Sweet Papa Crimbo

I read this on the Facebook yesterday while I was at work. I cackled so loud I had a couple of people come into my office and ask if I was OK>

Watching it with D-man

September

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1w9Xahzv8Y

Because no such implication was made.

Was a sad, avoidable end for a very talented, even more enigmatic man. Here's a little something from the famed University of Missouri at Columbia show from 1993 (the first time Auer and Stringfellow appeared in Big Star) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_gB34pHLA

Steve Earle sings Springsteen and makes it his own http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91M_FrhecbE

And Elliot Smith too... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpgjAMahdko

And lest we forget...our boys did a really nice cover of Big Star. Seems somehow appropriate today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqrfFIhgj0

I am LOVING MY OWN THREAD! How meta is that? This is a fabulous cover of a fabulous song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILA1HdwRnHo

SRV does Jimi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=purPKiG5__A

And in honor of St. Patrick's day, a groovy cover by the Dropkick Murphys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlqlJAEpTv8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mEfDSP4g_U

I agree and was going to post it myself. But I figured some things go without saying.

Alcohol, heroin and cocaine. The three sisters have claimed a lot of musicians over the last 50 years.

When Kurt opens his eyes wide at 3:57 it is shattering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKT1P7x_Pzo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=481XQAOA_6s

It must have been a decision very specific to 2004, Wilco, or where Wilco was at in 2004 because Leroy toured with Iron and Wine in 2007-2008. I'm not looking for or expecting dirt, but after seeing the interaction of the core four in IAATBYH after Jay was canned gave me high hopes for that incarnation of th band. I may be dense, but I just don't get it.

I still wonder what the story was as to why Leroy left. The espoused story just doesn't quite feel like it is the full story.

I always dug the slide guitar

A great incarnation of the band. But Jeff looks so fucking miserable here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaZDiBN73NQ :45 - :48 changed the way I will hear this song forever

I remember there was a bit of a hubub about whether she was gay or not (ahh...the mid 90's). I remember that she has a child that is around 15 (born in '96). She released a record in...2007? I'm too lazy to look it up on Google.

War on War --- This one hit me with a relatively odd realization. I was watching the performance on YOUTUBE of the appearance on the Jools Holland show. I really began to pick up on the dancable groove in this song when I saw a female audience member doing a little hip sway dance. This really hit me. For the first time, I really thought about how differently things can appeal to other people. Pretty basic stuff, but the image of that Brit Girl dancing to Wilco made a seemingly simple idea hit home.