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It's clearly a foreshadow of the cryptic qualities that would soon inform YHF. Nah, I pretty much agree.

Damn you and your enlightened ears.

If anything has surprised me this week, it's your professed love of SBS. But I'm in the same boat: Like you, I was generally dismayed with the new material, but I've been won over. The first few listens were hampered by the natural desire to hear it in context of their previous albums--it's tough to isolate and ignore that baggage--but after spending considerable time with SBS, it's easier now to hear it for what it is, rather than for what I had been hoping it would be. That said, at this point I'd still put it quite a few rungs below YHF and BT, and perhaps, just maybe, approaching AGIB

For shame, Kyle, for shame.

Sounds good.

I'm sorry to learn about your hearing loss. May I suggest that you try one of these: The correct answer is obviously: AM BT ST YHF AGIB SBS

No kidding. And in Inarritu's case, each new outing seems more intricate than the last but, paradoxically, suffers from the law of diminishing returns. At this point I'd like to see him tackle something a little more straightforward. Or maybe I'd like to see him go completely abstract--his contribution to the omnibus film 11'09"01 September 11 is easily my favorite segment. For those who haven't seen it, the movie is a collection of 11 short films about the attack on the Twin Towers, made by filmmakers from around the globe. Some deal directly with the event, others are set in other plac

I confess that I really enjoy Boston--first album at least--and was quite bummed to hear this news yesterday.

Or Kicking Television?

I'd also like to note that I think they could pull this off.

I am a YHF fanatic. But that doesn't preclude me from also enjoying SBS, which has been steadily growing on me.

I'm pretty damn disappointed in you.

All right, give me a Pepsi Free. You want a Pepsi, pal, you're gonna pay for it.

Another two years of AWATT, eh?

For me, the opposite was true: As I got older, I became more active in my search for art that had personal meaning for me. When I was 16, I was perfectly content with whatever the radio was giving me. But as life became more complex, so too did my desire to connect with more resonant music. Great post, though. You hit the nail on the head: Diving into something like music--or movies or books or whatever--does provide a kind of refuge. Over the last few years especially, I can tell you that I'm endlessly thankful for being able to love a band as much as I love Wilco.

You might be right. I dunno. All I can say is that I'm 32, and music has never meant more to me than it does right now.

In fact, it only gets worse.

What you call excuses or explanations, others might call context--and someone who has never heard Wilco before might appreciate learning about this album's context.

I keep trying, but I think I may just resign myself to the fact that Deerhoof isn't for me.

Same here. Sometimes I think it's my favorite.

You can expect your first issue of Tiger Beat in 6-8 weeks.

That's what she said. Wait, what am I saying?

Let me know what you think!