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It's a Judee Sill song. Not sure where exactly it appeared in the film, but maybe as an instrumental passage in one of the "transitional" shots?

Looks like another East Coast date that will soon be announced: Sunday, July 19, 2009 Artpark, Lewiston, NY *ARTPARK* *CELEBRATING 35 YEARS!* *7pm gate* /reserved and lawn seating *www.artpark.net *716-754-4375 --------------------- Wilco fan club on sale: Wed., April 22 (through Wilcoworld.net) Public on sale: Friday, April 24 at 10am

The Wiltern is GA, so if you want to get close, just get there early.

You forgot Jesus, etc.

Hadn't seen it mentioned here yet -- and I'm not sure what this has to do with anything, except that I guess Wilco will not be playing on Aug. 1 -- but Nels and Mike Watt will apparently be opening up at M. Ward's free Central Park Summerstage show that day. Brooklyn Vegan had an item about it the other day. To add to their coverage a little bit, Nels said that he and Watt will be playing together (of course) in a group that also includes Yuka Honda and maybe one or two others. Apparently they'll be doing an improv-heavy project that Watt has wanted to do for a while.

I have to say this is kind of bizarre. How many people at the game are going to be like, 'Who?' (Then again, I guess most people who throw out first pitches are relatively random.)

I wouldn't hold your breath.

The arrangement of One Wing sounded pretty similar to the live version, at least to me.

Next time, maybe creamy Italian. But really, don't remind me about the salad dressing. Oy. I thought we really had a great group of people this year. The whole weekend always goes by so quickly and then I miss everyone, but I do cherish the time we get to spend together (and with Jeff and Susan).

I will say this, I think there is a little bit more of a pop element on this record that maybe was missing from the past couple of efforts. A couple of songs are really catchy, and I mean that in a good way.

I don't think I can make any particularly insightful comments about Glenn's percussion after one listen. There aren't any crazy drum solos that I remember, like on Let's Not Get Carried Away or something like that. It just sounds like Glenn (although I heard that Jeff mentioned to someone at the show, at a specific point -- I'm not sure where -- that a particular sound had come from Glenn throwing a beanbag against a wall or something). As far as the sound, knowing that one of the band's goals was to use the studio more as an instrument, I think they succeeded at that. I'm not sure if it's b

If I'm remembering correctly, it's Spiders-esque. Not quite as heavy-sounding, if that makes any sense, but definitely influenced by Neu! and the like. The Krautrock lives!

Hmm, that's interesting. Wonder what prompted the switch... I've generally had really good experiences with Front Gate, though, so this is good news. They'll certainly be better than MusicToday in terms of shipping physical tickets in a timely fashion, at least I hope so. Of course I'm sure I'll change my opinion on Front Gate the first time I can't get through on a pre-sale.

The hamsters powering it were kinda pooped by the end of the night, though.

Glad you had a good time, dude! And glad you liked the Margots. I've got a ticket to see the Brooklyn show on Thursday, I think. Lookin' forward to seeing the Cloud Cults. Any idea if they and the Margots are alternating as "headliners" on this tour (even though each band plays about an hour set)?

You'll both be happy to know that Ted stayed until about 5 a.m. I'm not even kidding. As to the question about Ravi Shankar, I don't think he's actually on the record but there are certainly some Shankar-esque sounds on a couple of songs...

Glad to help, man. We should probably meet in person one of these days, if we haven't already. I'll buy you a Beard Papa or a slice something--both are right around the corner from the theater.

Damn, I totally missed that! Jeff and Miles' Wii partner was named Zander, I believe.

For NYC area people, one screening that doesn't appear to be on the list yet is apparently happening on April 13 at 7 p.m. at the IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, near W. 4th). It's being billed as Movie Night with Fred Armisen and will be followed by a "discussion of the film with Armisen and directors/producers Brendan Canty and Christoph Green," according to the e-mail I got. You should be able to buy advance tickets here.

Well, he did need printed lyrics for those two. But they sounded great, imho. Hard to believe they were written when he was 18 or 19! For the record, Train was also requested but he flung the lyric sheet to the ground and said he wasn't going to do that one. I also wanted to say that I loved the contributions we got from three of our fellow showgoers -- Hamilton Sims, Dave Mirabella and Martin Rivas -- who are all also really talented musicians that you should check out. Hamilton's band is called Little Beirut, Dave's is called The Rationales and Martin plays under his own name but could

Jeff said the record hasn't been mastered yet. I guess I probably should have taken note of the sequence in which we heard the tracks, but I didn't because I was too preoccupied with listening. That said, here's a very cursory stab at the tracks in the order we heard them (which I'm pretty sure Jeff said was going to be the sequence): 1) Wilco the Song 2) Bull Black Nova 3) One Wing 4) You and I 5) Solitaire 6) You Never Know 7) I'll Fight (a/k/a Conscript) 8) Deeper Down 9) My Country Disappeared 10) Sunny Feeling 11) Everlasting Everything Anyway, those are definitely the songs we hear

Here you go, Ms. Tambourine. Glad you guys had a good time! That Year Flatness I'm A Wheel Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again) Summer Teeth Pot Kettle Black Christ For President When You Wake Up Feeling Old Sky Blue Sky Six Months in a Leaky Boat [split Enz (Tim Finn)] I Got You [split Enz (Neil Finn)] Jesus, etc. I'm Always In Love ---------pee break----------- Radio King I Can't Keep From Talking Barstool Blues [Neil Young] Woodgrain More Like The Moon Glad and Sorry [Faces] (w/Dave Mirabella on guitar and background vocals] Laminated Cat Fake Plastic Trees [Radiohead] (w/Hamilton Sims

So, any reports from the Pronto gig at Martyr's?

Hey Chris, that's good news. It was great to meet you the other night as well, if only briefly. Sucks that the "rafter recordings" got messed up by the cell phone interference. I would have been really interested to hear how those came out. And considering all the work that you guys put in getting stuff set up, I feel badly that it didn't work out. I used to leave my cell phone on (vibrate or silent mode, obviously) during shows, but since I started realizing how they can wreak havoc with recordings and audio stuff in general, I shut it off entirely now. I'm all for technology, but sometimes

well, i mean if he's trying to take a bike ride or whatever, you would hope that people would just sort of let him be and leave him alone. i understand that people want pictures and all that, but there is probably a more appropriate time and place. just sayin'.