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I was listening to the latest season of the Deadcast and they were talking with some of the people from the Stanford AI lab.  After a minute I realized one of them is the dude who lives across the street from me.  He's away for a bit but I can't wait to see him when he gets back.  I had no idea about his involvement in early online Dead stuff.        

Dan Zanes is writing a book about Nebraska.  

51 minutes ago, chuckrh said:

A friend went & saw Lemonheads this weekend & was really disappointed. He said Evan was really fooked up to the point where my friend felt sorry for him. My friend ended up walking out on the show.

That's too bad.  I'm going to see them in a few weeks.  

Well really "Live! The Other Night!" but I saw the Feelies last Friday in Jersey City.  They opened as themselves under the name the Willies where they played all instrumentals and mostly covers (a couple of Eno songs, two Bowie songs, Kraftwerk, Hendrix).  It was great.  And then they played their own amazing Feelies set.  It was lots of fun.    

Just finishing my brother-in-law's latest book. 

He built (or had built) a wooden flatboat and went down the Ohio River and Mississippi River down to New Orleans

I enjoyed the new version of A League of Their Own.  

I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere but has anyone heard Jeff, Spencer, and Sammy on the "Listening" podcast that came out last month?

The premise of the podcast is that musicians talk about their process for writing/making music and then they create a piece just for the show.  It's pretty cool to hear the three of them talk about working together and how they all listen.  I enjoyed it. 

The podcast

Their soundscape

I saw the David Bowie documentary, Moonage Daydream, the other night.  I'm really glad I saw it but wasn't crazy about it.  The live footage was incredible but, for me, the overall experience was sort of frenetic and monotonous.  I knew it wasn't a standard biopic but I would have liked hearing from someone other than clips of Bowie in interviews.      

Lucy Dacus

26 minutes ago, brownie said:

Her album of Dylan covers is very good, isn’t it?  I have to admit I didn’t expect it to be as good as it is.

I love it - and yes, was surprised at how good it is.  And in saying that, I don't mean to imply that I think she's not talented; it's more as a concept, that can be hard to pull off. 

Live she did everything on the album, except for 12 minutes of Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands.  And she added several others: Don't Think Twice, Sweetheart Like You, Not Dark Yet, Just Like a Woman, Visions of Johanna (which she said was her and Robyn's favorite Dylan song). 

I saw Emma Swift (with Robyn Hitchcock) do her Bob Dylan thing last night.

It was fantastic.  

He talks about the title track on this episode of Song Exploder: 

https://songexploder.net/kevin-morby

40 minutes ago, TCP said:

 

Yes but the US store has always doubled for Canada (and the rest of the world), the Wilco website even calls it "North America" store but this time it only lets you select America. 

Gotcha. Wasn't sure where you were (though the hockey stick should have been a clue).

20 minutes ago, TCP said:

Ahh the store is US only, what the HECK?!

EU here:  https://wilco.bingomerch.com/

Australia here:  https://artistfirst.com.au/collections/wilco

14 hours ago, Plumplechook said:

Touring in the age of Covid is such a high-wire act.  I saw Crowded House here in Sydney a few days ago and the band have just had to cancel the remaining dates of their Australian tour because Neil Finn has Covid.  Must be hellish in terms of logistics and insurance.

Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500; Damon & Naomi) just wrote about that:

https://dadadrummer.substack.com/p/masks-are-off?s=w

https://wilco-reissue-store.com/

Wow - that's quite a reissue ...

Thanks all for the measured reporting and commenting.  That facebook page got (and still is) pretty vitriolic and hot.

On 4/14/2022 at 7:26 AM, worldrecordplayer said:

I thought it was a great show. They rocked harder and more electric than I expected. The place was packed.

I agree on all counts.  I knew they were popular but I hadn't realized that they are that big.  Great show.  

I too am old and set in my ways - but I really like Big Thief and am also going tonight.  

It's at a new venue in town which I'm excited to see.  

Enjoying the new season of the Deadcast podcast - all about Europe 72.

They had a segment on the Dark Star from 4/8/72.  There is a four minute jam at the end leading into Sugar Magnolia which is incredible.  

Tanya Donelly and the Parkington Sisters

I was listening to an old episode of this American Life (episode 161 about stories set in cars) and at the end they played Passenger Side.  

On 3/19/2022 at 8:18 AM, tinnitus photography said:

Nick and Warren in a few days!

See you there!

2 hours ago, chuckrh said:

Nick Cave is officially cool old guy now. Got a notice from the theater regarding the show Thursday. It said no opening act, Nick will go on promptly at 8. I'll be home by 11, nice! haha

Ha! Awesome.  I'm going to see him on Tuesday.