what a fucking awful band
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Hahahaha I thought you were a Wilco stan ksh? Or are you dropping your April Fools a day late?
― he's always been a bit of an anti-climb Max (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 2 April 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah Glenn Kotche, Nels Cline, and Pat Sansone are "awful"
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
rip ksh
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:53 (fourteen years ago) link
jon: just a lil' trolling :-)
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
jeff tweedy all staring at his computer, a single tear on his cheek
― acoleuthic, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
all writin a concept album about a man, walking alone down the KS Highway
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
*jagged guitar solo*
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was the peak for experimental rock music
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot: pee-pee in modern music
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:02 (fourteen years ago) link
my life would have been so much more worthwhile if YHF had beat Kid A in P4k's decade poll
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I like the chorus of one of their new(er) songs - "I don't care anymore". It's a good lesson for some people as well
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:14 (fourteen years ago) link
"You Never Know"
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
from last year's Wilco (the album)
the "George Harrison" song
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:18 (fourteen years ago) link
Eh, Wilco is up there with George Harrison solo for me. I don't listen to much of either but comparing a top 10 songs for both artists would put them on the same level for me. Who came first is unimportant
― CaptainLorax, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:24 (fourteen years ago) link
think Stormy was just pointing out that a lot of critics were calling "You Never Know" Wilco's aping G.H. song
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:31 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah I LOVE "You Never Know". but they were obviously being a little cheeky with it
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:32 (fourteen years ago) link
no one under 30 in that picture
― Venus in Fursuit (Future_Perfect), Friday, 2 April 2010 18:33 (fourteen years ago) link
the audience at a Wilco show ranges from, like, 10 to 60. but, yeah, a large part of the audience is probably late twenties to late thirties.
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
unlike, say, Dirty Projectors, where the entire audience seemed to be 18-20 year olds
no one under 30 in that band
― city worker, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:38 (fourteen years ago) link
no one under 30 in this thread
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:39 (fourteen years ago) link
Who cares? Dad-rock is awesome.
― Astley Hunchings (Jon Lewis), Friday, 2 April 2010 18:41 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.grandprofile.com/Myspace_Comments/Family_Comments/Father_Comments/images/You-Rock-Dad.gif
― tylerw, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i think Pat Sansone is 15
― ksh, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:43 (fourteen years ago) link
he kinda looks it!
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://i.mp3lizard.com/musictrksw/Fathern%20Rock.jpg
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.miracosta.edu/home/edonze/dadandbaby.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:46 (fourteen years ago) link
http://www.irongreasesuckinmachine.com/Quickstart/ImageLib/dad_and_john_2.PNG
they look like they're having fun
― Mr. Que, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:47 (fourteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhdI2bZLSK8
― Stormy Davis, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:49 (fourteen years ago) link
They're one of my favorite bands who will never change my life or anyone else's. They're the band that comes up to you out of nowhere and says, "Hey there. I've been thinking that I might want to rock your world. But then again maybe not. But maybe I do. Let me think about it some more. I'll go mow my lawn and come back to you. Wait for me." It's a sloppy, reticent, undeservedly cocky and more than a little silly approach that explains why a lot people think they're boring and why I think they're cute. The rhythm section seems to take perverse pride in its anonymity, but they put a lot of pretty jangly noises up front, and I like pretty jangly noises. They're not purists in the production booth, both a pretty good thing (YHF)and pretty bad thing (A Ghost is Born). I like the songwriting. I like how Tweedy hangs lines together, how he evokes a world of angst filled patio bar-b-ques and convenience store dandies and bullshit sidewalk philosophers who are slightly too hip for their aluminum siding but not by much. It's a little condescending, but it can't afford to be too condescending. And from their last album, I really liked "Bull Black Nova," which might be the best thing they've ever done, and probably ever will do and to which nothing I wrote above applies.
― MumblestheRevelator, Friday, 2 April 2010 18:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I want tyler's images to pop up as auto-signatures whenever i post; mods help pls?
― dad a, Friday, 2 April 2010 19:36 (fourteen years ago) link
anyone going to the wilco solid sound fest at mass moca? i'm not a wilco fan but its just up the road from me and there are other people i like there.
MUSIC
WILCO
Mavis Staples
The Nels Cline Singers
The Autumn Defense
Avi Buffalo
Sir Richard Bishop
The Books
Brenda
Deep Blue Organ Trio
Mountain Man
On Fillmore
Pronto
Vetiver
Numero Group – DJ’s
COMEDYTodd Barry
Hannibal Buress
John Mulaney
Kristen Schaal
PERFORMANCEBread and Puppet Theatre
Story Pirates
ART & EXHIBITSGlenn Kotche – Interactive Drumheads
Nels Cline – Solid Sound Stompbox
Pat Sansone – Polaroid Photo Exhibit
WILCO – Poster Exhibit
http://solidsoundfestival.com/
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:39 (fourteen years ago) link
you know, mainly richard bishop and vetiver, but it might be fun.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:40 (fourteen years ago) link
That sounds like fun. mass moca is a beautiful place.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:41 (fourteen years ago) link
sounds like a blast tbh. would go if i still lived in boston.
― tylerw, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Google Maps sez 3 hour drive from where I live in MA
but, yeah, if you live closer, go, for obvious reasons
― ksh, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
even regardless of the lineup, i wish there were more festivals like this (ie not in a giant fucking field, with the sun frying your skin).
― tylerw, Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
i looooovvvvveeeee wilco. and i don't even love "dad rock," as a rule.
i was just saying to my wife it was a bummer that we missed the recent wilco concert in south florida. i spotted it just after we bought tickets for rodrigo y gabriella, who were playing the night before at the same venue. now regret not seeing both.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 June 2010 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
as much as I don't love Wilco's last two studio records, I fuckin adore them live. i've seen them three times in the past six years and it was never not worth it
― ksh, Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
oh btw i loooooooovvvvvveeeeee sky blue sky, still.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
especially on hot summer days.
hahahaha, I'm glad you do! sincerely!
I saw Wilco in a minor league baseball stadium last summer and it was glorious
― ksh, Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:01 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, i should go see them again -- haven't been to a show since the YHF tour (tho I did see a Tweedy solo show). From all accounts (and that live album) they're pretty great these days.
― tylerw, Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
oh yeah, i've ONLY seen them with the current lineup, and it's just fuckin insane -- like, really, just go :-D
― ksh, Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:09 (fourteen years ago) link
scott, if you have enuff beer to drink i bet at least two or three of those comedians will be funny.
― ian, Saturday, 19 June 2010 16:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Wilco (The Album) is one of the most disappointing albums I've ever experienced. There's just so little spark going on, it's painful. Especially when you play Summerteeth right after.
― PaulTMA, Saturday, 19 June 2010 17:11 (fourteen years ago) link
interactive drumheads? OMG i am SO there.
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 19 June 2010 17:19 (fourteen years ago) link
nels cline is a monster but i've never seen him w/wilco
i saw the original lineup they were great
i still don't own a ghost is born i need to correct that
― m@tt h (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 19 June 2010 17:32 (fourteen years ago) link