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I'd love for EKG to be performed live by the band, rather than piped in as walk-on music. Jeff's reason for not playing it live is that it's too short, and it's not worth playing a 90 second (or whatever) song when they'd have to switch guitars right before and after due to its odd tuning. That's some weak-ass stuff from someone as smart as Jeff Tweedy. There are two simple solutions to this conundrum: 1. Extend the length of the song for live performance. 2. Write another song in the same tuning that you can play immediately before or after EKG.

Maybe this will be my chance to visit Colorado for the first time and see a concert at Red Rocks.

I wish I still had my Traynor YCV20 amp. I sold it (and a bunch of other stuff) a few years ago because I was moving to a smaller house. I wish I had sold my Fender Deluxe Reverb instead, The Fender Is a nicer amp, but I preferred the sound of the Traynor.

Fasten your seatbelts.

I ordered that Drinks record, but it's taking forever to arrive.

Thanks! I'll look into those events and see if they tickle my fancy.

Ouch. Glad to hear Roger is on the mend. Anyone want to help me with a Plan B for October 10 in Minneapolis? We have airfare and hotels booked for that weekend.

Well, damn. The Who has postponed their tour, and that was my reason for coming to Minneapolis. We're still going to visit. Anyone know of any fun events on October 10?

Damn, I hope Roger gets well, for his sake, but also, selfishly, for mine, as I'm traveling to Minneapolis to see them next month.

That's great. I remember the first time I heard a song on the radio that I had played on. That was an exciting moment, and it still makes me feel good that WREK here in Atlanta reruns our in-studio live performance from 1996 every six months or so.

How did you find out they played it? I've been in a few bands that got radio play, but we only knew about it because we'd hear the songs when they came on.

I'm sure time got away from him, and he would have preferred to give more substantive answers. I don't hold it against him. Lots of interesting questions were asked, but I guess they get lost in the barrage of questions that get asked in every interview, and have been answered repeatedly and in depth.

Barrack Obama managed to pull it off. (I'd link to it, but this forum isn't letting me post links for some reason.)

I would have preferred one or two interesting answers from Nels rather than 30 "no we don'ts" and "I'll buy you a taco" type answers. No disrespect to Nels, who I admire and respect greatly, but he wasn't making much effort on this. It'd be nice if Reddit could make the answers highlighted, or bold so these AMA dumpsters would be easier to wade through.

Upon re-reading, Jeff offers more good answers than I first thought. Nels doesn't offer much at all, which Is out of character for him. I suppose he thought the tsunami of questions in this format wasn't conducive to the thoughtful or insightful answers he always gives in regular interviews.

Mostly joke non-answers. Disappointing.

Yes, it'll be available. I plan to read it tomorrow. I'll post a link tomorrow morning if someone doesn't beat me to it.

Someone was on the Reddit music forum last week asking if anyone had contacts with Wilco, in hopes of setting up an AMA with them. Looks like their wish was granted. In part, at least.

I've had eDFROMOHIO in the audience a couple times. Different cities, and different bands, which is a little weird. Another time, Richard Edson from Sonic Youth/Stranger Than Paradise was in the audience.

I listened to the first few minutes of Thing Fish yesterday. It's still terrible, but it's kind of funny that it exists, and imagining Ike Willis recording the narration, which Zappa had to write a script for, is pretty hysterical.

Zappa - Thing Fish

I think I got through it twice. I'm sure I'd still find it unlistenable, but I might try again someday.

Come to think of it, Thing Fish is probably my least liked album by an artist I like.

Yeah, Thing Fish is awful. It makes me sympathize with people who hate Zappa.

I almost never listen to anything after Zoot Allures, which is weird since Joe's Garage was my entry point. I love the Don Preston era and the run from Hot Rats through Apostrophe (minus the records that are heavy on Flo & Eddie).