marino13
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Just added to the lineup:
Cage The Elephant
Band of Horses
Dawes
Trampled By Turtles
Chris Stapleton
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I get that this is a rework of my original comment, but I fail to see the purpose of changing "pick a Cincy, Louisville or St. Louis show instead of Indy" to "pick from many other restaurants to cater their pizza instead of Joe Homophobe's Pizza Place." Are you comparing (or contrasting) aggrieved Wilco fans to marginalized groups like LGBT?
I apologize if I seem callous in being among the chorus of people who are more or less saying "suck it up." I really try to put myself in those people's shoes...unfortunately for them, I still come to the same conclusion, which is that if I were an Indy Wilco fan, this situation would make me more pissed at the legislators and Pence...not at Wilco.
I'm just trying to get people to take a step back and see it from a different perspective. To the fans that lost out on the concert (even though they can attend another show), it's a big deal. To the gay couple that has a restaurant refuse to cater their wedding (even though they can go to another restaurant), it's a big deal. To a person who is dying because they haven't eaten for days or a child currently being held captive and abused, they both seem like "first world problems indeed". Matter of fact, most of the issues we argue about in this country would seem like first world problems to them.
I have sympathy in this case for both the fans and the gay couple. I have sympathy for neglected pets. I have sympathy for a family that loses their house in a tornado and the insurance company is trying to screw them. I have sympathy for someone that just lost their job due to cutbacks. I have sympathy for someone who has followed a band faithfully for 10 years and doesn't like the artistic direction the band took on their last album. I have sympathy for children with cancer. I have sympathy for children who are abused. I have sympathy for someone who ate a burrito an hour before bedtime and is now having acid reflux and can't sleep.
I don't have equal amounts of sympathy for each of those things, and If I ranked them in order of most to least, chances are my list would not look the same as yours. Sorry if you felt I was picking on you specifically, that was not my intent. Just trying to bring about more understanding and less entrenched arguing.
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I live in Tampa and am driving to Tallahassee and St. Augustine shows to see Wilco. Each of those trips is about 3 to 4 hours, one way. Soooo, not really feeling the sympathy for folks who can still pick a Cincy, Louisville or St. Louis show instead of Indy. First world problems indeed.
Soooo, not really feeling sympathy for folks who can still pick from many other restaurants to cater their wedding instead of Joe Homophobe's Pizza Place. First world problems indeed.
I don't really feel that way, just pointing out that different things mean a lot to different people. I feel some level of sympathy for all involved, but to someone who is going to die in the next five minutes because they have had no food or water for days, or to a parent who helplessly watches their child die of a cancer for which there is no cure, they would gladly change places with a person on either side of this argument.
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Their first album was hit or miss for me, but then I saw them do a 3 song live radio gig at a little cafe last year and was very impressed. The fact that Aaron Dessner produced and wrote the horn and string arrangements has me very excited for the new album. I picked it up but haven't listened yet. They were pretty great on Letterman last night too.
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totally agree with that, marino. but I think the relevant point that a lot of people are simply making is that our schools shouldn't teach children that god made the planet we live on in a few days. --when the source of that idea is a book that tells a good number of those school children and their parents that they're going to spend eternity in a fiery hell if they don't accept Jesus Christ as their lord and savior and (depending on your species), get baptized and repent for their sins.
I understand. These threads usually get ugly (this one has actually been pretty civil by comparison), and I am referring more to the posts by music fans that say you're a simple minded idiot if you believe in anything but science.
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I assume everyone on this board is a huge fan of music. I've seen this same argument on other music boards. It always surprises me how some people can be so into the beauty of the creation of music, and be totally moved by a concert experience that puts you on another plane, and not feel that there is something out there bigger than us. It's hard to put into words what I feel at a concert, when the band is locked in together, producing something greater than their individual parts. The crowd is there, in harmony, all for the same purpose. It can be euphoric, and the last thing I want to do is explain that feeling by using scientific fact.
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Is it just me, or was Jeff Lynne saying "hey bullfrog" when he was singing background vocals with Dave Grohl?
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I've been very lucky that my 9 and 3 yr old daughters like a lot of the stuff I listen to. My oldest is a budding piano singer/songwriter who wants to be like Regina Spektor someday and just learned to play "Samson" by ear. My youngest was calmed as a baby by playing Radiohead In Rainbows - From the Basement and by singing Fake Plastic Trees. As far as Wilco, the oldest loves Sky Blue Sky and Walken, and the youngest is more a fan of The Whole Love. They like pop radio stuff as well, but I let them get their fill (as long as the songs are appropriate) so they don't rebel against my music.
Some of it was systematic on my part. I played the kid sounding songs from my collection (Good Day Sunshine, I am the Walrus, Hotel Yorba, I Turn My Camera On, A-Punk, The Go! Team, etc.), got them hooked and then branched out from there.
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Just picked that one up this morning and listened to a few of the songs. What do you think? Reminds me of First Aid Kit. Very good harmonies. Wish it had more dynamics from what I've heard so far. Still, pretty phenomenal for a 16 and 18 yr. old. My 9 yr. old has played a few gigs and is starting to write her own music, so I'm very interested in listening to younger artists.
