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This version with Bryce Dessner and Eighth Blackbird is really cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEC0rCVS-mA

Tom's got the Number Ones crowd behind him. He's cool with alienating us.

I saw "Van Morrison Says His Anti-Lockdown Songs Got A Negative Reaction Because..." and thought it would conclude with "It Sucked", but no.

I can't comment on the scene, I don't know anything about that. I'm just saying that this particular show seemed problematic (I hate that word, but I can't think of a better one right now), so it was a little odd to see it end with a sort if "wish I'd been there" sentiment.

"On the other hand, the show also looks extremely fun, and if I was in New York and fully vaccinated, I probably would’ve been there. Sometimes, it simply needs to be set off." Sorry, but it struck me as odd seeing this at the end of the article after seeing a couple examples of some pretty racist (or, at the least, racially-insensitive) comments (and a shirt) made by people involved with this show.

"...he’s presumably got enough money that he could buy everyone reading this column a brand-new luxury automobile without ever adjusting his way of life the tiniest bit. (He probably won’t do that, though.)" Ok, ok, sure. But what if he did buy us all cars?

Oh, the week after this episode, they’ll make a joke about Musk’s unfair labor practices on Weekend Update and it’ll all be ok.

Was this song the first appearance of "shamon"?

I'm doing the same thing. I'd never really given them a chance before, for who knows what reason. I've been kind of listening to stuff on shuffle and I keep really digging songs from Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not. I don't recall seeing a lot of love for that album, but it's great.

My 10-year-old daughter is still a fan of rickrolling, unfortunately for us. She has, however, modernized it a bit by doing it to us on various Amazon Echoes throughout our house.

I'm not 100% sure, but didn't Berman record a little with Jeff Tweedy at Wilco's Loft studio, too? Maybe they'd just planned to? I want to say Tweedy said in an interview that they did actually record, though.

Not "lost" really, but there are some YHF demos out there that are pretty wildly different than the album we got.

I think that's why like 95% of covers make me just want to hear the original.

I jumped on the pre-order for Jens and WOD. Wagonwheel is the one WOD album I don't own yet and I've been really getting back into Jens lately.

I'll go first. Ahem. I like Reflektor! I did just recently find a cheap used copy on vinyl. I forgot how good it is. I will not defend Everything Now. I will say that I saw them live after it came out, and a couple of the songs were much better live.

I've been getting more into shootstyle pro wrestling lately. Luckily for me, one of the best new shootstyle promotions going runs shows like 15 minutes from my house. They're Paradigm Pro Wrestling. Check them out if you get a chance.

Gross thought, but there's probably some struggling country singer out there getting ready to have one of his friends record him doing something "cancelable" hoping that he gets a boost in sales/streams.

Cut...it...out.

Totally agree. I was a tiny bit disappointed that their announcement today was just an updated version of their EP. I was hoping for a full album announcement. Oh, well I'll take new songs from them. I am glad I have a vinyl copy of the EP from when they were still Ducks Unlimited. If they blow up, it'll be a cool keepsake. I have a couple DIIV singles from when they were still called Dive that I think are pretty cool, too.

If you enjoy Mick just dancing around, follow him on Instagram. He posts videos of himself in a dance-studio setting just practicing his moves. It's hilarious.

New Ways to Piss Off Jack White would be a great album title for them.

Volk Han, represent!

Boring machine? More like boring machine! Oh, wait.

Ah, good! Please disregard my previous comment. Wait! No. Now my question is, how the hell do you write an article about an upcoming documentary on touring in a van and not mention Mike Watt is in it?

I clicked on this article for the sole purpose of seeing if Mike Watt was part of this. How the fuck you gonna do a documentary on touring in a van and not include Mike Watt? The Edge? Really? Didn't Grohl play on Ball-Hog or Tugboat?

The pics in the article are of the unfinished tattoo. Here's a look at it once it was all finished: https://flircreative.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/tattoo.jpg?w=267&h=267

David Crosby should buy it.

“Fuck CrossFit. We find this an insult, please stop saying it to us.” I haven't heard a second of their music, but this just made them my favorite band.

I love deadlifting so much.

It is tough being someone who leans way left and lifts. I'm mainly into strength training, and for some reason, almost every prominent coach/trainer in the field is super-right. I guess it's not surprising that a bunch of really strong dudes would gravitate toward the "might makes right" and "rugged individualist" mindsets, but it's still disheartening to see someone who you got some great lifting advice from touting that the election was "stolen".

