Jay Farrar

Obviously, this is all a matter of opinion. It just so happens, mine is one not many people agree with apparently. I’m cool with that. I realize this doesn’t make any points in winning or losing the “rank the Wilco records” argument. But, I must admit, it has stuck with me when I heard Jeff get into...

Antelope nailed the answer to this question. If Trace was just the starting point of Son Volt's arc, and they went upward from there, and Jay took the band to new places musically and pushed the envelope a little more, I honestly believe they'd be as popular as Wilco; regardless of promotion/other n...

NE - 31
NYG - 10

Pats win, cover, and total score is the 'under.'

I love UT, love Son Volt, love Wilco, and go way back with UT... to the Still Feel Gone era. I do recall being pissed (not really sad) when they broke up.... for about 5 minutes, until AM and Trace came out. I literally have not lost a minute sleep about the Jay/Jeff thing since. Certainly, not goin...

Awesome Dino. Jr half hour performace on demand right now. Songs are (I think I got em all):

Forget the Swan
The Wagon
Sludgefeast
Mountain Man
Freak Scene
Just Like Heaven

I think it's an excerpt from their DVD, which I now need to buy....

Glad to see the Moss who everyone expected in New England finally showed up. Obviously, I don't condone hitting women, but I just couldn't get in to the new "good teammate / trying on every play / staying out of trouble" Randy. Having a 2 paragraph (long paragraphs) section on wikipedia entitled "la...

Okemah is number #2 on my SV list behind Trace. #4 on my list of anything Jay has ever done. Great record from start to finish.

The Sportscenter commercial with R. Simmons cracks me up every time.

One of my favorite music blogs was down for a long time, and just recently went back live again:

Right out of the gate, he's posted Sonic Youth, Wilco and REM (not a bad grand reopening). REM X-mas tunes, no less...

enjoy

http://rbally.net/

I have never understood the lack of love for Okemah on this board. No mention so far on any of these 10 year lists. You know how sometimes you listen to a record over and over again trying to figure out why everyone who has the same taste as you likes it so much, and you just can't figure out what t...

Speaking of Maggies Farm covers....

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 465E716EAA

I love these kind of threads. One example would be Nirvana opening for Dino Jr. I definitely dug them, but I was such a Dino Jr. fan (still am) that the Nirvana thing didn't really hit me until the next day or two. "Shit, those other guys rocked." Next thing you know ...they're the biggest band in t...

Just saw a terrible movie, Marie Antoinette, but the opening sequence made me want to go dust off all the Gang of Four records. Entertainment and Solid Gold are a brilliant 1-2 punch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdq0CftfN8o

No sign of "Just that Simple" on YouTube yet, but this is about the coolest goddamn thing I've seen in a while...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWUYsJkS2Hc

DCarter and other Wilco collectors...anybody have a copy of Too Far Apart from the their current tour? Yousendit, perhaps, if you got it? I was suprised to see they are playing it pretty much every night after a long, long MIA in their setlist. I read in one review he is singing it in noticably high...

I've mentioned this blog before on this board and they've added something cool again. Live versions of each song on On The Beach (minus Vampire Blues) from various 1974 concerts + additional versions of several tracks. Here's the link, and scroll to the bottom... I love this site. http://www.captain...