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You guys are cracking me up! Heavy Metal Hummingbird

Ok all, between political lunacy and the Christmas crunch and general wintertime blues, I think we are all in need of a little playful diversion. I hope you'll join me in playing and help create some ridiculousness for all of us to enjoy. I call the game "Splice". To play, follow these simple rules: 1.) You play using only the words used in Wilco song titles. You may not use any entire title, with the exception of song titles that are only one word long, such as "Nope" or "Reservations". 2.) For now at least let's stick to using just two song titles. I might open it up more later, but for

First off, HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, SPENCER TWEEDY!!! And in perfect celebratory style, Spencer has chosen today to debut his own first solo effort, a 4-song EP. Have a listen to "Geezer Love": http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/12/spencer-tweedy-drops-debut-ep-geezer-love-stream-download/ Congratulations, Spencer!

Those are great questions. Too bad that we'll never get them answered.

I love being introduced to cool new bands by Wilco!

You're gonna have to tell us more than that.

I've just finished reading my husband's treasured "For What It's Worth"...treasured because Richie Furay was nice enough to personalize a copy to him! The Buffalo Springfield's story is such a complicated and convoluted one, and in many ways it is a sad story of a band that got more than its share of bad breaks, despite the enormous talent within the group. Fascinating. I grew up in southern CA until I was 10, and then was in northern CA. These guys made the soundtrack to my childhood! I never knew that they weren't huge everywhere, but they sure were in my CA world. And deserved to be!

This is true!

A couple of favorites...Bruce Springsteen in 1975, at UC Santa Barbara, and Elvis Costello at the Whiskey on the Sunset Strip....'77 or '78. There was an obnoxious drunk, a big guy, throwing himself all over, bashing into people in his snockered state. He was directly below Elvis, front and center at the stage edge. Midway through the show, tiny angry Elvis had had enough of him. Elvis bent and picked up the guy's tall drink glass which he'd set on the stage, and then Costello, all unruffled coolness, poured the whole drink over the drunk's head. The guy was so soused he just stood and took it

While I'm looking forward to this as much as anyone, I have always wished it didn't come at Christmas time! Who has a spare dime at this time of year?!

Happy turkey day to all of our American members! In these craziest of times it might seem almost trivial to pause to make a big, memorable meal that we share with the family that birth gave us along with the family we've been lucky enough to gain as we weave our way through life. But the truth of the matter is that pausing to enjoy each other and the incredible gift we all have of sharing this planet and its bounty...why, that's no small or trivial thing at all. It might just be the most important part of life. Pause today to take each other in, along with all that amazing food. Stop long

I'll be standing right beside you.

Everybody go see some live music. It will help. I saw Mavis (and the wonderful movie of her life, "Mavis!") tonight, and I feel human again.

This.

It doesn't look a bit different from here. I don't recognize my own country. I'm getting vertigo at the idea of going from Obama to.....this. Keep an eye out for those 4 horsemen. It's the only explanation I have.

Omigawd you drove overseas! Brave. We did that in England...alternately fun and utterly terrifying!

Haha, Dagwave! Great story! Reading stuff like your story, and Mr. Heartbreak's median adventures, I feel slightly less stupid about my own poor driving choices like when I had turned into an unexpected cul-de-sac and there was another car approaching. As a new driver I was super self-conscious of other drivers' opinions, so I went to quickly do a y-turn to get out of the other driver's way. Did it very quickly, and smoothly, and felt pretty competent until I slammed into one of those squarish pale green electrical boxes (?) that stand about 3 ft. tall. I never saw it at all, short as it was,

Whoa! Bet that driver felt foolish after getting out safely. I can't believe how many people will take that chance. I'm in Southern CA so we don't get a lot of rain, but every now and then we'll get a really magnificent storm with heavy rain. A local underpass always floods, and every major storm is followed by photos of folks standing on their flooded cars in that underpass, in the next day's newspaper. That must do some expensive damage to those cars!

I think it would also be permissible to discuss other people's idiocy, as long as you've got a really good story.

All the Cubs celebrations have been so wonderful to watch. What a time for David Ross! I love this clip of Rizzo paying tribute to Ross. http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-world-series-anthony-rizzo-david-ross-parade-champions-emotional-tribute-retire-grandpa-rossy-110516

So I can't take much more election coverage. I thought it might be nice to talk about something completely different, and I figured, who amongst us hasn't done something really idiotic while driving? Don't tell him I told you, but someone near and dear to me once managed to drive up over a parking lot divider and got the car so hung up on it that it took a tow truck to pull the car free. This was at the DMV. And yes, I have stories all my own....how to choose? Your turn. I'll give a prize to the one I like best. It will be Wilco related! Go.

I'm a huge fan of City of Thieves. Terrific book! I'm late to Game of Thrones, only in the 2nd season now, so I want to go back and read COT to see if I see it differently. He's a helluva writer.

This one looks spectacular! Thanks for the link, I can't wait!

Frank does put on one helluva show! Love him.

Agree on both points. Somebody get that band together.