Albert Tatlock

FWIW - literally written in real time as I get my first listen. Hot Sun Cool Shroud - a very welcome upbeat song. A bit more subdued than I would like, when I compare with Magazine Called Sunset for example. Turn up the electric and fade the acoustic with the warn out strings IMHO. Lyrics without a phrase that catches my attention but the groove is growing on me. Livid - Would be fun to see live. If that approach/sound were applied more liberally elsewhere it would make Wilco perk up a bit from their strummy habits. Could do with some 'Ace of Spades' style vocals - I am av

Ta. I suggest you get in the habit of prodding them in the buttocks as a precautionary measure. You might just save someone's life. On tenderhooks for the deep cuts, cough, Unwelcome Guest, cough. (John can sing - JT do the harmonies).

"World". LOL. Actually I was in Japan when Japan beat USA last year. They were going mental over it - and the next day practically stalking some Japanese star who plays in America. Also and more importantly, there is a 'British' version of baseball played in the Cardiff/Newport and also Liverpool areas brought back by sailors and corrupted/improved. Quite different rules. We played as our summer sport in school. Lots of the rugby players used to play to keep fit in the summer. In fact my very local area team were often Welsh champions - though it was all amateur etc. This will g

Glad they did not forget the 'ed' on the end. Also: https://www.spin.com/2024/06/every-wilco-album-ranked/ Can't say I can summon up much spleen whatever they thought, as you say.

In danger of slipping into that demographic but I'm a pineapple upside down cake man myself.

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Ta Milwaukee versus NY rivalries reminds me of the only baseball game I have ever attended - at Yankee Stadium in 1984. There was some kind of extension as 'you people' don't like drawn games, so it ended after midnight. Travelling back to southern Manhattan on the underground on my own was an 'experience'. NYC was a bit bankrupt and rougher in those days.

Belated ta. Been a busy weekend of shoddy horticulture.

In the interest of conditioned responses, if nothing else, ta.

Uncle-in-law to be specific. How do?

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Fascinating and not at all hung-ho. He’s an engaging down to earth storyteller. . Also . . . As they say, play loud.

Ta. For me it was a pleasant evening half-watching the Jocks getting spanked by the Jerries. Just can’t get enough Karma for Joe Jordan’s hand ball, that’s what I say.

Ta. Is it wrong that I know what the Bronze Fonz is without googling?

When The Roses Bloom Again Someday, Some Morning, Sometime Gun Some nice choices there. Still sending psychic waves for The Unwelcome Guest tomorrow though. Ta.

https://vanderbilthustler.com/2024/05/08/waxahatchees-meditative-nostalgia/ "Another Chicago legend played drums behind . . .: Spencer Tweedy, son of the Wilco frontman." No offence to Spencer, but legend is an overused word.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/08/steve-albini-us-alt-rock-musician-and-producer-dies-aged-61

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT6RtuM57rw Mavis + JT from her birthday bash the other night.

https://americansongwriter.com/wilcos-nels-cline-highlights-the-betts-ness-of-his-epic-impossible-germany-solo-in-tribute-to-the-late-dickey-betts/

Friday Night Dinner 9 years of series that I missed but can now binge at my leisure excellent stuff - situation comedy with well choreographed farce at times. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YcFkNYA5hps The last few seconds of this above had me in stitches last night. Makes me wish I had a brother, ha!

I have taught you well, young grasshopper.

Who can forget . . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YnOMAls83g .

https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/family-trips-with-the-meyers-b-5378560/episodes/jeff-tweedy-took-a-ride-in-a-w-202570192 I have not listened to it so your guess is as good as mine.

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"In May 2021, Rousay went on a five-day trip and came back to a completely empty house. Burglars had taken everything: $20,000 worth of music gear, couch, passport, bed. Even the toilet seat. A GoFundMe was posted to help her recoup, raising more than $33,000. Soon after, a mysterious box bigger than her car showed up at the friend’s house where Rousay was staying. It was filled with instruments and equipment, including a full drum set and a $5,500 archtop guitar, courtesy of Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, a fan of her work who had heard about her misfortune. “I did not know him, but he really helped me