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Brian F.

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  1. Don't you understand how it works? The people glaring at you are allowed to stand for the songs they know and/or like, but you're not allowed to stand for the songs that you know and/or like. This creates tension when the crowd is split between fans who are familiar with and fans of the whole catalog, and fans who are familiar with maybe two albums and "California Stars."
  2. Not so odd. From U-God to U-Rod...
  3. Oh, O.K. I'm not on either of those platforms.
  4. Cool. I didn't see anything on Wilcoworld and there was no email. What's that from?
  5. How come John and Pat don't get to use Wilco channels to announce their release?
  6. Does anybody know if this livestream is going to be accessible from Jeff's Substack page? I don't see anything there.
  7. This guy might be too prolific.
  8. I'm pretty sure this will be marketed as The Twilight Saga: Override.
  9. Why don't they send notice of this to their mailing list?
  10. Thirty years ago, almost to the minute, I was walking out of my first Wilco show, at Tramps in New York City. For the full reminiscence, see: Happy anniversary to me!
  11. Papal encyclicals are typically named for the first two or three words of the encyclical (e.g., Rerum Novarum or Laudato Si), so there's a nonzero chance there could be an encyclical that starts something like "Jesus vocat nos..." that we could fairly call Jesus etc.
  12. Apple TV+ has an excellent track record of quality over quantity. There are a number of acclaimed shows on the platform. I personally have enjoyed For All Mankind, an alternative-fiction history of the era of space exploration.
  13. I remember that being the prevailing opinion-- that Trace was superior-- although I was an adamant dissenter. I tried to turn a lot of my indie-rock-loving friends on to A.M., but only one-- the aforementioned Music Director of the radio station-- agreed with me. He declared it "rad." Everyone else dismissed it as country music. It wasn't until Being There that the scales fell from their eyes. I still remember listening to the CD of Being There when it came out, and my roommate (who had been one of the dismissers) hearing "Misunderstood" and saying, "What's that?" When I said Wilco, he couldn'
  14. Really? Wow! I had no idea. I wonder how many times they played it.
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