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Day Sixty Six (Year Two)

Today was Wilco Day!!!!  Well, Wilco record release day, anyway.  Second Wilco day comes a week from tomorrow.

It was also Matthew Sweet day... and Barenaked Ladies day...

Got up early and went in to pick up the records.  Knew I'd have to listen to Wilco all the way through before I went in, otherwise it would torture me all night at work.  I got all the way through the record once before work.  I really, really love this record.  The last one took a while to grow on me, but this one I like right off the bat.  I'm not about to proclaim that the first half of The Whole Love is as solid as the first half of, say, A.M., but it struck me on first listen as a really strong opening to the record.  I'm not confident enough yet to go through track by track, but that'll happen soon enough.

No news band-wise today.  Didn't even really have a chance to play much, especially considering the amount of listening I did today.  No matter, though, I go in late tomorrow, and have Thursday off, so there will be plenty of time for that in the next couple of days.  Got to get that electric part recorded and sent off to J., so that I'm off the hook for a little while, so to speak.  Perhaps tomorrow morning before work, as I was messing about with it last night a bit before I fell asleep. 

I've got opinions on the new Matthew Sweet as well, but I'll save those (and further Wilco analysis) for tomorrow.

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