Hoodoo Man

Oh my! I've never heard of this site and it is playing into my obsessive tendencies. There's not enough free hours in the day for me to enjoy this! And yet, I'll try.

My brother, who happens to be a doctor, had LASIK about 3 years ago and is now having a lot of difficulties. He is back to wearing glasses and/or contacts again but at night his vision is so bad that he can't drive. I'm afraid he may have to have a corneal trasplant before it's all over. I feel very lucky that I've never had enough money to afford the surgery because it's very tempting to try and eliminate the hassle of contacts and glasses.

At the Memphis show in October they covered Big Star's "In The Street" with Jody Stephens on the drums. John sang lead with Pat on backing vocals. It was outstanding. I think most fans want to hear Wilco play Wilco songs though and I think I fall in to that category. It's so rare that I get to see them, that I want to hear their entire catalog when they do come to town. But hey, any Wilco show is a good show. If they wanted to throw in some covers I could deal with it. The one Tweedy solo show I attended, he talked almost as much as he played and I had a great time. Maybe I'm just easy

That's the first thing I thought of too. At least I'm not the only sick mind that went there.

Great find! Thanks for the link. It's nice to read things like this and get a feel for how the band interacts and how they feel about the music they are creating. Nels seems he'd be a cool guy to hang out with.

Happy b-day!

The New Originals! Seriously though, I'd say Alice In Chains has never really worked for me. Liked the band but not really the name. When I say it it sounds like Allison Chains then if the person I'm speaking to needs clarification, I'm sure the initial mental image isn't pleasant, "No, no, that's Alice...In...Chains, you see?"

Indeed. Mr Tweedy looks rather evil with that wig. Like an evil Puritan preacher or the Quaker oatmeal guy on a vendetta.

Check out this thread for some ideas. http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/41649-memphis-show-1010/

I really liked Maladroit and still listen to it quite a bit. I thought it was more interesting than Green. I was happy Rivers through out his theory on perfect pop song construction from Green and let the band cut loose more on Maladroit.

Wow! That's a cool story. I hope they need his services for many more years. I still enjoy their music and hope they will find their way down south for a show sometime soon.

back to you. One of my goals in life is to convert as many people into Cheap Trick fans as possible. Current conversion total: 7 (but that includes my 3 oldest kids so I'm not sure they count).

These guys weren't junkies but still very active and still good... http://www.cheaptrick.com/ Crap, wrong quote. This was a response to this.. Posted Today, 10:00 AM cryptique, on 10 November 2009 - 10:38 AM, said: U2's been around for more than 30 years now. Their debut album will turn 30 next October. Maybe I should have said 30+ year old bands that were notorious junkies.

Agreed. That song gives me the chills every time I hear it (which I would assume is the whole point and therefore a successful song). This being a Wilco board and all, it should surprise none that I put YHF at No. 1 and even if I just swapped the top 2, it would be by a landslide. YHF is that freakin' good.

Wow! Forget flat screen tv's and wet bars, this would be my dream "man cave". Thanks for sharing the article with us.

Thanks Brandt. Like I said it wasn't a big deal, but it seemed odd that I could see it on the profile page, but nowhere else. Thanks again for responding!

Not a huge deal, but I changed my avatar recently and now when I'm signed on to VC, rather than seeing my avatar, I only see the silhouette man. Is there a setting I need to change or am I destined to remain a silhouette for the rest of my VC days?

You know, originally I wrote "Honestly, nobody, but you, cares..." but I changed it because I knew it would rob somebody of the opportunity to point out to me that she cares.

I think Jeff's okay with a few pictures taken sans flash. In Memphis, he never said anything about photos. Although he probably doesn't understand the desire to take photos because he did say that "...you don't need to document everything..." For me the most annoying thing in regards to camera phones are that people feel the need to take 10 or more pictures of themselves at the freaking concert. This is what the drunk girl in the front of our section was doing. Between her and her date they had to have gotten 20-25 pictures of themselves: holding up a beer, standing with arms up in the a

Late to the conversation so I'll try not to rehash too much. The show was outstanding. Liam Finn put on an entertaining set. I was not and really still am not familiar with his music but really enjoyed watching he and Eliza Jane working all of their effects and programs to actually build a song in front of an audience. The songs with Glenn were excellent as well and really got a lot of enthusiastic cheers on "Cinnamon Girl". Wilo was awesome. I think it might be impossible for them to put on a bad show. I enjoyed hearing a lot of tunes off of (The Album). There's always a list of tune

Sadly, I'm probably considerably older than you two and can't meet up after the show. As a matter of fact, I'll be there propagating the belief that Wilco is dad rock by bringing 2 of my sons to their first rock concert. I figure if Wilco at the Orpheum doesn't make a positive impact on their musical growth, then nothing will.

I think Rowboat gave you lots of good info. I would just like to add that while Beale Street is definitely a tourist spot, it's worth checking out because it gives you a great feel for what Memphis was, is and could be. Beale Street is Memphis. Lots of blues, kind of seedy but trying like hell to impress you. Memphis was the first stop for blues as it left the Delta and finally grew up to become rock and roll. Like most folks from Memphis I have a love/hate relationship with the city, but it truly is a historic and important place in the history of American music. Depending on how long

Confessions of a Bore I don't need to read it. I lived it.

I'm sure that's the case and she just misspoke. Thankfully I am naive about such things. Good parents, good family, good life. I got nothing to bitch about. So it's hard for someone like me who has never experienced such trauma to understand a 28 or 29 year old person continuing to have sex with one of their parents. To put it in terms that befit my advanced years: it's icky.