Chit-Chat Check-In #70: Juggernaut of the Jov’

Thoughts on disappointment and repulsion

I’m either REALLY big or REALLY small holding an either REALLY big or REALLY small copy of Cousin.

Audio transcript

A quick hello as I head to the dentist. I’m still working on your really lovely questions, expect some answers soon. And a song as well.

I wanted to talk a little bit about the press I’m seeing—clickbait headlines, really—about things I’ve said about Bob Dylan and Jon Bon Jovi. Listen above to hear more, but in short, Bob Dylan could never disappoint me. And as for Jon Bon Jovi, let’s just say that when I decided to pick on someone in my book (to undercut my breathless praise for 49 other songwriters), I wanted to choose someone big enough to take it in stride. It doesn’t get much bigger than the juggernaut of the Jov’.

Carry on, OxO—Jeffy

This Week In Wilco, Etc.

2006 / September 12: At The Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, Jeff appears with Golden Smog for a 23-song set. 

2003 / September 14: Wilco opens for R.E.M. at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO. Their 13-song set concludes with the Minus 5 song “Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit)” with Scott McCaughey and “California Stars” with R.E.M.

2022 / September 15: At the Santa Fe Opera, Terry Allen sits in with Wilco on his songs “Amarillo Highway” and “Death of the Last Stripper.”