I maaaaay go out and try to get that Cranberries best of. My wife and I were just talking about how we both like them, but just kind of want the “hits”, so that’d be nice. Also, I’m on a big Jonathan Richman kick, so I might grab that one. I’m sure I’ll change my mind like 10 times between now and RSD.

Illinois is the longest damn state. I live in Kentucky now, and I'm actually closer to Chicago than when I lived in Illinois.

I get simultaneously happy/disappointed when there's nothing on the list I really want. I'm glad I won't feel the need to get up early and wait in line. But also, I like it when something I've been after for years finally gets a release. Also, I feel bad for record stores with this stuff. On the one hand, they do good business on RSD, but they also have to dump a ton of money into getting all the releases. If you go to your local record store on RSD, try to buy something non-RSD, too.

Those puppets were probably the Squallis Puppeteers from here in Louisville. I've been lucky enough to see MMJ four times here in their home town. The first time, it was a surprise. Wilco was playing the Palace downtown, and they hadn't announced an opener. My wife and I got there a few minutes after the start time and from the lobby, we could hear them playing. We were like, "Nah, that can't be My Morning Jacket", but it was. At the end of Wilco's set, the guys from MMJ came out and did Don't Fear the Reaper with them. I've seen them twice at the Waterfront here. One was as the headliner on the Saturday of Forecastle Fest 2012. The other was a stand-alone show with just them. Both were amazing. I can't remember which one, but they did George Michael's Careless Whisper and threw bananas out to the crowd while James told us that Michael would want us to get our potassium. At the Forecastle set, Dean Wareham did Isn't it a Pity with them. Maybe my favorite show I've seen was them at the newly-opened Yum Center downtown. I think they were the second band to play there (the first was the Eagles, gross). They came out for the encore all dressed as Colonel Sanders. James sang a love song to a guy in a chicken suit. They closed with One Big Holiday and balloons fell fron the ceiling. It was wonderful.

I do think the song Circuital is one of the best songs they've recorded.

I grew up in the next town over from Benton, IL (Christopher, population 2500). I was actually just there this past weekend visiting my parents for Easter. Fun fact: Benton was also home to NBA coach Doug Collins and actor John Malkovich. Another fun fact: the bass player of the band that Harrison jammed with on his visit (they were called The Four Vests) was the custodian at my elementary school. One of his daughters was in my class. In May of 2001, I started working at a television station in Southern Illinois. After a few months of doing odd jobs around the station, I got a full-time job as a news photographer. On the very first day I was shooting, I covered a vigil at Louis Harrison's "Hard Day's Night Inn", a Beatles-themed bed and breakfast she had in Benton. I had no clue what I was doing. I ended up being a very good photographer eventually and that's always been the one story I wish I could go back and re-shoot. I got to interview Louise a few times. She was always very friendly. She passed away a few years ago. When you come into Benton going south on Interstate 57, there's a big cut-out of George on the side of the road. It's kind of funny, though, because there's no sign explaining it or anything. So, if you didn't know, you'd just wonder why this small town in rural Illinois has a big George Harrison on the side of the road. Harrison's visit is part of the local lore of where I'm from. It is pretty cool that it's the first place a Beatle visited in America, I guess.

I get that. I still like a lot of Z. I like Evil Urges, too, but not much of anything after that.

Funny, those are the only two Stripes records I own, too. I did buy the Peel sessions one at the physical Third Man store in Nashville, so that's kind of cool.

"He started a new project, with an oddball name: My Morning Jacket." I don't know how true this is, but a friend of mine who used to be a reporter here in Louisville had a music segment on the one of the local morning shows. He had MMJ on when they were just starting out. He says he asked James about the name and he said something like, "I just thought it sounded good." So, after the segment my friend says that he told him he needed to come up with a better story than that. Cut to a couple years later, my friend says he reads an interview with James and when asked about the name he tells this big story about seeing a burned-out building and a poster or sign or something where the only words that remained were My, Morning, and Jacket. Again, I have no idea if that's all true, but I love the story anyway. It Still Moves is probably "better", but this one is my favorite. It was my introduction to the band and I still love it.

That song is like the blueprint for The War on Drugs sound.