thisyearsgirl

Here ya go. I'll set up a link with my photos later but the real photos will come from Charles. What a great time. Rick and I saw fri and sat nite show. Sat nite was legendary, tho we did have to experience the token idiot chick, giving the finger to JT while dancing and enjoying herself. At least she didn't have a high pitched squeal that sounded like someone trying to attract whales. Great music and really great people to hang out with - especially because, back home-we are SO misunderstood! Thanks so much to all of you for hangin with us and making this such a great trip!

so much fun hanging out with you and everyone else this weekend! rick, i hope you've recovered from your "scare" last night.

i honestly had more fun last night than at any of the riv shows in february. then again, i wasn't coughing up a lung this time, so that might have something to do with it.

oh, and i have to say thanks to the band for your energy and for the time you gave to your fans after the show last night. enjoy your break...we look forward to seeing you and hearing some new material(!) in the coming months.

they are probably the best wilco show posters i have ever seen!

(oh, and tell jenny and her mom congrats from me!)

i am not sure of the format thus far, so i will just "verbally" add one, and someone can put it up. if i missed it, and it is already there, sorry.

it's one of my fave wilco/tweedy-related tracks, for sure.

tweedy solo; sang backup vocal on "words (big mouth)" by ian hunter; from the album shrunken heads; 2007

people should check this one out; i didn't think i'd like it, but i listen to it quite often!

you have to download the whole album?

if i am going to pay full price for the album, i want something physical for my cd collection.

btw, i think the song sounds pretty dang cool, but i can see that it would not have fit on SBS very well.

Jody being Jody Stephens of Big Star/Golden Smog fame, of course. A Memphis legend. That was the biggest highlight of the night for me. He also played a tambourine on California Stars, prior to taking over the drums for Box Full of Letters. Jeff kind of struggled with the lyrics a couple of times, but Jody sounded excellent throughout. It was a good song for him to do.

 

Also, Jeff mentioned in passing how Jody and Glenn sort of looked alike and Glenn did a brief pose over Jody's shoulder before relinquishing the kit to him. Definitely an endearing moment.

man, that's really cool. i wish i could have seen jody play with jeff and the boys.

thanks for all of the well-wishes, friends.

i had a great two-day celebration, starting with one of my favorite wilco shows of all time!

so many of you mean so much to me...it may have started with a great band, but i have made some friendships here that truly are some of the best i've ever known.

oh, and wilco, thanks for the awesome birthday present. the venue, music, and night were nothing short of perfection!

Box Full of Letters and Casino Queen, and Too Far Apart? Wilco should let their fans make suggestions more often. I've got to hear what this lineup does with those songs. I am thoroughly shocked.

they are planning on keeping the format. this was in a wilco email i received last week:

Beginning with the Chicago show next week, we're testing a way we'd like to utilize the site (and you) in a new way.... you can now vote for songs that the band will play that night by using this form. (i think you can get to it on wilcoworld.) We'll tabulate the results and the band will definitely utilize them when drafting the set list. So cast your vote today.

Jeff and his son seemed to be fine.

 

That was my first wilco show...holy fuck, managed to sneak down to first row, right where his kids were. Jeff seemed very talkative and loose. What an amazing set, I hope like hell a tape shows up.

i happen to know that it was taped.

wait a week or so, and you should get your wish!

I saw Fred Savage rocking out to Too Far Apart at the Greek Theatre Wednesday night. Did anybody spot any other celebs scattered thru the Greek Theatre Wednesday?

 

I also think Tanner from the original Bad News Bears was smoking a J behind me, but I'm not 100% on that one.

i have always had an inexplicable love for fred savage. now i know why.

I see you can request "Blank," that hit from Summerteeth.

well played.

happiest of b-days to you, paul.

thanks for constantly being our eyes and ears when we can't make it to a show in person!

I think Jeff Tweedy and Ryan Adams should do a Willie & Waylon tour

uh, yes, please!

you can probably skim this article for the gist of things:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mii

ok. now i get it! thanks!

