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
the green river festival is coming up in our town. i've never gone, but its supposed to be fun no matter who is playing. cake is the big draw this year. yes, i said cake. allen toussaint will be there too though. i'd like to see him.
http://www.greenriverfestival.com/performers.html
to this day i don't think i've ever heard calexico. i know people really like them.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 June 2010 17:58 (fourteen years ago) link
kind of a mix of NPR and Bonnaroo.
― scott seward, Saturday, 19 June 2010 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Calexico is a pretty solid band and a reliable live draw. I once saw them with Swell Season and, per the mix of backgrounds, they performed an awesome version of the Pogues' "Fiesta." Because how often do you have an Irish band and a Mariachi (sort of) band on the same stage?
Original line-up of Wilco was a blast, esp. circa "Being There" and "Summerteeth." "YHF" line-up was incredibly powerful, but almost austere. Band did not seem to be having fun, and I saw them several times on that tour. In retrospect, I blame the drugs, because once Tweedy came out of rehab he was clearly having a blast, enjoying the spotlight and reveling in fronting such a solid band. I've loved every show of theirs I've seen in the past few years, including the five-nights of the residency they player here where every Wilco song got performed at least once (including the one from the "Sponge Bob" movie).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 June 2010 19:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Calexico is a pretty solid band
man i love this band too! i'd say they're far better than "pretty solid."
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 19 June 2010 20:09 (fourteen years ago) link
I think Wilco is overated, but they are not terrible.
― Lady, Monday, 21 June 2010 23:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I meant pretty solid in the sense that despite releasing nothing but good to great records, the differences between the two are negligible. Just totally consistent, in the zone, but rarely exception, save the group's consistency. They rarely fail, but rarely take risks. It's just the way Calexico rolls. Unlike WIlco, for example, whose riskiest move was ironically a shift from "experimental" stuff to (sublime) MOR.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 21 June 2010 23:51 (fourteen years ago) link
i like calexico's sound a lot -- but i'm not sure if they're great songwriters ...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:39 (fourteen years ago) link
In my opinion Calexico took a risk when they went from moody southwestern experimenters to Wilco copycats (Garden Ruin- which is a very nice record I must say). So if anything its backwards compared to Wilco in that respect.
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:42 (fourteen years ago) link
really, tyler? i think of songs like crystal frontier, which is a brilliant, layered song.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:43 (fourteen years ago) link
Spoke through Feast of Wire Calexico is one of my favorite bands ever. From there onward is just a band I really like.
― Evan, Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, agreed.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:46 (fourteen years ago) link
but please let's get back to wilco, the GREATEST MUSICAL ENSEMBLE EVER TO WALK THE EARTH.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:47 (fourteen years ago) link
(and i kind of mean it. sorry, royal concertgebouw orchestra)
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 22 June 2010 00:48 (fourteen years ago) link
http://pitchfork.com/news/41061-wilco-announce-2011-solid-sound-fest/
― markers, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i don't think i've ever heard wilco
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:12 (thirteen years ago) link
and that is notable why?
stfu
not saying it's notable, just saying the idea of country inflected indie neither intrigues nor horrifies me enough to bother
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you like Wilco?
― markers, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
"country inflected" : you are a very good writer
― Stormy Davis, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
is that even true? idk, just going on what i remember
i got the nels cline record w/ thurston moore which is really not all that tbqmfh
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
i am a very good writer tho ya
i've nvr consciously heard wilco
― history mayne, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
http://i51.tinypic.com/24mc3go.gif
― markers, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
i dunno markers
u gotta pick yr fights but mayne might be a weight class too far at this point in yr career
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:34 (thirteen years ago) link
tryina think of the last person to completely pwn mayne on anything that wasn't a subjective movie contention
― One who would turn all to rodman (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess the answer is '51 of us' - the ppl always win
― One who would turn all to rodman (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
― nakhchivan, Saturday, December 18, 2010 3:12 PM
― nakhchivan, Saturday, December 18,
― buzza, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Very confusing thread revive.
― _Rudipherous_, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
ik,r?
xp
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
chill buzza the self-conversant sleep-deprived prolix british contingent is merely taking the fuck ovvahhh
― One who would turn all to rodman (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
w/e
kill the snark before it happens, sall
― nakhchivan, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
wilco are not rly a band who deserve 2b flamed imo
― One who would turn all to rodman (acoleuthic), Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I like wilco cause wilco can make you mine.
― buzza, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.slipoffs.com/files/imagecache/shoe_node/files/shoes/wilco.jpg
― Euler, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
it's snowing, im strandeddoubt anyone in england has ever heard wilco, ever
― history mayne, Saturday, 18 December 2010 22:57 (thirteen years ago) link