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I'm really liking this song! Need to spend some headphones time, to catch all the lyrics. That "thin-skinned" line is brilliant. Somewhere Woody Guthrie is smiling at his legacy...through bands like Wilco.

Well put, Doug. It is taking too long, but as I said elsewhere, Trump is coming down like a confederate statue. The time of old white racists is almost past.

Our VC member poppydawn (Robin) lives in Belleville, IL where Jeff grew up and where his dad still lived. Today she was able to visit during visitation hours at the funeral home. She conveyed all our love to the Tweedy family, and signed the guestbook to represent all of us here at Via Chicago. May all our love carry the family through these dark, sad days. Thank you, Robin, for serving as our messenger and delivering our hugs. From Bob's obituary: Memorials may be made to http://The Leukemia And Lymphoma Society (Team Susan Miller Tweedy) or Belleville Area Humane Society. Condolences may

Sounds like a glorious night!

Sadly, Bob died today. Our deepest sympathies.

My heart aches with the news. Rest in Peace, Bob, and peace and every blessing to all those you loved, and who love you. The world is sadder without you here. Deepest sympathy to Jeff and his family.

They had gone gambling together. Afterwards, he told Jeff he really ought to write a song about it. Thank you, Bob! It's a great song!

How could we help but love the father and grandfather of many wonderful Tweedys, and the inspiration behind "Casino Queen"? Love and peace to him and his beloved family.

Jeff's dad is ailing. Susan has posted on facebook asking for all the love, good wishes, and prayers you can spare. So please turn on those awesome Via Chicago vibe machines and let's get some healing waves flooding toward the midwest! Love to Bob and the entire Tweedy clan from all of us here!

Have a listen! http://www.npr.org/2017/07/23/538524582/one-giant-leap-for-music-nasas-sonic-history-inspires-this-duo

I'm more optimistic than some. I just believe this evil will eventually collapse under its own weight. I also predict that tomorrow (Friday July 21st) is going to be a humdinger. I expect some exciting political moves tomorrow.

I'll bet you'll be very happy, Calvino.

Life sure is good at teaching us humility. I hope McCain will beat his cancer, and maybe come out the other side with a renewed appreciation for our need to support each other through health crises. Basic health care needs to be seen as a human right...we owe that much to each other as a united species. Are we as advanced as we claim? We need to care for every one of us. I sound like an aging hippie but really, humans need to get their shit together.

I also find myself in agreement with Bannon! But saying Paul is a limp-dicked motherfucker is a bit like saying water is wet or gravity exists. Bannon can't co-opt reality just because he acknowledges a bit of it.

There was a delicious meme that I wish I could find...made from that photo of evangelicals touching and praying over Trump recently. The meme made it appear that they were pushing him into a jail cell. Can't happen soon enough for me! Whatever Putin has on Trump, it is so calamitous that Trump can't even discuss it in the presence of his most trusted cronies. The best thing about secrets is, they almost always come out sooner or later.

Sometimes I really wish we had a "like" button. Clearly I am spending too much time on the facebook. And Isbell?

Tell me about this. I loved this book! I wish I were free to go hear him speak about this in L.A. tonight...one of the last dates of his now-cancelled book tour. Much love and support to the man as he works through his grief and depression following his mother's passing. I'm told the book is powerful!

Oddly enough, I WAS expecting a low-key, comfortable-but-not-earthshaking revisit of several old friends (songs) and thus was completely blown away when I finally put it on late one night and got to have the experience of a living room show for only me, in my own living room. From Via Chicago on, I was captivated by the intimacy and sheer beauty of these melodies and these words. It felt all new to me. It's a powerful album that will bring you back to when you first fell inside these songs. Listen without distractions. This is Jeff distilled to his essence.

You have the soul of a writer, Vince. Captured it perfectly.

Bringing back sweet memories!

Beautiful shots, Rob!

I like it!

What I've done is go to an online site (I used imgur.com) to upload my photo, then use their resizing feature to size it down to about 1/3rd or 1/4th original size. Then you'll be able to post it. If you have any further trouble getting it to post, shoot me a pm and I'll walk you through whatever is hanging it up.

I'll start us off with two Tweedys.