Wilco Countdown

Happy 4th everyone! So today we're going to take a trip back to 1999 with a track off Summerteeth. This album featured very dark lyrics sometimes hidden by upbeat and poppy instrumentation. It was definitely a departure from the "rootsey" Being There & AM albums (we'll get to those in the coming days) It was also an introduction to the more experimental stuff that would later appear on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. I'd suspect a lot of that influence came from the late Jay Bennett. Well I'm off to have some fun and i hope you are too. Till next time!!

In A Future Age

Wilco Countdown

I got a bit tied up yesterday so today we'll go ahead and represent two albums, A Ghost is Born & Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.

The first time i saw Wilco i drove down to Norfolk from Richmond to a club called The Norva. I was about 10 feet from the stage and the guys played about a 3 three hour show with two encores (the picture to the left is from that performance). I'd put it in the top 5 live shows that I've attended. Enjoy the tunes. Tomorrow the countdown continues!!

Handshake Drugs

Kamera

Wilco Countdown

Hey Hey. Well if you're playing along with me at home you would know that today I'll be posting something from 2007's Sky Blue Sky CD. This was the first album to feature the man to your left, Mr. Nels Cline. I must say that he has brought an incredible amount of energy and passion to the live shows and in my opinion has been a great addition to the band. He definitely looks like a man possessed when it's time for his solos, you've got to see it live! That being said, the track i picked from this album doesn't showcase much of his contributions but instead this is a stripped down, relaxed acoustic based tune.(I'm a sucker for the old steel strings) Till next time.

Sky Blue Sky

Countdown To Wilco

Hello again. I'm guessing by this point everyone has had their fill of Micheal Jackson music? Well let's go ahead and dive into some other stuff. As far as the title is concerned....exactly one week from tomorrow i will be in DC seeing Wilco at the sold out Wolf Trap! As you can imagine I'm pretty excited. I was also excited driving to the record store today to pick up the new CD entitled Wilco (the album). I had a chance to listen to the CD a few times thanks to Wilco & NPR streaming the CD for free over the last few weeks. So although i heard it before i was anxious to get it into my grubby palms.

I suppose the theme for this week's posts will be Wilco (the discography). I'm going to post my favorite track from all of Wilco's studio albums (excluding the Mermaid Avenue albums & the live Kicking television Album-Hey, i just thought of this idea and i only have so many days) in chronological order going from newest to oldest.

Well i haven't had long to digest the new album but so far four or five tracks have been catching my attention. At this time the one below is the one I've gone back to the most. Enjoy!

Please note: I'm going to start taking down some of the old tracks so act fast!

One Wing

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R.I.P Michael Jackson

Holy cow, talk about stealing Farrah Fawcett's thunder. I was running on the treadmill around 5:30 this afternoon and saw that Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital and the next thing i know he passed away.

It was hard not to be a MJ fan growing up in the 80's. i remember i would get so excited when MTV would show the Thriller video. Back then it was a huge event. I liked some of the tracks off Bad as well but Thriller was always my favorite. I also grew to appreciate his stuff with the Jackson 5. i can't think of any other bands with such a young singer that adults actually enjoy.(Sorry Miley). too bad his legacy was a bit tarnished with all the court cases. well i guess all we have now is the music and lucky for us he left behind some great stuff.. Now everybody sing it with me - Jamone, Hee-Hee!!!!


Never Can Say Goodbye - The Jackson 5

Human Nature

Sunday Morning Coming Down - The Rolling Stones

Happy father's day everybody. For today's pick i figured we'd listen to a laid back track off the classic Sticky Fingers album. I have a feeling that these guys have had some rough Sunday mornings. Enjoy.

Moonlight Mile

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Two For Tuesday - Weezer

No words of wisdom tonight gang, i am beat. Hope you enjoy the tunes.

The Good Life

Slob

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Two For Tuesday - The Replacements

Hey gang. Welcome back to another edition of Two for Tuesday. Well I'm a big fan of these guys's music but I don't think I would’ve liked to hang with the band in their "prime." I think you'd agree with me after reading the book Our Band Could Be Your Life. This book explains the beginnings (and endings) of some of the most influential bands that never quite crossed over into mainstream super stardom. It also includes stories about Black Flag, Minor Threat, Dinosaur Jr, and a few more. Bye for now...

