Kim Bodnia

Tinariwen play on the Colbert Report today, November 29.

Wilco has confirmed that it will play Barcelona's Primavera Sound festival. This, between late May and early June 2012. To view the press article on abc.es follow this link: http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=1019248

Peter Buck at spot #94

Here's some words from Scott McCaughey, praise for Wilco from a very early date as 1997: Incredible how time flies, this was 1997 when he said "(they) sound like a band at its peak" and that they'll be "huge pop stars about a year from now".

According to this source (http://www.chromewaves.net/2011/08/wilco-covers-neutral-milk-hotel/) Peter Buck and Jeff Tweedy played together in Chicago, in January 2000, one of the songs they covered was a Neutral Milk Hotel. However, another source (Eric Zimmerman) says Peter Buck was never present at the venue.

This just made me think of something I was reading a few days ago. The wikipedia entry for Uncle Tupelo, March 16–20, 1992, describes with some detail the collaboration between Tupelo and Peter Buck. It says, for instance: It also says that, I think that this success was, partly, the result of Peter Buck's participation. Buck has produced the records of many other bands, has played guitar in them, has even arranged and written entire songs, to that point that some have the impression that Buck "Has been in every album that every band has made". Just a few months ago Peter Buck was

I want them to play New Test Leper. And I Believe. Why not Smile maybe. Until the Day is Done also.

Lots of bands are greater than The Beatles. The link you posted is from a Fall site, so the opinions are going to lean in their favour, those people aren't being impartial to say the least. (I mean, ask the same question on a Beatles forum). Nor I'm being impartial either, I find no appeal in The Beatles.

I never understood the difference between Umm and Tongue-Tied... it's probably because I'm new here, one of my threads even got relocated from Umm to TTL. With Umm gone it might be clearer now, there'll be no more ambiguity.

Published today by the Chicago desk of the A.V. Club: "The group’s blend of hip-hop, jazz, and rock has attracted the attention of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, who has agreed to produce the Kids’ upcoming LP, Traphouse Rock". http://www.avclub.com/chicago/articles/jeff-tweedy-producing-chicago-band-kids-these-days,65530/

I voted The Band just because they're Canadian, R.E.M. is o.k. but not the best ever.

I have abandoned radio in favor of podcasts. The only A.M. I listen to is Wilco.

I recently bought on amazon.com the cassette of R.E.M. ~ New Adventures in Hi Fi. Apparently the Vinyl edition of this is out of print, so the cassette was the other memorabilia I could own, I could afford, of that album, which happens to be a masterpiece of the Warner era. Most of the cassettes available today are remaining (surviving) stock of the pre-CD and the early CD era, there's actually very little manufacturing of "new" cassettes. Also, I think that manufacturers can charge a premium on cassettes (just like they do on vinyl products) since they are aimed at a collector's market ra

Last time I read they were working on this, it seems as though the stuff had been in preparation for a couple of years now, and most of the songs were already available through their site. It was like some sort of two volume album, very ambitious, and Corgan would work on several versions of the songs. It's been a while since I read this, I-m in a hurry now but later in the day I'll try to locate that info I read. I hope it's a good album anyway, unfortunately it may as well be their last. The last Corgan interview I read he was in Chicago for some live shows but he was the only remainin

To add to the pessimism, Google has just announced a music service to compete with the likes of tunes and amazon, though the scope of the project seems limited at the time (lack of a rich catalog, Android-dependency). However, since Google is a technology powerhouse I wouldn't rule them out completely, the service is in its infancy and unfortunately not available outside of the U.S. http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/11/17/idINIndia-60572820111117

I guess you have a point, but you do you see Mickey in Thanksgiving cartoons?

I think the last stronghold of CD sales is the car stereo. At least here customers to whom I have talked, cite the ability to play music while driving, the key reason why they buy CDs. I personally stopped listening to CDs in the car, I just plug-in the iPod. However, I still buy physical CDs of the artists that I like, though I rarely "listen" to the CD itself, I seldom play the disc.

The time is approaching, I enjoy this time of the year, but for the most mundane reasons (its commercial aspect, the cold weather and snow when and where available). Not until very recently I realised that Christmas does not have the universality that television and movies pretend. What I mean is, two thirds of the world population don't celebrate it, while in the Southern Hemisphere it's summer. Anyway, I must confess a penchant for Holiday music. The number one track of Christmas, in my opinion, is Johann Pachelbel's Canon. I especially like George Winston's version, I'm talking of this:

What I understand from the article is that the physical 4-CD release is appearing December 13.

It's been announced by the A.V. Club that Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music is to release, December 13, a 127-song retrospective that includes a Jeff Tweedy track. The song is “Three is The Magic Number", recorded back in February 2002. For a complete list of the tracks and participating artists, see here: http://www.oldtownsc...LiveFromTOC.pdf To view the A.V. Club story follow this other link: http://www.avclub.co...-great-p,64986/

Wow.. I wonder if such music diversity had been possible, had ever seen the light of day in one form or another, had Uncle Tupelo never split. Probably not. There's a similar feature at chicagomag.com where they put up a small repertory of Wilco spin-offs: http://www.chicagoma...rs-On-Fillmore/

A music blogger in the Des Moines chapter of metromix.com has posted today that a BiLT guitar is being custom-built for Jeff Tweedy. "The goal is to have this instrument ready in time to give the singer-songwriter before Wilco's Dec. 4 show at the Val Air Ballroom", wrote Joe Lawler. Find the blog post here: http://desmoines.met...2910899/content And here is the site of the guitar's atelier: http://www.thelutherieshop.com/

I've been reading the wikipedia entry for Uncle Tupelo / March 16–20, 1992, it says that "Jeff Tweedy's lyrics were strongly influenced by Nick Drake's 1972 album Pink Moon". I am going to give a listen to this Drake album tonight, I'm intrigued. The story about the making of the album is actually very interesting, I wish there was a much comprehensive book documenting this project.

I've decided not to continue posting in this thread. I see it was created to pay homage to the band, I'm moving on to other topics, artists, to preserve the spirit of the thread. I still feel uneasy about the situation anyway. Apologies.

Yes. Fans who have been loyal to their cause hope for a reunion sometime in the near or the distant future. News like this just dashes hopes.