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    Schmilco Impressions.

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Love this album - absolutely love it. The hooks are coming out with each listen, this is one of their best. As other folks have said, I like my Wilco weird and opaque.

     

    1. YHF

    2. Summerteeth

    3. AGIB

    4. SBS

    5. Schmilco

    6. Being There

    7. SW

    8. MMA 1 & MMA 2

    9. Wilco Book

    10. WTA

    11. AM

    12. TWL

    Schmilco!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Let's all take a deep breath. The best conversations here will be about music and what the music brings out in all of us. I assume nobody here leaked the album. Blaming someone for taking advantage of the leak is like blaming a crack addict for not being able to resist crack. Also, most people on this website will buy the music in physical from, and see a show, and buy a t shirt. Wilco will not suffer financial from any activity on this message board. Deep breaths. We're all on the same team - Wilco.

    Let's all take a deep breath. The best conversations here will be about music and what the music brings out in all of us. I assume nobody here leaked the album. Blaming someone for taking advantage of the leak is like blaming a crack addict for not being able to resist crack. Also, most people on this website will buy the music in physical from, and see a show, and buy a t shirt. Wilco will not suffer financial from any activity on this message board. Deep breaths. We're all on the same team - Wilco.

    Schmilco Impressions.

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    While I am glad that Wilco has given us two albums in a one-year period, I am wondering what would have happened if these were a single album, especially knowing that the material was developed aroun the same time. In other words, what if Wilco had just released a single album that looked something like this:

     

    EKG

    More

    Joke Explained

    Random Name Generator

    Pickled Ginger

    Normal American Kids

    If I Ever Was A Child

    Cry All Day

    Nope

    You Satellite

    Quarters

    Taste the Ceiling

    Locator

    Cold Slope

    King of You

    Magnetized

    Schmilco!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    PS - Didn't mean to sound boastful (heard Schmilco, seeing Television).... Just really excited to finally be able to discuss this record with all of you, in person or digitally.

    Schmilco!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Multiple media outlets have copies. (That is how I may have heard it.). I think it has not leaked due to the sheer goodwill engendered by the band, as your posts demonstrate. (Though I am still shocked that it has not leaked.). It is that same feeling of goodwill that makes SSF so special.

     

    Even though I may have heard it, I am planning to stop by the listening session at Songbyrd in DC (cool new venue if you have not been) on Sept. 6 (before going to see Television at the 930 Club!). Holler if you're going.

    Best Wilco lyric ever!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    I have always contended to a friend that if I ever created something as lyrically and sonically brilliant as Via Chicago, I would know that I had created something truly great. I love every lyric in the song, but what sends it to another plane of consciousness for me is the use of a non sequitur in the midst of an otherwise logical poetic narrative:

     

    "And crawling is screw faster lash

    I blow it with kisses"

    Schmilco!

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    If I had a media copy, and I'm not saying I do, but if I did, I would say the closest analogy is Sukierae. Definitely some good tunes and adventurous, minor chord moods. One song is aggressively difficult. Album is subdued and introspective. But worthwhile. That is after two listens. Will check in after four listens.

     

     

    That is, if I had heard it, which I'm not saying that I have.

    August 14 in Moorehead

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Great stuff, unifiedtheory! My goal was to get a set list up as quickly as possible, so with some further reflection, please allow me to add some notes in support/addition to yours:

     

    -- This was one of the most respectful audiences I have experienced in my 25+ Wilco shows. I live on the East Coast, and shows up and down I-95 have tended to have way too much chatter in recent years. The Moorehead crowd was better. Having been raised in a town about an hour north of the venue, I suspect this was a combination of reverence and good manners. In any event, it enhanced my enjoyment very much.

     

    -- I also had heard We've Been Had only one other time, also at SSF. While I think the set list was perfect for this venue and crowd, I selfishly wanted to hear a wider variety. (I am fortunate enough to see Wilco 1-2 times per year, so I am spoiled.). For example, they played only one song from The Whole Love, none from Wilco (The Album), one from Sky Blue Sky, one from Being There, and one from AM. I suspect that the rest of the tour will resemble this set, with the new album being featured heavily once it is released.

     

    -- Again, the venue was a breathtaking surprise. My friends and family from the area were not well aware of it. It seems that it is only a few years old and was constructed for the local summer musical theater juggernaut known as Trollwood. The venue has been used for rock shows only recently. If the Bluestem folks are reading this: You have a real treasure on your hands! I would see almost any decent band there! It is my opinion that this venue could be very interesting for some other great bands and a real boon to the arts scene in Fargo-Moorehead.

    August 14 in Moorehead

    in After The Show

    Posted

    First of all, Happy 5th Anniversary to Jay Welsh and Darby. And Happy Brithday, Dave! William Tyler was great. Wilco was very relaxed and fun. Jeff barely spoke (for Jeff). Solid show. Great, great venue. Set list:

     

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    Random Name Generator

    Joke Explained

    IATTBYH

    Art of almost

    Pickled Ginger

    Hummingbird

    Handshake Drugs

    Cold Slope

    King of You

    Via Chicago

    Spiders

    Jesus

    If I Ever Was a Child

    Locator

    Box Full of Letters

    Heavy Metal Drummer

    I'm the Man Who Loves You

    Impossible Germany

    The Late Greats

    (Acoustics Encore)

    Misunderstood

    We've Been Had

    War on War

    I'm Always in Love

    California Stars

    Shot in the Arm

    David Bowie

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    theashtraysays: Your post is eerie. I am sometimes on a music podcast. We recorded one re Blackstar on Thursday. Listening to the conversation today sent chills down my spine, for reasons similar to what you described. Seeing what you wrote, I feel compelled to offer the link below.

     

    I'm struggling with this more than I have struggled with a celebrity death in a while, perhaps since Jay Bennett died (not comparing Jay and Bowie, of course). Maybe Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but again, he did not have anything close to the cultural impact that Bowie did/does; I was just a huge fan. Even Lou Reed's death did not set me reeling like this.

     

    The last few days have been a great reminder of why music is so powerful and important. Think about how specific and deeply ingrained all of our feelings and associations with Bowie are to us, both individually and collectively. Can any art accomplish the same effect? I doubt it.

     

    And I just want to say to you all that when the day comes that members of Wilco pass, I will be relying on you all to get me through it.

     

    Anyway, here is the link to our podcast where we express naive (in retrospect) excitement about Bowie's new album and what it signals for what he may do next:

     

    http://www.chunkyglasses.com/content/episode-148-david-bowie-black-star

     

    Patrick

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