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1. Did some recording this weekend, but not much, and somewhat halfheartedly. I ordered this yesterday, which I'm REALLY excited about; however, in the meantime, it makes me tremendously UNexcited about recording anything that's not an acoustic guitar. Once that baby arrives, however, I'm gonna go bananas.
2. Got my hands on the forthcoming Wilco album; on first listen, I'm very underwhelmed. It sounds too much like some lost 70s soft rock album, which is especially odd considering that this same lineup produced the rockin' "Kicking Television" live album. Also, it's kinda wierd to hear so many guitar solos - in fact, the more I think about it, this album kinda reminds me of Phish's last few song-oriented albums, which is definitely not a compliment. Again - it's just my first listen. But nothing's really grabbing me; the songs just kinda weave in and out of each other and they're not particularly memorable. Some of the discussion here would indicate that reaction to this album is going to be very divisive; to my ears, however, there's absolutely nothing controversial about this album, which means I have no idea what there is to discuss.
2a. HOWEVER, everybody's freaking out about the new Arcade Fire, which I have NOT yet heard, and I'm very very excited to check it out.
3. Carl Pavano finally pitched in spring training over the weekend, and apparently he survived. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the Yankees this season. I feel better than I did last year, but that's not saying very much - last year I fully expected everybody on the team to suffer career-ending injuries; this year I think we'll do well, but we still won't win it all. I wasn't terribly excited to see Andy Pettite come back; he was hurt A LOT in Houston, and even when he was a Yankee I never really felt safe with him on the mound. And as much as he was an asshole, I kinda miss Gary Sheffield; I'm not necessarily complaining about Bobby Abreu but nobody fears Abreu the way they do Sheff - and you just know Sheff is playing with a gigantic chip on his shoulder this season. I expect him to hit 27 home runs this year against Yankee pitching alone.
2. Got my hands on the forthcoming Wilco album; on first listen, I'm very underwhelmed. It sounds too much like some lost 70s soft rock album, which is especially odd considering that this same lineup produced the rockin' "Kicking Television" live album. Also, it's kinda wierd to hear so many guitar solos - in fact, the more I think about it, this album kinda reminds me of Phish's last few song-oriented albums, which is definitely not a compliment. Again - it's just my first listen. But nothing's really grabbing me; the songs just kinda weave in and out of each other and they're not particularly memorable. Some of the discussion here would indicate that reaction to this album is going to be very divisive; to my ears, however, there's absolutely nothing controversial about this album, which means I have no idea what there is to discuss.
2a. HOWEVER, everybody's freaking out about the new Arcade Fire, which I have NOT yet heard, and I'm very very excited to check it out.
3. Carl Pavano finally pitched in spring training over the weekend, and apparently he survived. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the Yankees this season. I feel better than I did last year, but that's not saying very much - last year I fully expected everybody on the team to suffer career-ending injuries; this year I think we'll do well, but we still won't win it all. I wasn't terribly excited to see Andy Pettite come back; he was hurt A LOT in Houston, and even when he was a Yankee I never really felt safe with him on the mound. And as much as he was an asshole, I kinda miss Gary Sheffield; I'm not necessarily complaining about Bobby Abreu but nobody fears Abreu the way they do Sheff - and you just know Sheff is playing with a gigantic chip on his shoulder this season. I expect him to hit 27 home runs this year against Yankee pitching alone.
2. The new Wilco. It took me three or four listens, but I really warmed to it. I love that Wilco makes a different album each time out, for better or worse. They could easily have coasted after YHF.
Re: Wilco - funny you say that they could've coasted after YHF - that's sorta what this album feels like. Even "A Ghost Is Born" was challenging; this is a very, very easy album to listen to. If anything, it feels like a Tweedy solo acoustic album, but with a full band - and that's OK, sure, but not what I expect from WILCO. Obviously I'll keep spinning it, but I'm hoping that soon it won't be out of obligation.
I heard a song from the new Arcade Fire and dug it.
Well AU is gold. So that means it must be really heavy and awesome. VST just means "versus testicles" which means it's pussy. RTAS is "Ray Told Adam (to) Stop".
I'm worthless, btw.
Fantasy baseball this year?
As for Wilco, the songs that I have heard have left me feeling very blah about the new album. Will I still buy it the day it comes out? Of course.