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Really an art book with a bunch of interviews and essays. The cd is really good too. Its a shame some thugs broke into my car and stole it from me.
Did't expect to like this as much as I did. Visually interesting and content is pretty terrific. Rick Moody's essay will blow your mind. Insight by the band into songwriting, recording, production etc. is worth the price of admission. Chex it peoples!
I'm torn about giving this book three stars or two. I love Wilco, but this book is a fairly weak brew. I had the feeling while reading it (if you can call it that) that the book was constructed to be more visually interesting than verbally interesting. Also, the CD of outtakes is fairly dull, but I've only listened to it once.The best thing about this book was that I got a brand new copy still in the shrink wrap for just under $17 with shipping. Originally it was $29.95 and apparently goes for a...
A non linear treasure trove. A delicious, delirious peek into the minds of masters.
Probably strictly for the fans, but this is a great large format type book that you can just dip into randomly and enjoy.Along with all the beautiful photography are some insightful interviews with the band and Jim O'Rourke, discussing the creative process and the art of recording.Also comes with a CD of out-takes and alternative mixes.
I liked the idea of this book much more than the reality of it. New light shed on some Wilco recordings is quite interesting. However, many of the contents, as they are, are lackluster self-indulgence.
this book allows for much inspiration although there is not much substance to it.
Lovely photos, and a CD!!
meet me: fanboyeveryone else need not apply
The Wilco Book seems to me a very understandable and appropriate contribution to the Wilco project. That's not to say this book is as wonderful as their albums, I don't think it is, but it contributes nicely to the feel of the band, perhaps tangentially saying the same things as the songs do. I think it demonstrates through its disconnected, fragmented, collage approach the process the band went through when making the A ghost is born album. Their creative philosophy towards creating music is mi...
Thinking of that line from Dune that was like “we sift people for humans”; this book sifts Wilco fans for Wilco Fans. The reviewers harping on the book’s abstract and associative art probably just haven’t mainlined enough Tweedy Brain. This stuff is all fitting, exciting, a great bridge in the Wilco oeuvre.Also, are we not gonna address the obvious here? At the time of this book’s publication, it had been less than two years since Tweedy kicked Jay Bennett out of the band—y’know, Jeff’s sidekick...
An eye-pleasing design with some baffling, if not outright pretentious, essays and interviews. It's great that Rick Moody is a fan but his approach here, full of grandiose platitudes and bravado, is obnoxious. Is this really the same guy that wrote "The Ice Storm"? I'm surprised that the Henry Miller estate agreed to allow the inclusion of an essay here, presented as an "interlude". Whatever that means in the course of an unintelligible book. As for being a supplement of sorts to the album "A Gh...
Oct. 16, '09 - Getting this book was a rush..."Bought the last copy tonight in Ann Arbor, MI. The band will be home tomorrow. I like."Nov. 27, '09 - put-it-down-didn't-pick-it-up-again...I learned that there can be books that make absolutely no sense. This is one of them. No logic, rhyme or reason -- not the conveyance of a single cohesive thought! I don't think I got one full cognitive idea from this book and spent time wanting to understand what it meant. The book is quite exquisite visually.
Its fun to see all these pictures, a fair number of which are either of or taken by the band. Stage diagrams, scribbled notes, lyrics, written explanations. The gear photos are pretty cool too.Oh, and there's a CD in it too with lots of interesting stuff.Most of this would only be cool for Wilco fans, or just arty nerds who love sound experiments.
This book is something like $50, which is kind of odd in the first place- Wilco is not a worldwide sensation, and even their devoted legion of fans is not made up of too many high-rollers flashing their AmEx Gold Cards around. Luckily, I happened to know the perfect candidate for this book- the teenager who works but has no fiscal responsibilities, thus allowing her to buy things like this.Thus, I borrowed and never returned the thing, and now all 328429 pounds of the thing are on my bookshelf.
Yes, I am a lover of all things Wilco, and maybe if I were a little more into things like detailed lists of equipment, this would have gotten a higher rating. Nonetheless, this is a must-read for anyone who just digs on getting first-hand insights into the process of creating music. The book is full of strange little pictures and obtuse writing, and while it doesn't delve into anything too deep or personal, it at least hints at the why's and shows us the how's. Cool.
Good book. Even though Wilco is not made up of a bunch of druggies, a little ganja may help you understand some of the stuff in this book.
Yes, please. More. Thank you.
Remarkably self-aware and eloquent descriptions of the creative process; great insight into one of today's most capable songwriters, Jeff Tweedy.
