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Prison Letter Describing 'Sky Blue Sky'


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I just wrote my dear wilco friend and tried tried to fill him in on what Sky Blue Sky has in store for him. This is my take on the new record. Did I hit the nail on the head, or no not really?

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For 10-12 listens I could have counted myself skeptical. (how do you possibly live up to expectations when albums are dropped so infrequently, ya know? nothing less than mindblowing will do.)

 

I think it took me longer to come around on this one than any previous outing, even though it is by no means like a

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haha not only does this not do the album justice in any way but if i was in prison and got this id just be even angrier i was hearing a review of an album i cant hear... shouldnt have gone to jail, you miss wilco albums when that happens.

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haha not only does this not do the album justice in any way but if i was in prison and got this id just be even angrier i was hearing a review of an album i cant hear... shouldnt have gone to jail, you miss wilco albums when that happens.

Go Hawkeyes!

~The Shua

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Go Hawkeyes!

~The Shua

 

what did i do? i catch so much grief for that... I go to college at Iowa and the Shua is a joke, like 99% of peoples signatures arent the stupidest quotes, why do I get shit for that?... atleast i dont have a myspace.

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what did i do? i catch so much grief for that... I go to college at Iowa and the Shua is a joke, like 99% of peoples signatures arent the stupidest quotes, why do I get shit for that?... atleast i dont have a myspace.

 

it's a meme. Thats all i know. Plus that was kind of a mean response up there.

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what did i do? i catch so much grief for that... I go to college at Iowa and the Shua is a joke, like 99% of peoples signatures arent the stupidest quotes, why do I get shit for that?... atleast i dont have a myspace. ~ The Shua

 

Fixed it for you.

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you did okay dbag. i just wanted to add that the guitar solo during the middle part of "you are my face" is JT. niles is all over the place...but in my OPINION..he plays more of a supporting role. there are great solos from him on the album(i agree with your comments on "IG"..track 3) but I was impressed with JT's ability to not only hang with niles but to really contribute my favotite guitar moments of the album. i also do not agree about the song writting...it is relaxed and mellow....but in my opinion it is also subtle to the point of a misdirection....almost begining the listener not to pay attention to what is being said.

i have gone on to much......but to me this album is by far superior to "a ghost is born"; Wilcos weakest effort to date.

spongebob

p.s. if i was in jail i sure as hell would want to hear about the new album. gotta give a brother a hand when he needs one.

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haha not only does this not do the album justice in any way but if i was in prison and got this id just be even angrier i was hearing a review of an album i cant hear... shouldnt have gone to jail, you miss wilco albums when that happens.

"sometimes a man will confuse the limitations of his mind for the limitations of the world"

just because your honest doesn't mean you are right. in fact i found your comment to be cruel and unnessesary. i would say more if i thought it would change anything. :ohwell

spongebob

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you did okay dbag. i just wanted to add that the guitar solo during the middle part of "you are my face" is JT.

 

i did not realize this, thanks for pointing that out.

...that is one sweet guitar break, very possibly my favorite on the album.

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you did okay dbag. i just wanted to add that the guitar solo during the middle part of "you are my face" is JT.

at first i thought you were just calling someone a dbag.. haha, i didnt understand why people were attacking each other in this thread.

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Forgive me for not knowing, but is (current) music not allowed when a person is incarcerated?

 

of course not.

you can't just be amazon.coming it up having shit sent to your cell or something like that.

you live in a cultural void other than books, although sometimes they get to watch tv I think.

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In New York prisons, TV is used extensively as a control method.

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