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I take it you meant mild-mannered? Yum, nice eye candy. I've been listening the past couple of days to your terrific mix from a year ago, the one that begins W/ Jon Rae Fletcher's "Big Talker". Great summertime listening!

Wait a minute, Canadian football players write songs? Those lyrics are wonderful! And I think I'd rather be drunk and bankrupt, if this is one-a them polls.

Well, there are all kinds of different ways to "know' someone, Crow. Anyway, we care and hope things get easier for ya. Haha, gotta love the Brucester.

I'm with jff. Hang in there, Crow, and I hope you can find the solution for this. It must be awful.

Great! I only have about 500 pages of Infinite Jest left to get through, give or take a 20-pg. footnote or two, and then I'll get a copy of Nobody's Fool!* * I don't mean to make Infinite Jest sound like a struggle, because it's magnificent, but it is very very long!

I haven't gotten to Nobody's Fool yet. It's on my reading list.

The thing with John Irving is, even with his lesser works, you know you're in for a good story with memorable characters. I like Richard Russo for the same reason.

Easily one of my favorite books. It just has such heart, and gets better & better as it goes, and as the characters develop.

Hey All, Americans or other world citizens, how do you plan to enjoy tomorrow? Of course for our American crew there will be the big celebration of our country's declaration of independence, which requires things like BBQ'd beast, big booming fireworks atop the local mid-city mountain, which of course needs the big finale of the mountain's dry brush igniting from sparks, for the local yahoos to really feel it has been a full-fledged Fourth of July.....but no worries, the local firefighters are skilled and well-practiced at dousing Mt. Rubidoux, after all these years....then there will be the c

I love this book! Happy reading, Morgan! I myself am in the thick of Infinite Jest.

Ah, ok, that makes more sense!

Is that a moderator-only thing, being able to view who voted for what? Seems kinda odd that there's no voter privacy!

We always keep an eye on it, and our members have been good about respecting the rules...this is, by and large, a very good-hearted group.

Nice review, thanks!

I love these threads! Could you all please provide the song title and band, in case we don't know the song? Thanks!

Reposting this for moderator Mike P. (who's out of town at the moment) for greater exposure, since we know how often you all read the "Announcements" forum, where this was first posted. So please read Mike's message, below! Good people, . For the past several months, we've been hard at work at the third installment of our Via Chicago tribute series, I'm The Fan Who Loves You. Read all about it here: Wilco Tribute # 3.. We need art for the disc, and will use two to three high quality photos for the front and back. We would love any photo submissions you can give us. Submissions will be ju

Reposting this for moderator Mike P. (who's out of town at the moment) for greater exposure, since we know how often you all read the "Announcements" forum, where this was first posted. So please read Mike's message, below! Good people, . For the past several months, we've been hard at work at the third installment of our Via Chicago tribute series, I'm The Fan Who Loves You. Read all about it here: Wilco Tribute # 3.. We need art for the disc, and will use two to three high quality photos for the front and back. We would love any photo submissions you can give us. Submissions will be ju

Reposting this for moderator Mike P. (who's out of town at the moment) for greater exposure, since we know how often you all read the "Announcements" forum, where this was first posted. So please read Mike's message, below! Good people, . For the past several months, we've been hard at work at the third installment of our Via Chicago tribute series, I'm The Fan Who Loves You. Read all about it here: Wilco Tribute # 3.. We need art for the disc, and will use two to three high quality photos for the front and back. We would love any photo submissions you can give us. Submissions will be ju

What would we be without wishful thinking!

Part of Julie's waist appears to have gone missing in that photo.

Allow me to extend your spidery self an administrative welcome, brownrecluse! I hope you enjoy the many attractions of our little community, and I hope you musically-gifted types will give thought to taking part in one of our Wilco or Tweedy Tributes. (Details to be found in the Tributes Forum.) Make yourself comfortable here, but please, a caution regarding "street-teaming" and self-promotion. Keep it to a bare minimum, and respect our rules on the subject: (I've quoted only the pertinent rules - for our complete Rules and Regulations, go here: http://forums.viachicago.org/topic/38190-via-c

They do a gorgeous version of that! That's good news about an upcoming album & tour.

You left out Kicking Television! Oops, sorry, wrong thread again. I knew that's what you meant.

Damn you, Sir Stew!