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If he thought the R's would let him get away with it - he'd off a journalist every 3 days. He may try to sneak one in to see how it plays. The thing with him is that he values humans -- not with any morals, but with dollars. cents and votes.

If the sound is great, i can handle a band being faraway - as long the price of the ticket doesn't break the bank. Not to mention I am a sucker for the Chicago skyline. I did see the Stones at the UC a couple of times - once I was up in the farthest upper level and didn't enjoy it at all. It was just an echo chamber.

I discovered music from friends, older sisters and their friends., Plus, from reading interviews/books of musicians that I already enjoyed and respected. I read somewhere recently that Tweedy enjoys going through all of Spotify's Friday's new releases ---- i have tried that and it goes nowhere fast.... I have been collecting bootlegs prior to the internet --- but the internet has been incredibly great for that.

I am kinda glad they are playing Soldier Field - the sound at stadium shows has came a long way. I have seen U2 and the the three Fare The Well shows and was impressed how well all the shows sounded. The last time I saw a stadium show was in 97, when I saw the Stones - i was disappointed in the sound and swore off stadium shows. It's kinda cool that (as of now at least) they will be wrapping up the tour in Chicago.

Yeah - we through Ep. 3 --- it almost feels like an obligation, but at least I am not falling asleep while watching it - like I do watching most shows.

Same here - REM/Wilco in St. Louis in 99 and again at saw them both at Red Rocks in 03. Thought Wilco put on the better show in 03, while REM beat them out in 99.

Jeez - hopefully the dude is just alone in the house.

They have been tweeting Wilco/Tweedy stuff as of late, though. I just briefly looked through their feed and it looks like they mainly tweet about their clients. Perhaps the main page has not been updated, yet.

I think someone on this board said that Mick Fleetwood had a hidden drummer, too. I seem to remember reading about Priest developing some drum device to enhance the sound their live drum sound. I could be completely wrong, though The drums did sound pretty great this summer - definitely one of the highlights of their sound that night.

Their announcements of tours has always been a hoot - going back to 75 and the flat bed truck going down Fifth Avenue. Guessing they will play Soldier Field this time around - since they have been doing a lot of advertising via the NFL. (Would be great if they do a gig at the Opera House, though)

I guess some of the older singers are thinking since the younger ones are being helped on stage, why not them. But I agree - not a fan of backing tracks or enhancements of voices. At the end of the day, I am guessing you and I are probably in the minority in our thoughts on 'onstage singing', though.

Yeah - Halford was definitely being "helped" this summer.

That makes sense -- he was all over the stage this past summer -- he would leave the stage during a solo or something and start singing off stage at times -- he sounded great, though. Also my friends saw that Ozzy/Crue tour -- my mom would let me go, though...

I am kicking around the idea of seeing them again, too.

At least it was unique...I have a a few boots and listen to them from time to time. Too bad Ward was not on the Born Again tour.

Will be picking it up from my library today - looking forward to reading it.

Put it in Wilco seen while doing a deep clean of the house --- I got the magnet as I walked into the park. A fun show.

Well they kinda are still going on....at least in Florida and in other places.

Was it a Kansas video back in the beginning of MTV where the guitarist was wearing a hockey jersey - I think it was a St. Louis Blues jersey? Ever since I caught a bit of Rather's Big Interview with Kansas a few days ago, which was bit interesting, I have been racking my brain. It may have been a Triumph video... and man I do hate Dust in the Wind...

I always thought the cover was cool, too.

She's a bit older now, but she busted some ribs in 2012. She'll throw some duct tape around her torso and get back right in there. She will be 91 at the end of the possible Trump 2nd term. I can see her going for the record.

Well it could have went better, but I will settle with the House. Nice to see some D Governor's winning, especially in Kansas - bummer about Florida and Georgia, though. Really wish Cruz would have lost Texas, too. Locally, the D's are now in complete control of IL - hopefully they start fixing some stuff, smartly.

Yeah - SNL had a great bit this past weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdNNjCHGixE

From Lammy It was good - glad I went. Definitely would have been a bit better with a lead player (Either another guitar or piano), but weir was in great voice and his playing was great, for the most part. Don Was was solid on bass, too. Was able to get a great seat, so it was nice to watch Was up close. Oddly enough I Need a Miracle and Josephine were highlights for me. It was also nice to hear the tunes from Weir's Blue Mountain record. Lastly Lane is a trip to watch play - stoned to the gills, it appeared. Festive crowd.

Yeah --- of course they could have fixed it on the millions of reprints, but failed to do so. Glad that they got their due in the box set. Of course, I think all the takes in this box set are from the New York sessions, because the Minneapolis sessions are lost/missing.