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Medialoper Bebop Episode 19: Walk Around and Drink

October 12, 2011 by Jim Connelly

This week, Jim, Tim & Kirk look at Netflix’s “never mind” about Qwikster and call back to in the infamous “lost” podcast, where the prediction was made that Qwikster wouldn’t make it through October. (03:22 – 14:10)

Next, we deal with previous podcast business involving Hitler and R.E.M. (14:14 – 19:40)

Then, instead of discussing Facebook for the iPad, we parse the saga of Phoenix Jones, superhero and the rest of the Rain City Superhero Movement, and determine that one of the things a superhero needs is multiple copies of his costume. (19:45 – 30:30) –

Finally, it’s Jim’s favorite album of the 21st century – The Hold Steady’s Boys and Girls in America, – the latest inductee into the Medialoper Bebop Great Albums Hall of Fame. (30:30 – 43:13)

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Medialoper Bebop Episode 18: A Huge Mistake

October 6, 2011 by Jim Connelly

Like every other blog, podcast and media outlet in the entire multiverse, Tim, Jim & Kirk discuss the life of Steve Jobs, the products that he championed and the legacy that he left. (02:17 – 12:28)

After that, we debate the possible return of Arrested Development, and whether or not it even come back in the first place. (14:01 – 22:31)

Then, we talk about how whether or not we listen to albums as albums anymore. (22:32 – 32:07)

Finally, it’s a look at the music in Jim’s mix: Wilco, Kurt Vile and Girls. (32:08 – 35:18)

All that, and a plethora of Hitler jokes, on Medialoper Bebop Episode 18: A Huge Mistake!

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Wilco – YHF Demos

January 17, 2003 by Jim Connelly

(Bootleg)

Speaking of mythology, I know that declaring that the hard-to-find demos for this album are better than what was eventually released just adds to the overwhelming mythos already surrounding the album. But they are, they are! Songs like “Venus Stopped The Train,” “Not For the Season” and the Badfinger version of “Kamera” have more punch and immediacy than what was released. None of this demeans the final album, which I like a lot (and should have put on my 2001 list, as instinct told me to). The upcoming DVD of the movie and accompanying EP should just finally close the chapter on all of this, and I can hardly wait to see what Jeff Tweedy does next.

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Part of my 2002 Top Ten list as published by Neumu on Jan 17, 2003

Wilco – Being There

December 26, 1996 by Jim Connelly

(Reprise)

I was gonna say that I loved Wilco for many of the same reasons that I worshipped The Replacements, but really, it’s only one: the way Jeff Tweedy understands how much can fit, really, under the umbrella of rock ‘n’ roll. That he lives for it, needs it, loves it, is of course a cliché. That it never sounds like a cliché when he sings about it is why he’s so special.

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Written for the 1996 Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll

Wilco – A.M.

December 30, 1995 by Jim Connelly

(Reprise)

Out of the rubble of Uncle Tupelo comes not one, but two great albums, thereby pulling off a trick that not even the Beatles or Hüsker Dü managed — both principal singer/songwriters of a band following a breakup with great records. While Wilco’s A.M. feels more good-timey, more fun than Son Volt’s Trace, Jeff Tweedy still finds it in him to sing “I just can’t find the time/to write my mind/the way I want it to read” and write one of the greatest songs ever about the real-world consequences of drunk driving — “Passenger Side.”

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Written for the Village Voice 1995 Pazz & Jop Poll