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I saw Nels last night with Gerald Cleaver (drums) and Larry Ochs (Saxophones). I had a perfect view of Nels and his pedal setup. I was super tired from three nights in a row of live music, and had just come from my dad's birthday dinner (which was a sensory overload for a number of reasons), so I wasn't really in the right headspace for this show, but it was pretty incredible to see Nels put all his devices to work. Nels really is THE master of that stuff. It's mind-bending how he can keep all that stuff straight while maintaining a solid connection with the other musicians on stage.

I'm curious about this. I was down the street in Avondale at a record store show. I wanted to go to this, but I was scared off because I didn't really want to stand behind the gold circle picnic area closest to the stage. Hopefully there'll be a Tweedy or Wilco show at a regular venue before long. I guess I'm not a fan of what Decatur has become.

For some reason, I can't access this page from my iPad at home, so I'll make a preemptive post: Nels Cline w/ Larry Ochs and Gerald Cleaver @The Bakery, Atlanta The last time Nels played in Atlanta (not counting Wilco shows) was when the first Nels Cline Singers album came out 17 years ago.

Just started watching Barry on HBO Now. Enjoying it very much so far.

I'm not rooting for it, but most things are more important than money. Just for starters, if Trump wins a second term, the supreme court will be hard right for decades. An economic downturn is worth it if helps achieve some balance there. Nobody enlists in the military and puts their life on the line because they want to defend money. There are higher ideals that this country is supposedly all about.

I don't hear Wilco out and about as much anymore, but I had a pretty fun Wilco dream last night. They were onstage, and the songs had new arrangements. Or maybe they were new songs, but it felt like rearranged old songs. I believe I even remember thinking that I liked their new take on whatever the song was. One was a song that Nels solos on, and his solo was just two really loud notes that slid downward and segued into an almost inaudibly quiet keyboard solo that was also just a note or two, but all together it lasted long enough to make a really satisfying musical statement. Jeff did a

I"m afraid, too. I hope I end up being proven wrong.

That's not the thought process. What they will say is: "Trump was right. These Democrats dragged him through the mud for two years and then he was proven 100% completely innocent...of everything, just like he said he was all along. Here's a sympathy vote."

Impeachment was and is never going to happen to Trump, and probably never will happen again to an R. It's extremely likely to happen to most D's, however, for at least as long as baby boomers run everything.

Good credentials. Unfortunately, authors and books, and tweets by authors of books, don't move the needle. How many books by (and tweets by) heavy hitting authors came out during W's first term, and what did it get us?

Who is Seth Abrams?

Based on what we know so far, It didn't turn out bad for Trump in any sense of the word. This is the biggest win of his entire life. This is what he'll be remembered for, forever. His favorability rating will probably skyrocket in the next round of polling, and stay higher than it has ever been to date. The democrats will be widely seen as overplaying a losing hand and the ongoing investigations will backfire. And he's virtually guaranteed a second term now. It causes me physical pain to believe even one of those things, but I firmly believe all of that.

If they sneak out a new album and it gets a reasonable amount of attention it'll help. The press from the book and Jeff's solo album has died down and probably isn't going to help sell Wilco tickets. If there's not a new album or some sort of new gimmick we haven't seen yet, I wouldn't be surprised if they do smaller venues. In any case, I certainly don't see them moving up in venue size unless there's a new album and it gets raves.

Wilco is a far more desirable ticket. NIck Lowe is great, but he plays for 1000 people a night. Wilco plays venues three times as big, sometimes selling out two nights.

Thanks for the review. I started seeing them towards the end of Al's tenure, and kept seeing them until they split up. I haven't really been interested in seeing them since then because I'd be preoccupied thinking "this isn't NRBQ," but I think enough time has passed that I'll probably go see them if they ever come back to the South. At this point, I'd probably consider it a Terry show and not be bothered by comparisons to the old band.

Pavement had a lot of off nights. Prior to their reunion tour, live performing seemed to be something of an afterthought to them, and practicing together as a band was a logistical impossibility for much of their career.

After posting that I went online to watch a few songs, since it's been a number of years since I last heard them. The vocal infection that puts me off wasn't as prevalent in the songs I watched as I remember from hearing them in the past, but he did it a couple times. For example, he sings the (edit) song word "begin" in one song and sings it as buh-geee-ooon. I don't know why that bothers me. Like I said, it's irrational. I've heard other singers do that, too, so maybe it's a regional thing. To their credit, I liked their sound in general. Good use of multiple guitars, and solid, un-

I'm exactly the same. On paper, I should love this band. But one of my irrational musical pet peeves is vocalizing vowels as "eee-awwwwwww," which seems to be prevalent in his music. EDIT: Oops, didn't realize I was responding to such an old post.

I found it believable. Having been in bands, there are houses all over Atlanta where I've practiced, played house shows, recorded, etc. Even when I've had a dedicated practice space (as close as I'll ever come to having a "The Loft"), I still ended up playing in people's houses all the time. I don't think it'd be all that much different for Jeff or for Wilco.

Don't know the street or address, but it's this house, and it looks like this episode will air again next week. In the pre-rehab segment of the show there are a couple electric guitars and an amp in the living room, so it could be that the Wilco-related person was still living there. https://www.hgtv.com/shows/windy-city-rehab/episodes/historical-headache

Not sure if this counts as "out and about," but I was watching Windy City Flip on TV on Saturday and they said Wilco wrote and recorded a song from YHF in the house they were renovating. It was a house in Ukranian Village. Maybe Jay Bennett's house?

I think after Solid Sound (if they haven't blown up and become everyone's favorite band before then) there will be a lot of buzz here about them.

It's stunning how talented this group is. I felt bad for them because they were booked in the worst venue in town (I almost didn't go because of the venue, but I'm glad I did) and there were probably only 20 people there. All 20 were enthusiastically supportive, but there should've been 100 at least, and there would have been if they had been at one of the venues that typically hosts indie types of bands. Definitely see them if you get a chance.

Aprl 13. Hmmm. I see Jeff is playing a festival in Atlanta that day, and Nels will be in Atlanta the following day with a trio. Wonder if they'll cross paths and do something together.

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