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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'

Really? Wow! I had no idea. I wonder how many times they played it.

I'm guessing this must have been on 120 Minutes? The only time I ever saw Wilco on MTV was when they premiered the video for "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" on 120 Minutes. I still can't believe someone talked Jeff into skydiving.

It was thirty years ago today that Wilco released A.M. My first exposure to Wilco would have been on April 13, 1995. Tuning in to CNN's Showbiz Today to see its weekly Thursday reveal of the new top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 while home from college on Easter break, I saw a feature on that year's South by Southwest festival. There was a montage of artists performing that included a 15-to-30-second clip of Wilco doing something from A.M., presumably, and I was instantly hooked. When I got back to school, I asked the Music Director for the college radio station (where I was a DJ and eventually

Thanks to you both. I remembered it being well over $200, so this makes sense. The combined price for the LP set and the CD set from Wilcoworld, with tax and shipping, was $373. I just resold the LP set, which turned out to have basically no value to me (no extra music, no larger artwork) at a loss of essentially 50 percent.

Is there anyone here who ordered this LP set from Wilcoworld and who still has a record of it? I'm trying to figure out what I paid for this, but the only record I have of the transaction is a credit-card charge that includes both the LP set and the CD set. I'm trying to figure out the all-in price, with shipping and tax, for the LP set pre-order.

I think nonplussed was what they were going for. I thought the ending was really powerful.

That "Caught in the Past" couplet is powerful. I look forward to hearing that song.

"White Wooden Cross" sounds like it would be perfect for this treatment. Maybe this year's Tweedy Largo shows can be Tweedy Creek. The Watkinses have a regular gig at Largo. (The next one is March 18.) I have a friend who sometimes joins them on violin at their shows.

Thanks, bbop. I'm pretty sure Jeff has related the story about the protest and his dad saying he would've crawled through the desert etc., but I don't specifically recall if it was in onstage banter or in an interview he did promoting Cruel Country. I do not recall the "Robert E. Lee Tweedy" detail, though.

The lyrics in the box set say that the line in "Spiders (Kidsmoke)" is "all these telescopic bones." In the original release, it's "telescopic poems." I don't know what to believe anymore...

Something I usually do: pre-order directly from the artist. Something I rarely do: order from Amazon, especially music. For this release, I changed things up. I pre-ordered the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot deluxe boxes and grossly overpaid, especially for the LP set. I have historically bought Wilco LPs along with the CDs (even though it's the CDs I will listen to) because I like having full-size artwork and, in at least a couple of instances (Kicking Television, The Whole Love), there were extra tracks on the LPs. The YHF LP box was such a waste. The artwork was identical to the CD box, a

Since you didn't ask: The day before Oscar nominations were announced, I shared the list of my ten favorite films of 2024. Only films released in theaters during the 2024 calendar year were eligible for inclusion on this list. All ten films and the Honorable Mentions were seen in the theater except for Nos. 5, 8 and 10. Incidentally, “Five, Eight and Ten” is a great song by Mineral, the chorus of which is appropriate for this list: “I want to know the difference between what sparkles and what is gold.” Here’s what sparkled in 2024, and here’s what I’d give the gold to:

How about we trade Trump for some stale poutine?

We can't afford to lose a blue state.

You forgot to mention at least one show Wilco played at the Higher Ground in Winooski, Vermont, in 1999. I can still remember the smell of maple syrup and politeness in the air, so close were we to Canada.

Just noting that I added a full writeup above.

I also saw it yesterday and enjoyed it.

Ending on "Baba O'Riley" feels appropriate since it's often performed as a show closer by a band I fell in love with at 16 and have seen 82 times since: Pearl Jam.

Feel Free A Lifetime to Find Annihilation Ashes of American Flags Mine Forever I Know What It's Like On and On and On Either Way One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) You're Not Gonna Win Spiders (Kidsmoke) Cold Slope King of You Acuff-Rose California Stars Lou Reed Was My Babysitter Jesus, Etc. A Shot in the Arm A Robin or a Wren (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) The start was delayed slightly (to 8:43 p.m.) because of what Jeff implied was a throat issue, allowing for an extend

Love Is The King Ambulance Remember the Mountain Bed Sunlight Ends Box Full of Letters I Am Trying to Break Your Heart Don't Forget Everlasting Everything Country Song Upside-Down Pot Kettle Black Normal American Kids Guaranteed Passenger Side Pecan Pie [in F] Evicted Love is for Love (new song) I'm Always In Love Lou Reed Was My Babysitter I Found Reason [Velvet Underground] (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) Cry Baby Cry (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) Opener: Mike O'Brien Jeff on sta

Story to Tell Radio King I'll Fight Company in My Back Ice Cream Enough Having Been Is No Way to Be A Bowl and a Pudding Kamera One True Vine Laminated Cat She's a Jar (with harmonica) Family Ghost This Is How It Ends (new song) -------------------------------------------------- Please Tell My Brother Kingpin Someone to Lose I'm the Man Who Loves You Lou Reed Was My Babysitter Evergreen (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) Heroes [Bowie] (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy) On Night 2 at

That's funny about the new song title. I was writing random distinctive phrases to try to pin down what it was later. I had written "glowing X-ray" and "Train in Vain," and also "now and then" because it appeared twice in the lyrics. Then the song closed with about fifteen straight instances of "You're in Love Again" so I thought, "I'll definitely go with that." I had forgotten that there was a "Now and Then" played at some of the solo gigs.

All Across the World Even I Can See Sky Blue Sky I Am My Mother Impossible Germany Message from Mid-Bar Gwendolyn KC Rain Sad Kind of Way Meant to Be An Empty Corner New Madrid You and I Reservations Now and Then ------------------------------------------------------- You Are Not Alone Lou Reed Was My Babysitter A Robin or a Wren (with Spencer and Sammy Tweedy on harmony vocals) After an opening comedic set by Mae Martin, Jeff arrived on stage at 8:34 p.m. and commented about how "we just did

Jeff Tweedy.