kidsmoke

Just when you all thought this topic might finally have slipped contentedly into the cyber-ether, I bring you.......

A WHOLE BUNCH MORE PICTURES!!!

They are from both the party at Edie's & the LR show at Erin's. (And a few at the beginning of Morgan's lovely home)

Please be advised, several pictures are fairly crummy. My camera had trouble with the lighting so it often hesitated, then took the picture a second or so behind when I'd wanted.....so I hope you all enjoy pictures of Jeff behind a mike! Because if so, you'll love these.

I've also left in some blurry-motion shots, just because I liked them anyway....like the one of Chris & Jen singing backup on "I Got You" while Jeff does some dramatic, blurry, bent-over rock-star move....you'll see it. As I recall, he was so pumped during that song that he was a blur, a Wilcofied tasmanian devil.

Blurry or otherwise, who cares.....any reminders of these nights make me happy, because the memories are so sublime.

I love the one of Johnny! Too cute. And the one of Chris N. and Steve.

Here's the link:

Still more LR 3 Photos!

too subtle? let's see if i can clairify.... here's the artwork:

You subtle people drive me crazy.

signed,

kidsmoke the gullible

PS - That is some hAWt artwork there.

i have an awesome mix cd i like to call "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot". i think you guys would dig it.

And why so named?

So, like, all of you send me your mix tapes and I'll listen and I'll tell you which one is the best.

Thank you,

kidsmoke

The only thing that stands out, to me, is how much the lyrics generally suck...

Wow, that's harsh....and I disagree....but of course everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I'm finding a lot of depth and beauty, myself.

Site updated

 

http://www.bemydemon.org/

 

Thanks for all your work, Ronen.

I can't imagine ever describing "Hate It Here" as light-hearted. One of the reasons I love it is because it evokes such deep-seated melancholy.

I see what you mean, Eric, but after hearing it at our LR show, and hearing Susan announce its "real" title...."The Liar's Song".....I still crack up when he begins the lyrics.

A great song, any way you look at it.

this album really is superb. when i first got it, even after about 10-15 listens i wasn't quite sure what to think about it. i took a break from it for a few days, then came back to it. now i've listened to it a few more times, i can't stop. there are so many subtle, beautifully crafted songs on this album. there really is no weak point. don't let it fool you it sounds "simple" on the first few listens. more so than any wilco album to date, this is one that really needs some time to sink in.

I agree. There's a lot of elegant, truthful depth to this.

Jeff's singing is gorgeous on this album.

Wow, just a dynamite show.....very high-energy & fun!!!

But it's 3 a.m. so I'm going to sleep now.

He's already lost. There's no getting him back. He's one of us.

Worse yet, he likes it. Yep, he's a goner.

Aw, CAKE FOR EVERYBODY!!!!!!

May your home swell with peace and beauty and love!

i think kidsmoke needs to come back to chicago very soon and bring ms y as well!

I think Allison is brilliant and has excellent ideas.

Man quoting Will would have difficult for me. I am lucky just to get it out.

Man, I had a awesome time. The more I think about the more I realize how truly special that event was. It must have been, made me finally join the VC.

 

Hey Edie - Your the bomb for your setlist! Give Scott my best

 

Hummingbird's husband

Hey Mike, I think you should be the hummingbard Get it? Then we'd have Hummingbird and the Hummingbard.

You might have to be able to spout a few lines of Shakespeare to pull it off, though. Or maybe just a few lines of "She's a Jar".

What a weekend!

 

Good friends -new and old.

Wonderful music - a given.

That deep dish pizza and those mini brownies. Yum.

 

Thanks to Sue and Jeff, our hosts, the organizers, and each donor who made this wild weekend in Chicago happen.

Thank you, Warner!!!

Donna,

 

It was great to meet you. Please tell your daughter thanks for the bracelet. I'm gonna leave it on till it rots. She feeling better yet?

Same here, Johnny! By the way, I've got a great photo of you too....I'll post it soon. Oh, and I need your addy; please pm that.

Lis is much better! She's glad the bracelets could be there even if she couldn't.