I don't understand the shirt that is the subject of this thread

me neither. i don't know what the hell it is supposed to mean. i didn't buy it in indy because i thought it said "WILLCO" (my vision sucks lately) and didn't want people to think that someone who claims wilco as their favorite band can't even spell their name correctly. i thought the shirt was cute otherwise with the cartoon portraits of the band, and i intended on buying it until the spelling debacle.

if anyone can explain the shirt, i'd sure appreciate it. does it have to do with that damn Wii system or something because i know nothing about video games. i stopped playing when i put away my atari 2600.

well, the show was fantastic. highlights for me were: "I Taught Myself How To Grow Old", "Goodnight, Hollywood Blvd", "Down in a Hole", and "Halloween Head".

i'm sad that chandler and i got shut out on tickets, but i am really glad that you and alison had the chance to go and see what sounds like a great show

opinion question: what is the largest venue you think he is capable of selling out in chicago? i would kill to see him at a schuba's or abbey, but i'm guessing he could easily fill the riv or the congress. (though i'm not sure of the size of the congress, i know the shins played there this spring, so i'm going by that.) i know he filled the HOB this past fall, but that's only about 1000 capacity. last summer, he played the vogue in indy (capacity around 1000) but that was the smallest venue on the tour, i was told.

I am liking all fo it except Halloween Head. Anybody ever hear the old b-side called, Hey There Mrs. Lovely? It's exactly the same song (tune) as These Girls, only the words are 90% different and a million times better.

Anyway, I could PM or post a link when I get home from work for those who haven't heard it.

i LOVE "hey there, mrs. lovely" lyrically, except for two lines:

"we probably should have scrapped the game and gave ourselves some hugs"

and

"wanna dry your eyes with cinnamon and pears"

i hope there's some inside meaning there that we don't get...otherwise, it sounds like filler lyrics that just never were replaced.

still, love that song and love what i have heard of the new one too on his myspace page.

Hey All,

 

Just wanted to share this link to my pictures from the show. Outstanding performance. The new songs sound amazing live!! I started dancing around in the pit!

 

Enjoy: http://www.photokeith.com/ConcertImages/wilco/index.html

Peace,

Keith

seriously, man. those pics are wilcoworld worthy. nice job.

wilcoworld worthy...that's a tongue twister, isn't it!?

Yea, this book has been out for awhile. It is all sort of irreverent fun, in the Lester Bangs tradition (DeRogatis wrote his bio {hey Jen did you ever finish reading it??} which is why he figures this is funny.)

 

I like this kind of stuff too, but all these albums are truly important in their own way. So this kind of off the wall criticism should be taken with a grain of salt (and maybe some hot sauce.) edit-I had not followed the link, but apparently Amazon readers are too fond of this book anyway. Frankly there is better stuff to read about music anyway, so why bother with this.

 

LouieB

yup. i have it ready to give back to you whenever. it was ok, but nothing earth-shattering. i think that's what you said about it when you gave it to me, come to think of it.

jim derogatis compiled a book like this a while back, though some might argue that non-musicians don't really have the same case that musicians have. personally, i can't play an instrument or write music, but i'd like to think that, due to my constant listening and reading about it, i'm pretty knowledgeable. anyway, here's a link to the book, kill your idols, on amazon.com:

here's the link, ya'll

cool IM waiting just excited to hear the show again!

i know. having a memory recorded to be enjoyed over and over is awesome. i'm just engaged to a taper and know how much work it takes to get one of those shows out to the public.

That list was entertaining, but would have been even better if they just let Ryan Adams write all of the blurbs.

agreeing with this seems worthy of my 1,000th post!

i might feel differently about this if i liked the music of the people making the comments. also, in that "review of 'pet sounds', is it just me or is the guy saying something is crappy and then basically talking about many of the merits of the album? that seems stupid to me. as an english teacher, i told my kids when writing persuasively they should take a side and run with it and not be a fence-rider. i guess this dude gets an "F" from me for fence-riding and for trashing my favorite album of all time.

does anyone Know where i can find a recording of the cincinnati show?

dude, you've got to give the tapers time...at least a week. they do a great service for us, so just be patient and something will show up soon.

Is it appropriate here to just say FT. WAYNE IN THE FALL ?

we can all hope...the embassy acoustics are much better than the murat. plus, it would be fantastic to see the grassroots effort come to fruition and to see wilco in my hometown!

My wife used to make fun of me cause I thought it said "Our love is all we've got, it's funny".

johnny, it does sorta sound like that, and i have been guilty of similar. the first few times i heard "outtasite", i thought jeff said, "i will be denied...alright."

good thing we didn't get tattoos then, huh?

speaking of being mistaken, i still don't get the cartoon wilco shirts i saw friday with "willco" printed on the front. i'm seriously curious what the deal is on that.

You really should see the Stooges. Really.

seconded. they are great live! i saw them at an outdoor festival in memphis a few months back and was seriously impressed.