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I think it's June 26th. Nels' MySpace page and Cryptogramophone website will be streaming a new track every week beginning on May 15th. You certainly are.

It's usually available for download via torrent from places like UKNova. I'll be out of the country at the time and will have spotty Internet access, but I'll download and share if I can.

The nice thing about having 2 Tivos is that you can network them (wireless or wired) and share content between the 2 boxes.

Pete Townshend's Lifehouse Method project has just gone live. It's basically a website that you can upload a photo, voice clip, sound clip and rhythm clip to and then it generates what's supposed to be a unique piece of music. All of the recording can be done from a browser, if necessary. The site is free until July 31st. The songs I've "sat" for have turned out to sound like Baba O'Riley synth castoffs. Link

That's true if you're talking about record sales, ticket sales and the size of your fan base. But as far as presenting the music as its creator(s) intended it to be presented, who would know if a musician was stinking up a piece better than the aforementioned creators?

Yes, it would have been a ridiculous assertion if I had actually made it. I didn't say anything about *all* cock-rock guitarists, rather I was pointing out the difference between a low-key guitarist and a swaggering showoff who makes his O face while striking rock star poses and hogging the spotlight. Yes, I think "musically conscientious" is an apt description of Mr. Cline's presence on any stage. Ask the people he's played with if they agree with you about Nels' "atonal garbage" and fits of "manic guitar masturbation."

Nels is the least showy, most ego-free and musically conscientious guitar player I've ever seen. The injection of intense emotion into a song by an accomplished and sincere musician should not be compared to the ham-fisted ego stroking of some cock-rock jerkoff.

I don't think Nels Cline is capable of playing anything that could be considered embarrassing. "Shredding" and "noodling" and "wanking" are so far removed from describing what Nels plays that I can't help but picture someone viewing a room full of Picassos and complaining that the subjects' noses are on sideways. My favorite written quote about Mr. Cline was something along the lines of "He always plays the right thing at the right time."

Wasn't that video shot in November? I saw him in October and he was his normal skinny self. Probably 140 pounds soaking wet.

Carla Bozulich's website say that she'll be opening at some of the European shows. I think I need to dig out my passport and credit card.

If Nels isn't God, perhaps he's The Madonna?

Lots of news from Nels about his upcoming releases A new Nels Cline Singers record. Limited vinyl releases. A BOC cover with a Pepper on the side... Nels has this to say about the new Wilco album: "Yup. Out May 15th. There will no doubt be a ton of hype and maybe concomitant dread around this much-anticipated release - the first studio recording of the band with Pat Sansone and yours truly as members. I have never been involved with a "much-anticipated" release! I think I will just sit back and watch the parade... No amount of hype, dread, or blather can detract from my satisfaction with

Why do you think he carries an egg whisk in his back pocket?

I see that the album has been posted on Usenet in the alt.binaries.sounds.mp3.indie newsgroup. I'll leave it to someone else to determine if it was taken from the webcast.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition, 2005

Wow.

Former Geraldine Fibber, just like Nels. It's a small world.

Part of a new read-worthy post on the Crypto blog: (The Rolling Stone blurb) THE AVANT-ROMANTIC NELS CLINE of WILCO For many rock-guitar fiends, the oldest guitarist on this list is actually the youngest. Before joining Wilco in 2004, in time to tour behind A Ghost is Born, Cline -- born in Los Angeles in 1956 -- was a highly regarded figure in jazz and avant-rock circles, a sonically aggressive guitarist who played with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore, the art-country band the Geraldine Fibbers and his own searing instrumental groups. Now Cline agitates the bent-pop designs in Wilco's recent

Pete's taken to calling them "The Two." I paid a lot of money to see the band in November and I don't regret it. I've always been a huge fan and have seen them probably 20+ times and I've never been let down. Daltrey's voice isn't what it used to be, but the fire's still in his belly and Townshend has aged like fine wine. You won't get a Leeds-era performance, but they're still more powerful than most bands half their age.

I don't have the issue, but supposedly these are their picks: Tom Morello Jack White John Mayer Derek Trucks John Frusciante Luther Dickinson Nels Cline Warren Haynes Jim James & Carl Broemel Adam Jones Kaki King Mike McCready & Stone Gossard Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Ed O'Brien & Johnny Greenwood Chuck Garvey & Al Schnier Matt Pike Jack White

You can purchase a lot of stuff from the fine folks at Crypto. I usually find a copy or two of The Geraldine Fibbers' "Butch" album in the used bins and there's always eBay.

A very interesting and entertaining read.

The band's 10/2006 show is mentioned frequently in this article about Sunset Station:

Lots of sleet and ice here in San Antonio at the moment. Looks like the same tonight, so I'll probably play hooky from the office again.

Lineup: May 5: George Strait, Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Robert Earl Keen, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson, David Serby, Earl Scruggs, Nickel Creek, Yonder Mountain String Band, the Grascals, the John Cowan Band, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Riders In The Sky, Red Steagall, Waddie Mitchell, Sons Of The San Joaquin, Cowboy Nation. May 6: Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Gary Allan, Pat Green, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Raul Malo, Junior Brown, Drive-By Truckers, Alejandro Escovedo, Railbenders,