actually like Shirley Simms voice a lot, including the stuff on 69LS. I saw her and Claudia play a show together a couple of years ago. They played mostly countryish songs and it was pretty fun.

I'm actually liking it more than I thought I would.

As cryptique said above, there are the people who are looking for attention and are goofing on it. But then there are the people who seem to really think they are good singers, and who have patiently waited for what must be a really long time to audition, and they can't carry a tune at all. I wish they would profile one of those people, instead of say the star wars chick or the angry one.

I'm watching right now. It is strange to me how some of the participants think they can sing well.

I've got that one signed by the band.