Favorite Thing

Talent Show

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Wild Card Wednesday! - Waylon Jennings

Hello...Hello again (sorry i was just listening to some Cars) Anyways happy WILD CARD WEDNESDAY everybody. I figured for today's post we'd get a little country. Here's some late 70's era Waylon. Turn it up!

I've Always Been Crazy

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Bridging The Gap - Bruce Springsteen

Hello again and welcome to another addition of "Bridging The Gap." If you were a Cobra Kai follower last year you may remember that I already did a Springsteen edition. Well as most of you know the man came out with another album so the gap grew larger.
I've always been a fan of this first song but it really hit home for me this past December. I was in the North Carolina Mountains with my girlfriend and a few other friends just jumping from small town to small town. This was the first time I've seen that part of the state so it was a bit of an adventure. Well after we stopped at various outlooks and a few gin halls we were on our way to our final destination (in case you were wondering it was Saluda for some dinner) anyways the air was cold, the sky was dark, and I had a mellow buzz from the beers I just had. This song popped on out of nowhere on a local community radio station (I can't recall the name at the time). Anyways it was the perfect soundtrack to the evening.

As far as the second song goes it's plays at the end of the movie The Wrestler. (Which was one of my favorite flicks from the past year) alright that's all I got for now. Hope you enjoy. Till next time



Spirit in the Night
The Wrestler

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Two For Tuesday - Neil Young

No i haven't gone crazy, i realize today is Wednesday. i meant to post these tunes last night but i lost track of time. Hope you enjoy.

For you Wilco fans check out the new album being streamed for free here.

Love In Mind (live)

See The Sky About To Rain

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Sunday Morning Coming Down - Pink Floyd

Good afternoon everyone and happy mother's day! It's kind of an overcast day with scattered showers and thunderstorms here in ole Charleston. I live on the 12th floor of an apartment building that overlooks the harbor so it’s pretty amazing watching a storm roll in. I felt that this song featured on 1971's Meddle is an appropriate choice to help "weather" the storm. Enjoy.

A Pillow of Winds

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Tuesdays With Dylan

Hello again. So as i mentioned before I'm not going to post as much as i did last year but i would like to keep some of the same "themes" i had going. I always looked forward to doing these posts because i got to scan through my collection and pick one or two tracks that were speaking to me that particular week. I'm still trying to get used to writing these things so "bear" with me as i scrape off the rust.

I haven't purchased the new Dylan album. to be honest with you I'm still trying to digest Modern Times. I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually. Oh well for this week's Dylan lets go back to 1971. You can find the version of this track on The Bootleg Series Volumes 1-3. Enjoy.

Wallflower

Sunday Morning Coming Down - Nick Drake

Happy Sunday evening everyone! So i had intentions of posting more frequently but here we are about a month since my last post. Hey that's better then a year i suppose. I don't know about you but sometime Sunday nights are a bit of a downer. It seems like the weekend just started and here we are again face to face with Monday morning. Oh well i can't complain since some of my friends (and probably some of you) don't have a job to wake up to in the morning so things could be worse. Well they say misery loves company so here's a perfect tune for "celebrating" this Sunday evening. See you soon.

River Man

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Goodnight Rose?

Welcome back everybody! After almost a year of hibernation i decided to start posting again. I found another free upload service so as long as this one stays put I'll be bringing you the jams. I've been to a decent amount of shows since our last visit but the most recent one i attended was the Ryan Adams & the Cardinals "retirement show" at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta. First off I'd like to say that the show was amazing. It was one of those shows that you hoped would go all night. Unfortunately the Fox has a curfew so we only got about 2.5 hours of tunes. For a few weeks it appeared that Ryan was thinking about giving up music for good but as time went on it seemed that he was just retiring the Cardinals. Well I for one hope that the guy's not done with music and i look forward to seeing what happens next. For your listening pleasure here's the final song of the first Cardinals show i attended on 7/27/06 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Hope you enjoy.

What Sin (Live)

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