hey y'all. how's it going? nothing new to report from our end. just being regular dudes and slowly finishing the next album. what are you up to?

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evening. long time no speak. hope y'all are doing well. things are going good in nashville from where i sit. the weather has been superb this week. we've been working on the album again. i think we're really gonna just finish it this time. scott's lawn service, atlas lawn care, mowed my lawn yesterday. they do a great job. larry text messaged me from germany the other morning at 4AM. thanks for the wake up call, larry! he's got a little surprise for everyone when he gets back in town.

i just got back from a chris thile solo show at bongo after hours. absolutley amazing. he and his mandolin. no microphones. maybe 100 people crammed into a tiny tiny living room. glen phillips from toad the wet sprocket got up and played some songs. it was a top five amazing musical moment in nashville for me.

here are some other things that are knocking my socks off right now. maggie moo's udderly cream milkshakes, tim bluhm's new album, fish tacos, nashville film festival, searching for god knows what, feist, mashups, and npr.

howdy. it sure is purty in tennessee this summer. how are things in your neck of the woods?

we've been getting together every wednesday night to work on the album. seems like we're just working on one song a week. recording parts. erasing parts. adding funky little noises. it's been fun but it sure takes a long time when you don't have a studio time clock ticking away in the background. we don't really have a deadline but we're hoping to have all of the recording done sometime before 2005. i know, i know, that's a long time from now. wish us luck.

scott's playing in nashville next week with trevor morgan. they're opening for one of my favorite artists, john davis, of superdrag. go scott!

thanks to everyone that went to the solo show. it was fun to play with sean. his new songs were knocking me out. i sorta felt dumb being up on stage smiling like an idiot as i listened to his songs. i can't help it though, his songs make me smile.

i was loving the laid back vibe of springwater. no cover. lots of chairs. crummy sound system. two really bright stage lights. good friends.

larry and scott will be playing with trevor morgan next week. man, i wish i could see that show.

if you haven't heard... the latest thing these days is mp3 blogs. kids post daily blogs, just like the liners (HA!), but they're only talking about music and they give you a link to an mp3 of the song they're talking about. i've been exposed a bunch of good (and bad) stuff in the last couple months while surfing these sites. today was a really good day though. two sites posted links to unreleased wilco songs. yeah!

Song: At Least That's What You Said - mp3
Album: A Ghost Is Born (Hits stores in May)

Song: Cars Can't Escape - mp3
Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Outtake)

well, unless you read our news page yesterday, you probably missed hearing our song on tv last night. that's right, we were on network television last night. our song, dreaming, was on the wb's one tree hill. i set my vcr and recorded the whole show. the good news is that they play a repeat of the show on sunday so you can watch it then. i'll even be nice and tell you that it plays around minute 45 of the show. i had to sit through the entire show waiting for it to play. so that's the latest luxury news. it was really fun to be a part of and i hope it happens again. i'm hoping for alias or csi:miami next.

howdy. long time no blog. what's everyone been listening to lately? my homeboy barry bought me the thorns cd. i love me some three part harmony. they even do an excellent jayhawks cover. your turn. what are you listening to?

well, our pals jetpack have done it again. once again proving why they deserve all of the nashville rock hype. today they've released a brand-new four song ep for free on their website. it's call saxophone and you can get it here. enjoy. i'm rocking to the new tunes right now.

well, well, well. here's an interesting article on the origins of the annoying freebird request joke at shows. it was pretty funny back in 1995. if you've been to one of our shows you know we like to go ahead and cover the song upon request.

guess who's birthday it is today? larry's!!!!!! happy birthday larry!

hello anybody. hope you're successfully getting things prepared for the holidays. i'll be spending a week in mesquite, texas hanging with my family. speaking of the holidays, here's an enlightening video peek into the life of former-lux liner chad edgington. he's one semester away from being a lawyer but that certainly doesn't get in the way of his performance career. and while i'm sharing video clips, here's a link to a really great video by the new pornographers. i know, questionable band name, but really great music and a fun video. okay, to redeem myself i'll share one last link about one of my favorite tennessee rockers, john davis, of superdrag. seems he's found jesus and a new solo record deal in the process. congrats.

correction - the gig with charlynn is really on saturday. not friday. sorry for the confusion.

in other gig news, we just added several nashville dates to our show schedule for 2004. check it out.

well we had a goodtime playing the billy block show last night. i had some amp trouble but i'm not gonna talk about that. nope. it was fun being on the big exit/in stage and having the ever-friendly billy block introduce us. scooter was looking like ringo up on the big exit/in drum riser. larry didn't have lux liner ted with him but his rocking capabilities were still in full gear. our pal zach did a great job adding some color and fun to the set for us. we heard a girl called heather newcomer do a cool acoustic version of tom petty's american girl.

this friday we're playing a short acoustic opening set for scott's wife charlynn. then scott and i are going to play in her backing band. if anyone would like to come out and see us it's at a cool place in downtown franklin called franklin mercantile. that's all for now. bye.

Hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving. Scott and I stayed in Nashvegas but Larry and his family took a trip to sunny Orlando, Florida. I think Larry was trying out for the Mickey Mouse Club or something.

I guess you read the news page and saw that we'll be having a guest guitarist at our show next tuesday. Come on out and let us know what you think. We're playing last slot at 10:00 and we'll be doing our namesake song. good times.