Sweet Papa Crimbo

That's pretty cool, but I wouldn't expect them to do it at every show. There have been many unique events on this tour (Dark Star, Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Waterloo Sunset, etc.), and there have also been plenty of nights where Dylan didn't bring anyone on stage. He hasn't established a pattern and stuck with it.

 

Does anyone else think it's kind of funny that on the AmericanaramA tour, many of the covers have been of artists who were not strictly American? Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young, Canada), Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Gordon Lightfoot, also Canada), The Band (also partly from Canada). If anything, that's the pattern. They should throw in some Joni Mitchell tunes, too.

America isn't just the United States

Hope this is an old meme

Not really surprising...he is REALLY young here.

Awesome..I saw him a few weeks ago too. I like that he was playing some Sound Of Lies stuff when I saw him. He has also been on a Im not Americana Music kick. He mentioned he wants to cover a PIL album in the future when I saw him.

Really, really good news.

Those defending Zimmerman's actions are either being willfully obtuse or an asshole.

Where ya been pal?

Today I sat in a budget meeting for eight and a half hours.

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHcRTTy0Epg

Rooney!

 

Anyhoo, I agree there are many factors for why us "old timers" fell off the face of VC. Mostly life (i.e. family, work) but also other venues of communication (such as Facebook). Various small FB groups may or may not exist   .

I guess that is the death rattle of every Internet group...the more people that get involved, the more the 'core' withdraws.

Well, I've cast my lot with this board, whether the cool kids post here anymore or not.

Don't raise you voice. Make a better argument.

Wasn't feeling really well this morning, so I got up early and listened to some tunes before I got ready for work

There is a Facebook page, but I don't think it's a group as such. Lots of random posts on there, like "Good show last night, Jeff." "When are you guys coming to OKC?" and whatnot.

That's what I was afraid of.

People aren't going to another mass heavily attended forum to share with many different people.

It's simply a narrowing of the circle.

...is there a Facebook group?

“Not really. People invest a lot of time in you over the years, and when they are confronted with the fact that they can’t control you, that they can’t keep you from getting old, can’t keep you from getting fat, can’t keep you from losing some of your hair, or that they can’t keep you from making music that isn’t exactly what they want to hear, maybe it’s not a completely conscious phenomenon, but I do sense resentment from certain types of fans, yeah.”

Sound like anybody here?

Watching the Cup finals on NBC makes me wish that the NHL could swing a major network contract for the regular season.

It seems like evreytime I come on there are usernames I don't recognize.

Well...a lot of that started when people started changing their usernames. (I'm guilty of that too...but I always have Crow in one way shape or form in my username).

When that started, the inside jokes became overwhelming and a bit off-putting to the new folks.

Even though the current administrators and moderators are top notch, things changed once Narziss left/abdicated/moved on/retired. 

And, like all boards, newcomers were mercilessly hazed or ignored by the 'cool kids'.

As some of the old crew either got bored or perma-banned, things seemed to find their own equilibrium.

The board is and has been at a crossroads for a while. I'm staying, because I love the band and this place feels like home.

Really cool article.

The only writer I have ever wanted to send  fan letter too. But I was scared.

I keep going back and forth about how I feel about him and his actions... but yeah, his bumbled flee attempt makes him look like an incompetent coward.

Yeah, he's turned from a righteous whistleblower to a punk.

I agree with Bjorn...Ellsberg didn't run and hide under the skirts of the Kremlin.

 

Many of our old VC friends have also dropped off this board, having lost interest in either Wilco or VC or just moved on in their lives. I have no idea why I am still here, but I suppose it is a hard habit to break

 

So very true. I'm right there with you, brutha.

The circle remains unbroken.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/best-summer-songs-of-all-time-20130701/heavy-metal-drummer-wilco-19691231

Springsteen has had a couple of notable openers..

In the club dates before he recorded BTR, he opened with a killer piano and violin arrangement of Incident on 57th STreet.

During the BORN TO RUN tour, he opened with a wonderful piano arrangement of Thunder Road.

And of course in the monumental tour supporting BORN IN THE USA, the opener was iconic and mythic.

http://wapc.mlb.com/play?content_id=28202033

I'm a woman, and I'm not a fan of Sarah Palin, but I'm also not a big fan of judging politicians (female or male) by their hair.

You weren't actually expecting an insightful comment from him were you?

I've been watching Chess videos and grooving on Magnus Carlson.

Hmmm...what do you guys think an "icehole is"?