 

Love you Donna!!!!!!

 

I love that photo, Vanessa! I remember that moment exactly.

You got such a bunch of amazing shots!

i actually got a photo of her doing the bunny years with someones camera! hehe

It'll turn up.

Here are just a couple of shots for now....

Chandler with pre-show glow!

As Jesus Etc. began, with the room utterly hushed

Gotta love this wry expression!

Post-show goofiness...Jeff had just caught Chris putting rabbit ears behind his head for a photo. I love the blur of action here, because it captures the moment as it felt. Someone else shot this with my camera (Kyle?) as I used Chris' camera. (That's me taking the photo, in the shot.)

 

This is probably my favorite picture of the pre-show party.

 

 

And that is definetly the best picture I took.

And here's all the ones flickr let me upload.I've got some more to come.

bobbob, those pictures kick ass .....what a phenomenal shot of Jeff! Alissa loved it because you could see Jeff's bracelet so well in it.

Hey Erin, on a side note . . . I think that Sue may have forgotten them and left them on your bar downstairs. You may want to check. I didn't want them to get misplaced.

Don't worry, those were a few extras....we made more than we actually needed. Erin & Kristen, have at them!

Hi everybody, I'm home safe and sound after a very long day (yesterday) of airplane games.....we got to play "fire drill" in Dallas! After we were all settled on the plane, ready for takeoff, a piercing, shrill tone began to sound & grew until I finally put my book down and stuffed balls of tissue into my ears, which didn't help much. After a good 15 minutes of this, the captain explained that a small hydraulic fluid leak had been found at the nose of the plane, and they needed to test the system to figure out what was up. He guessed it was just a valve that needed tightening...something minor. So then we got more of the piercing whine for a long stretch, then silence for another long time. At least we all got juice, that was nice of them. But ultimately, maintenance ruled that our plane needed to be taken out of servive, so we all got to re-gather our belongings and troop over to another plane at another gate & "Take your same seats, please!" The deja vu jokes were flying, even if we weren't. Finally got into Ontario (CA) about 12:30, dead on my feet, and my poor baby girl Alissa was not only exhausted but burning up with a fever that had just started that day, over 102. So we've spent today pretty much in collapse mode.

There aren't enough words to say enough thank you's to everyone involved in what was a magical & nearly surreal weekend for me. For now, I'll just say that I've got some precious, precious pictures.....one of Jeff & M.Chris that I adore, another of Chandler that is too cute for words, and plenty of everything else, some good and some awful.....you'll see them. Everyone who had anything to do with this weekend and the joy it brought me, I love you and thank you from the bottom of my heart. If you think I might mean you, well, of course I do! Now take whatever love & gratitude you imagine that I feel, and multiply it by about 100x over, and now you're close to my actual sentiments. I feel so immensely blessed to be able to travel in the company of some of the world's finest people.

I was so happy after our adventures that I was cheerful throughout all the plane-switching lunacy! Other passengers were cheering up just feeding off my silly cracks and happy glow (either that or maybe I was annoying the hell out of them ), and I know they appreciated when I suggested to the flight crew that "free drinks for everybody!" were in order ....

.....even if they never did follow through.....

......Somebody is still giddy, can you tell?

Now I'm going to go watch "Home Alone" with my sick little girl, just to see a bit more of Winnetka!

We miss you, Dunja!

What he said.

Sometimes repetition helps.....here's that Via Chicago rule again for those of you who weren't paying attention:

Please Do Not Post Links To Commercial Releases

 

It's become a pretty big problem as of late, and it's only a matter of time before a record label catches wind of it and puts the hammer down on this site and it's admins. We dont' allow it for Wilco, so it's unfair to allow it for other bands.

 

So from now on, anyone who posts a link to a full commercial studio record will be given one warning, and after that, they will be suspended from this site.

 

If you want to send someone a PM or email about where to find it? Fine, but no direct links, as it's gotten out of hand the last few months, and something needed to be done.

 

If you want to post links to individual songs from mp3 blogs, legit sites, etc., that's not a problem.

 

Thanks

Pretty straightforward if you ask me.