It’s not every week that a musical instrument I own makes its way into a recording I have, but … this week, it does.

• Andrew Osenga’s Letters to the Editor, Vol. I. I love Andrew. I also love that he plays my grandfather’s old guitar on this one. I’ll be getting copies of this CD to Dad and Doug, because … well, because they need to hear Pop’s old Gibson being used.
  
• 30 Aug 1995 [Dallas, TX, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco.
• 12 Oct 2003 [Austin, TX, USA] concert bootleg of Fountains of Wayne.
• 10 Jul 2004 [Wallingford, CT, USA] concert bootleg of Ben Folds.
• 1 Feb 2006 [Athens, GA, USA] concert bootleg of Son Volt.
• 28 May 2006 [Rockville, MD, USA] concert bootleg of Blues Traveler.
• 23 May 2007 [Cologne, Germany] concert bootleg of Wilco.

Last week:

• Paste Magazine Music Sampler #32: June 2007. Admittedly, I bought this issue of Paste because I was with Derek and their review of his new album was in the issue. [They gave The Ringing Bell five stars.] Other than the DW track, the highlights are Cary Brother’s “Who Are You”, Low Stars’s “Just Around the Corner”, Gina Villalobos’s “Somewhere to Lay Down”, and Haunt’s “Run Run Run”. The Haunt stuff especially intrigued me … I haven’t yet found much about them on the Internet, but I’ll keep looking. Three stars.
  
• 6 May 1997 [Eugene, OR, USA] concert bootleg of U2. Popmart-era U2 isn’t my favorite. This gets two-and-a-half stars.
• 17 Sep 2000 [Collingswood, NJ, USA] concert bootleg of Wilco. A very good recording for an outdoor show. Three-and-a-half stars.
• 26 Feb 2001 [New York, NY, USA] concert bootleg of Jeff Tweedy. A fun recording—when Jeff gets into it with the crowd, it’s always good. Three stars.
• 8 Nov 2005 [Philadelphia, PA, USA] concert bootleg of Bruce Springsteen. I got this for Joe, who was at this show, but I love The Boss, and this was really good. Three-and-a-half stars.
• 29 Jan 2006 [Jacksonville, FL, USA] concert bootleg of Son Volt. This bootleg has convinced me that Jay Farrar has his fastball again. I’ll buy the new stuff now. Three stars.
• 25 May 2007 [Hamburg, Germany] concert bootleg of Wilco. Not the best recording or energy. Three stars.