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Wow, no shit.

bullshit

You won't have to worry about that. Not from me at least. Or anyone within distance of my hand.

I just finished reading the book by Greg Kot, and it just solidifies why I love this band so much.

I was really excited when I heard that wilco was FINALLY coming back to chicago to play some shows. I saw them at the benifit concert at the Auditorium, and tho I was stuck up in the second balcony, I still enjoyed it.

So then these two dates came along. I knew I was going to make my bandmates come along. Fact was, I was rubbing off on them and they were actually more excited than I was to see them ( big change from not even being wilco fans less than a year ago).

I knew I wasn't going to make any mistakes this year. I was a couple hours late on the presale last year, so this time I was totally on the ball. Got good tickets, Orch. Row Q, beautiful...then the website had an error while it was processing my payment and the tickets were gone. It really pissed me off. Wouldn't been another story if I just wasn't quick enough, but it wasn't even my fault...

Not to be deterred, I was on the ball for the ticketmaster presale, and got tickets in the 1st balcony. Not too bad, better than being stuck in the back of the main floor.

But then I just got the tickets today and they say 2nd balcony. Row I. Pretty much where I was last time. This one I can probably chalk up to personal error ( or at least to unless I want to go crazy with frustration). I'm sure it's going to sound great, I'm just so bummed that I can't manage to get a decent seat to see Wilco, and that these brand new fans don't get to see them up close like I was hoping.

Not sure why I wrote this besides just venting. You guys up front give us a yell for us up in the back.

I offcially hate buying tickets online....

WhhoooooOOOO!!!

RRRrrrAAAhhhahHHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I perform, singing and playing guitar live with my band. I don't know how they sing that bit straight with that noise.

Name the time and the place and I am THERE!

Well I just got fucked! I had three tickets lined up for row Q ( I was hoping for better, but whatever). Went through the whole process, put in my credit card number, then I get an error when it comes time to process the amount, and the order disapears. Bye bye tickets!? I better not get charged, thats for freaking sure.

This is so frustrating. Their customer service wasn't of any help either....

It's one thing if I just didnt get any, but I had them, it was all totalted up, the credit card number was in, then I clicked to process the order and they vanish.

Well I just got fucked! I had three tickets lined up for row Q ( I was hoping for better, but whatever). Went through the whole process, put in my credit card number, then I get an error when it comes time to process the amount, and the order disapears. Bye bye tickets!? I better not get charged, thats for freaking sure.

I can't belive conet can copyright something that was transmitted all over the fucking world and not by them.

But the recording was done by them.

Try decent, preferably US-made Ovation. The newer ones especially sound amazing, especially plugged in.

Actually, it's quite easy, just buy a US-made Ovation.

I just want the Wilco DVD... make the footage an extra or something, jeez.

I dreamed about killing you again last night, and it felt alright to me....

Well I can't vouch for every Messianic Jew. Our family dosen't attend a church like that becuase the ones around here weren't really good fits for us. But we read and study the whole Bible. We celebrate a few of the Jewish holidays, the most important one for us being Passover ( when you delve into the tradition and symbolism, it's really quite amazing and moving. It puts the actions of Jesus durning Last Supper in a whole new light.).

Oftentimes people are so confused by the phrase Messianic Jew. Bascially when it comes down to it, we are don-denominational Christians theology-wise ( using only the Bible and not any external doctrine), but we find it imporant to acknowlage our Jewish blood and heritage. Christiany is ultimiatly the fullfillment of the Jewish culture anyways.

As for the refrences in Revelation, I couldn't honestly give you an answer off the top of my head. I haven't studied that book much or recently ( more worried about the present than the future at this point). I don't, however, belive in Replacement theology. The Jews are still God's chosen people, even though many still today reject the Messiah. Isreal, when mentioned in prophecy, usually still pertains to the Jews( although it dosen't hurt to check multipile translations and read up on it.).

The world is f*(&ed up, no doubt about it. And none of it really makes sense. None of it really can. And it is true that organized religion helps to inflame these sorts of things. Organized religion is a man-made institution, and by that token is flawed and corrupt. The policies of Isreal, while obvsiouly justified, often times seem to stray far from what it seems God would rather have us do. This is organized religion's fault, not Gods. It's the result of the man-made goverment, which is still of the world and fudamentally screwed up as a result.

The wonderful thing is that God is above religion. I mean, it's easy for anyone to pick a Bible and realize that God finds all this sad and disgusting as well. I guess I'm just sharing some thoughts, and don't want to shove anything down anyone's throat, but I find that the only way I can cope with any of this is to realize that the world is broken, God came and made sure that we had a way out of this mess, and that eventually it'll all be over.

I don't even know if that really makes sense to anybody. I'm all up for discussing the natural as well as supernatural implications of these events, but I didn't want to hijack the thread or launch a four-page essay explaining where I'm coming from with this from the get go.

I would like to offer an apology, on behalf of my fellow Jews and Christians ( I'm a Messianic Jew, which is basicaly a Jew that trusts Jesus as their savor...yeah most people don't get it the first time either). I feel oftentimes that we lose sight of priorities in our faith...mainly loving our enemies, and praying and seeking God's will on what he truly would have us do. I obviously can't judge whether the goverment of Isreal does that, but I know even us here in America need to strive for adopting such a stance. I feel that the situation would be much different if that was the case.

I am a songwriter and tunesmith. Some of my stuff is used in my band, which is linked in my signature. The other stuff is solo and I'm in the process of compiling it into a series of EPs.

Mabye he really does want to be the center of attention....we'll get all the Vic footage as a special feature on the DVD. Just an aside....

No offense, but I'd still rather have a DVD of the whole band.

Indeed.

Thanks, this has confirmed my suspisions as to my dream bass setup. I've always loved John's sound and Paul MaCartney's in particulat when it comes to bass...it seems flatwounds are part of the equation.

Does anybody have any info on what John uses in the studio, particually AGIB? Especially strings...I'm curious to know if he uses roundwounds or flats.