The Road To #1

I had half-heartedly joked to myself that I should start writing about my quest to have the #1 most popular song on Hype Machine...and then I go ahead and post a Jens Lekman song and bingo bango I am at #2...


Wilco -- Instrumental #2 (Take 2)
This is a demo from the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot recordings.

Giant Magazine

I've been trying to rid myself of my subscription to Giant Magazine for a few months now...I thought my subscription ended in November but I keep getting issues....When I subscribed they put out issues like this:

And now I'm left with something like this every month:


Wilco -- Magazine Called Sunset
This is a demo from the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album.

Magazine -- A Song From Under The Floorboards
This can be found on the Rhino box set Left of the Dial: Dispatches from the '80s Underground.

Thompson Out

So Fred Thompson dropped out of the Presidential race and one has to ask why did he even bother? Did he really think that Republicans hated the other candidates so much that he would be elected by default?

In the end he lost his sweet acting job on Law & Order [although I think the series jumped the shark when he joined the cast], his wife is now a punch line for trophy wife jokes, and I'm not sure how many people would hire Fred to do any political consulting for them from now on...

And possibly worst of all, Mitt Romney is now leading in the polls in Florida.

Here is a scary Mary Matalin clip justifying why Fred skipped a New Hampshire debate to go on The Tonight Show...I wonder if she would thinking differently now?

Also this clip has a very, very, very scary sexually over toned comment to her husband James Carville.



Ryan Adams -- Now That You're Gone
This is from Disc 1 of the Cold Roses album.

Wilco -- Wishful Thinking (Live)
This is from the live Wilco double album Kicking Television.

A Musical Tribute To Brett Favre

A little anecdote about Brett Favre & living in Wisconsin: when I was home over Christmas break and visited the local Shopko they had stacks and stacks of the Sports Illustrated edition naming Brett Favre Sportsman of the Year [the one they had to do all those extra printings of]. Next to those stacks and stacks of Sports Illustrated there were stacks and stacks of 8 1/2 x 11 picture frames just begging for you to proudly display your Brett cover.

Super Furry Animals -- Lazer Beam
From the Love Kraft album.

Bloc Party -- Hero
This song can be found on the Two More Years single.

Ben Folds Five -- For All The Pretty People
From the Whatever and Ever Amen reissue.

Wilco -- Bob Dylan's 49th Beard (Live)
From the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot import bonus disk.

The Black Lips -- Cold Hands
From the Good Bad Not Evil album.

The Go! Team -- We Just Won't Be Defeated
From The Go! Team's first album Thunder, Lightening, Strike.

Sky Blue Sky Bonus EP

If you bought Sky Blue Sky don't forget to get your free bonus EP that Wilco are giving away currently. Here are all the details and directions on how to get it...

Wilco -- Just a Kid
From the SpongeBob Squarepants Movie Soundtrack.

Wilco Bonus EP

Wilco visit Austin City Limits again this weekend...the email Wilco World sent out says that the episode should air in most places tonight but for some reason my PBS station is airing the Tribute to Jimmy Reed episode...maybe next week I guess...

Wico World also announced there will be a bonus tour edition of Sky Blue Sky which will feature an EP with the following track listing:

01: The Thanks I Get
02: Let's Not Get Carried Away
03: One True Vine
04: Impossible Germany (live)
05: Hate It Here (live)

...And we here in American that have already purchased the CD will be able to get it free starting November 12th.

Here is some live Wilco with my favorite song from Sky Blue Sky "Impossible Germany":

Islamo-Fascism Week

In case you missed it [and who wouldn't miss something sponsored by the University of Washington College Republicans?] next week is Islamo-Fascism Week on campus...and some people are a little ticked off about it...and it's not the Islamo-Fascists...

Billy Bragg & Wilco -- All You Fascists

This song is from Mermaid Avenue Volume II...get Volume I and II here.

WILl COmply

Wilco -- What Light

Wilco -- Thirteen (Big Star Cover)

Wilco -- Poor Places (Demo)

You really should own all the Wilco CDs...get them here.

I Went To A Wilco Concert And All I Got Were These Lousy Photos

I forgot/didn't bring the camera last night to the Wilco concert...you never know how strict security is going to be about these sort of things so I left it at home...but I had my cellphone and took a couple of photos...

The venue was a park in Redmond, WA (about 12 miles outside Seattle-proper) and it had the feeling like Sasquatch could be around every corner...The concert was great (my first time seeing Wilco) but their set list wasn't too groundbreaking...although starting with "Sunken Treasure" was something I thought Jeff Tweedy only did on solo tours...

Anyway, I will post some Wilco music later tonight...until then, enjoy my Area 51 type photos of the concert last night...they are more an homage to Wilco concert photos rather than actual Wilco concert photos...

Tonight

Wilco.

Wilco Impersonation at Lunch

I try to do my best Yankee Hotel Foxtrot impersonation during my wandering around downtown Seattle during my lunch break...