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Actually saw this concert tour on AXS TV about a month ago. The lineup was Everclear, Live, Sponge and Filter. Live's lead singer was wearing a shirt, but he did have a mohawk.
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They also get in earlier than 4:30, but I am guessing the number of people who went that route is limited and getting close will be very doable.
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You will need to choose if you want to be on the floor (no seats, standing only) or up in the stands for seating. You could probably get pretty close to the stage by sitting in the stands on the side, but the sound may be terribly uneven there. If they have a half-arena setup, I am debating sitting dead center stage in the seats right behind the floor. Not too far away, best sound, and a place for my lazy ass to sit occasionally. If it's full arena setup, that will be too far away for me. Bottom line, I plan to get there shortly before doors open, evaluate the setup and make my decision from there. Also, you might want to take some earplugs for MMJ. I love them dearly and have seen them several times, but sometimes they are turned up unbearably loud.
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From what I've seen, at other stops it's been something like this:
Thompson: 5:30
MMJ: 6:15
Wilco: 7:55
Dylan: 9:35
Roughly 30 min. set for Thompson and 75 min. for the other three.
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i always kinda assumed his real solo debut would go deeper into spacey prince-y territory, so this was about what i expected. as someone who loves mmj's continuing voyage into weird r&b sounds, im very excited to hear the rest of this. only 9 songs, so it should have a few longer songs like this single.
the yim yames thing was weird but i never quite understood why it bothered so many people. its not like is the only example of jim being an odd dude.
An odd dude he most certainly is :
"I wanted the album to sound like it came from a different place in time. Perhaps sounding as if it were the past of the future, if that makes any sense—like a hazy dream that a fully-realized android or humanoid capable of thought might have when it reminisces about the good old days of just being a simple robot." (discussing this solo album)
WTF???!!!
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I did not. I only stumbled upon them by chance recently. I have a bunch of friends coming into town next month, and was looking for entertainment options. They're playing at Schubas on Dec 8, so I checked them out online, bought their album, and was very pleasantly surprised. Going to be a fun night.
I didn't know they were swinging through the midwest, thanks for the heads-up. I may have to check them out at Schuba's or see them open for Trampled By Turtles in Urbana the night before. If you like the album, you will love the live show. So much energy and passion.
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I'll go with:
First Aid Kit: The Lion's Roar
Spirit Family Reunion: No Separation
Melody's Echo Chamber: Melody's Echo Chamber
Did you by chance go to the Newport Folk Festival this year? I had never heard of Spirit Family Reunion before NFF, and they blew me away. The moment was just so perfect, couldn't stop crying. Of course it didn't help that I wiped sunblock in my eye trying to get rid of the first tear before anyone saw me.
Off the top of my head, my three favorites are probably:
Punch Brothers - Who's Feeling Young
The Walkmen - Heaven
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From the Cheap Seats
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I have never seen the band live but I did see Glen on the Mutual Admiration Society tour with Nickel Creek and John Paul Jones. It was a great show. Glen definitely is one of my favorite voices. I have "Good Intentions" on my happy day playlist that I frequently listen to in the car with my daughters. "Fly from Heaven" and "Crowing" are probably my two favorites.
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I generally agree with listing the cheesy Paul songs here. The thing that blows me away about the Beatles is how much quality material they put out in such a short amount of time. Their whole career spanned the same amount of time that it took Wilco to release A.M. through YHF.
On a side note, I am taking my young daughters to see American English in a couple of weeks. My 8 yr. old has seen them a couple of times and it's always a ton of fun to see their show.
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i know we use this term a lot around here, but on the first and second spin, this album was just sort of there, after that, it stuck with me, like an ear worm, and i had to play it more and more. yesterday for instance i listened to the whole thing top to bottom four times.
all that to say: it was a grower for me.
and, i think the sequencing/track order speaks in and of itself. this is a solid, cohesive set of songs.
Had this same experience. My two year old girl loves it as well, especially "Hold On". I asked her this morning if she wanted to watch Barney, Elmo or Alabama Shakes (from Conan) and she resoundingly said "Bama Shakes!!". I can't wait to see them and Gary Clark Jr. at Newport.
From your earlier comments on Plant/Zeppelin, check out this cover:
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I started with Figure 8 when it came out. As a result, I am more attracted to it and especially XO than I am to his earlier stuff. "Pretty (Ugly Before)" and "Tomorrow Tomorrow" are probably my two favorite songs of his, but there are so many great ones to choose from. XO didn't hit me right at first after my intro through Figure 8, but it is now easily one of my top 10 favorite albums. Wish I could have seen him in concert before he died.
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I will be there. Looking forward to my first proper Radiohead show. I saw them at Lolla a few years ago, but stood in a spot with terrible sound for the first 2/3 of the show. It looks like the setlists so far have been very heavy on the electronica and only 2-3 songs tops from anything before Kid A. I wish they would mix it up a bit more, and I wish I had gone to see them during the OK Computer Tour!
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