Hiatus? What Hiatus?

What could possibly have me back blogging so soon after I claimed I was on a break?

Only the man himself, Mr. Jeff Tweedy.

Yes, I've stumbled across some more new Wilco material from concerts, and... well, I'll let you guys be the judge of it for now, I suppose. Much like "Is That The Thanks I Get?" (the song also known as "We Can Make It Better"), its a different, much sunnier sound for the band. You can see a marked difference now that Jeff Tweedy's kicked the pain pill habit in his music, and while its admittedly lost some of the more cryptic quailities that were a hallmark of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "A Ghost Is Born", you can tell he's having a lot more fun with it all.

First up (and I do intend to post several of these in the next few days) is "There's a Light", arguably the warmest song Tweedy's ever written- very catchy, very feel-good. I think you'll dig it.

Wilco- There's a Light

As a bonus, there's a nice quality YouTube clip of them doing this in concert, which also showcases what I can only assume is Jeff Tweedy's slow metamorphasis into some sort of bearlike creature.

He Lives! (Kinda)

So I dissapeared for about a month, and to be honest, this is only a sort-of comeback.

Basically, this job working for Presidential Classroom, while amazing, is also incredibly time consuming, like 24/7 (check out the ol' LJ link on the right for my semi-coherent ramblings from the graveyard shift). Plus, the MSU webspace servers are a pain to access from here, so yeah.... a bit of a haitus, for which I should have made a formal announcement earlier.... sorry, I am a bad blogger :/

I'll hopefully be back full time sometime in August, most likely after Lollapalooza... for now, accept as consolation this great YouTube clip of the upcoming VH1 Classic tribute to Elvis Costello (who competes with Jeff Tweedy now for personal music god status after seeing him live), featuring duets with Death Cab for Cutie, Fiona Apple, and Green Day.... the audio is a bit off, but its definitely enough to get me psyched for when it airs on Friday.



also... BONUS! some raw audience video of the man legally known as Declan MacManus and Billie Joe Armstrong performing the rare track "Cheap Reward".... you think you can forgive me now for my prolonged abscence?