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From: "Kevin Mathews" <kevin@powerofpop.com>
>just picked up the Wilco special edition and loved the DVD - 
>interviews with Tweedy & live rehearsal performances. loved the bit 
>where Tweedy confessed a fear that being clean would result in a lack 
>of creativity and he was glad to report that it wasn't true! does it 
>bug anyone that most of the reviewers seem to dislike the less 
>troubled version of Tweedy and want the more darker elements of 
>earlier stuff? sure pissed me off... i think Sky Blue Sky is teh best 
>Wilco album since Summerteeth

In my case, it's not that I want more of the "darker elements," it's 
just that in terms of its tunes and arrangements, SKY BLUE SKY is 
kinda...well, boring.  The albums between BEING THERE and A GHOST IS 
BORN are all quite imaginative in their overall sound, whereas the new 
one just kind of sits there.  I'm glad he's clean and everything, and 
I have no beef with the album's lyrical themes, but musically, I find 
it a bit inert.

S